Greetings, reader!
It's once again awards season, and as is tradition, I'm rivaling the Globes and Oscars with my own, highly subjective and arbitrary nominations and awards for the best movies, TV and music of the previous year. Here are my Best of 2024 nominees; tune in next week for the winners!
Movies
Best costumes and makeup
Dune: Part Two
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One
Joker: Folie à Deux
Longlegs
Wicked
Best production design
Dune: Part Two
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One
Longlegs
Salem's Lot
Wicked
Best documentary feature
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Will & Harper
Best visual effects
Dune: Part Two
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Longlegs
Salem's Lot
Wicked
Best sound
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Longlegs
Salem's Lot
Wicked
Best editing
Challengers (Marco Costa)
Dune: Part Two (Joe Walker)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Joona Louhivuori)
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Lara Fox & Jesse Spencer)
Wicked (Myron Kerstein)
Best cinematography
Challengers (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)
Longlegs (Anders Arochi)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Rauno Ronkainen)
Wicked (Alice Brooks)
Best score
Challengers (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Hildur Guonadottir)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Lauri Porra)
Wicked (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
Best original song
Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazarro & Josh Brolin - Gurney Song)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One (Matt Combs & Teddy Morgan - Winds Forever Blow)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Lady Gaga - Folie à Deux)
Will & Harper (Kristen Wiig - Harper and Will go West)
Best supporting actor
Challengers (Mike Faist as Art Donaldson)
Dune: Part Two (Javier Bardem as Stilgar)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One (Owen Crow Shoe as Pionsenay)
The Beautiful Game (Bill Nighy as Mal)
Wicked (Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond)
Best supporting actress
Dune: Part Two (Rebecca Ferguson as Jessica)
Longlegs (Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Jonna Järnefelt as Sara Lisa)
Scoop (Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis)
Wicked (Ariana Grande as Galinda)
Best lead actor
Challengers (Josh O'Connor as Patrick Zweig)
Dune: Part Two (Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck)
Longlegs (Nicolas Cage as Longlegs)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Linus Troedsson as Janne)
Best lead actress
Challengers (Zendaya as Tashi Donaldson)
Dune: Part Two (Zendaya as Chani)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Amanda Jansson as Maija)
Wicked (Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba)
Best screenplay
Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes)
Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Scott Silver & Todd Phillips)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Tiina Lymi)
Wicked (Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox)
Best director
Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)
Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve)
Longlegs (Osgood Perkins)
Myrskyluodon Maija (Tiina Lymi)
Wicked (Jon M. Chu)
Best picture
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Longlegs
Myrskyluodon Maija
Wicked
Total nominations:
Dune: Part Two 15
Wicked 13
Challengers 10
Longlegs 9
Myrskyluodon Maija 9
Joker: Folie à Deux 6
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One 4
Salem's Lot 3
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple 2
Will & Harper 2
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 1
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 1
Scoop 1
The Beautiful Game 1
NOTE: Two categories from previous years, Best Animated Feature and Best Acting (Nonbinary), were excluded this year because I simply hadn't watched enough eligible films for them to have more than one nominee. Both categories will be present in the TV section!
Television
Best costumes and makeup
House of the Dragon
Shogun
Star Trek: Discovery
The Acolyte
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Best set design
Dune: Prophecy
House of the Dragon
Shogun
Squid Game
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Best animation
Arcane
Exploding Kittens
Futurama
Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Best visual effects
Dune: Prophecy
House of the Dragon
Star Trek: Discovery
The Acolyte
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Best sound
Arcane
Dune: Prophecy
House of the Dragon
Shogun
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Best editing
Arcane (Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez & Nazim Meslem)
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Daphne Gomez-Mena, Jane Jo & Fanny Lee)
Shogun (Maria Gonzales & Aika Miyake)
Squid Game (Nam Na-young)
The Acolyte (Miikka Leskinen & Cheryl Potter)
Best cinematography
Dune: Prophecy (Pierre Gill & Richard Donnelly)
House of the Dragon (Catherine Goldschmidt & P.J. Dillon)
Shogun (Sam McCurdy)
Squid Game (Lee Hyeong-deok)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Alex Disenhof & Laurie Rose)
Best score
Arcane (Alex Seaver & Alexander Temple)
Dune: Prophecy (Volker Bertelmann)
House of the Dragon (Ramin Djawadi)
Shogun (Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross)
Squid Game (Jung Jae-il)
Best season premiere
Arcane (Heavy Is the Crown, Season 2 Episode 1)
House of the Dragon (A Son for a Son, Season 2 Episode 1)
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Rising Stars, Rising Questions, Episode 1)
Saturday Night Live (Jean Smart/Jelly Roll, Season 50 Episode 1)
Shogun (Anjin, Season 1 Episode 1)
Best season finale
Arcane (The Dirt Under Your Nails, Season 2 Episode 9)
House of the Dragon (The Queen Who Ever Was, Season 2 Episode 8)
Shogun (A Dream of a Dream, Season 1 Episode 10)
Squid Game (Chinguwa Jeok, Season 2 Episode 7)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Ouroboros, Season 2 Episodes 19-20)
Best episode
Arcane (The Message Hidden Within the Pattern, Season 2 Episode 6)
House of the Dragon (The Red Dragon and the Gold, Season 2 Episode 4)
Saturday Night Live (John Mulaney/Chappell Roan, Season 50 Episode 5)
Shogun (Crimson Sky, Season 1 Episode 9)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Cracked Mirror, Season 2 Episode 14)
Best actor, guest performance
House of the Dragon (Paddy Considine as King Viserys I Targaryen)
Saturday Night Live (Ramy Youssef as Host/Various)
Shogun (Joaquim De Almeida as Father Domingo)
Squid Game (Gong Yoo as The Salesman)
Star Trek: Discovery (Ian Alexander as Gray Tal)
Best actress, guest performance
Dune: Prophecy (Polly Walker as Sonya Harkonnen)
House of the Dragon (Abigail Thorn as Sharako Lohar)
Saturday Night Live (Ariana Grande as Host/Various)
Shogun (Mana Nakamura as Young Mariko)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher)
Best supporting actor
Arcane (Harry Lloyd as Viktor)
House of the Dragon (Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen)
Shogun (Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga)
Squid Game (Lee Byung-hun as Front Man)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Charlie Vickers as Sauron)
Best supporting actress
Arcane (Hailee Steinfeld as Vi)
Dune: Prophecy (Jessica Barden as Young Valya Harkonnen)
Saturday Night Live (Heidi Gardner as Various)
Shogun (Fumi Nikaidô as Ochiba No Kata)
Squid Game (Kang Ae-shim as Geum-ja)
Best acting, non-binary
House of the Dragon (Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen)
Saturday Night Live (Molly Kearney as Various)
Star Trek: Discovery (Blu del Barrio as Adira)
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (Ry Chase as The Jedi)
The Acolyte (Amandla Stenberg as Mae/Osha)
Best lead actor
Dune: Prophecy (Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart)
House of the Dragon (Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen)
Shogun (Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne)
Squid Game (Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun)
The Acolyte (Lee Jung-jae as Master Sol)
Best lead actress
Arcane (Ella Purnell as Jinx)
Dune: Prophecy (Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen)
House of the Dragon (Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower)
Shogun (Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko)
Squid Game (Park Gyuyoung as No-eul)
Best writing
Arcane (Amanda Overton, Pretend Like It's the First Time)
House of the Dragon (Sara Hess, Rhaenyra the Cruel)
Shogun (Maegan Houang, Ladies of the Willow Wood)
Squid Game (Hwang Dong-hyuk, Han Pan Deo)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Erin McNamara, Cracked Mirror)
Best directing
House of the Dragon (Alan Taylor, The Red Dragon and the Gold)
Shogun (Hiromi Kamata, Ladies of the Willow Wood)
Squid Game (Hwang Dong-hyuk, Chinguwa Jeok)
Star Trek: Discovery (Jonathan Frakes, Lagrange Point)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Charlotte Brändström, Shadow and Flame)
Best television series
Arcane
House of the Dragon
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Shogun
Star Trek: Prodigy
Total nominations:
House of the Dragon 18
Shogun 18
Arcane 12
Squid Game 12
Dune: Prophecy 9
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 7
Saturday Night Live 6
Star Trek: Prodigy 6
Star Trek: Discovery 5
The Acolyte 5
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV 3
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire 2
Exploding Kittens 1
Futurama 1
Music
Best opening track
Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness (Jerkin')
Charli XCX - Brat (360)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (H3@RTS W3RE M3@NT T0 F7Y)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (War Isn't Murder)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Our Own Thunder Road)
Best closing track
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (BLUE)
Charli XCX - Brat (365)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (A Place Where Love Goes)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (Hell)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (That's Life)
Best album artwork
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (William Drumm)
Charli XCX - Brat (Special Offer & Imogene Strauss)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Muhozi Nintunze)
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (John Jay)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Dustin Yellin)
Best drum/percussion performance
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Childish Gambino)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Barak Schmool)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (Donald Barrett)
Päivä - Tupajumi (Veikka Pälvimäki)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Daren Taylor)
Best piano/keyboard performance
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Billie Eilish)
Bon Jovi - Forever (David Bryan)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Ludwig Göransson)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Jacob Collier)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (Alex Smith)
Best bass performance
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Finneas O'Connell)
Green Day - Saviors (Mike Dirnt)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Arend Liefkes)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (Daniel Foose)
Päivä - Tupajumi (Aaro Viitanen)
Best guitar performance
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Ludwig Göransson)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (John Mayer)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (Jesse Welles)
Jesse Welles - Patchwork (Jesse Welles)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Steven Chen)
Best vocal performance
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Billie Eilish)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Childish Gambino)
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (Doechii)
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (Dua Lipa)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (Lady Gaga)
Best performance, other instrument
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Kamasi Washington, Saxophone)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Anoushka Shankar, Sitar)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (Jesse Welles, Harmonica)
Jesse Welles - Patchwork (Jesse Welles, Harmonica)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Mimi Peschet, Violin)
Best mixing and production
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Finneas O'Connell)
Charli XCX - Brat (A.G. Cook, Cirkut, Charli XCX, Easyfun & George Daniel)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Dahi, Childish Gambino, Ludwig Göransson, Oscar Holter & Max Martin)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Jacob Collier)
Lady Gaga - Harlequin (Lady Gaga, BloodPop, David Campbell, Benjamin Rice & Jason Ruder)
Best composition
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (BLUE)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (No Excuses)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Box of Stars Pt. 2)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (The News)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Glory)
Best lyrics
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Cruisin')
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (Nissan Altima)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (War Isn't Murder)
Jesse Welles - Patchwork (See Arkansaw)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Our Own Thunder Road)
Best music video
Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness (Jerkin')
Charli XCX - Brat (Von dutch)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Lithonia)
Green Day - Saviors (Bobby Sox)
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 (Little Blue)
Best song
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (BIRDS OF A FEATHER)
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World (Lithonia)
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles (War Isn't Murder)
Päivä - Tupajumi (Miltä rakkaus tuntua voi)
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory (Our Own Thunder Road)
Best album
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Charli XCX - Brat
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles
Lady Gaga - Harlequin
Total nominations:
Childish Gambino - Bando Stone & the New World 14
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 9
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 9
Jesse Welles - Hells Welles 8
Lady Gaga - Harlequin 7
The Airborne Toxic Event - Glory 7
Charli XCX - Brat 6
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal 3
Jesse Welles - Patchwork 3
Päivä - Tupajumi 3
Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness 2
Green Day - Saviors 2
Bon Jovi - Forever 1
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 1
Thank you for reading! Tune in next week for the winners.
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