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arts & life f i l m 40 January 5 • 2017 Golden Globe Preview Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish News The 2017 Golden Globe Awards, the 74th, mark the opening of the awards season, honoring the best and brightest in film and television from 2016. It's also a fun party to watch — this year, Jimmy Fallon will host as it airs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, on NBC. Here, our own annual roundup of "who's a Jew." Here are the Jewish acting nominees in the TV categories. Lead actor, drama: Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan; lead actor, musical or comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent; lead actress, drama: Winona Ryder, Stranger Things, and Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld; lead actress, musical or comedy series: Tracee Ellis Ross, Blackish, Rachel Bloom, My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce. Note: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mandy Moore and Lily Collins are also nomi- nated for their movie or TV work — all have a Jewish grandfather, but don't identify as Jewish. Other categories: Kenneth Lonergan, the director and writer of Manchester By the Sea, is the sole Jewish nominee in the (film) directing and screenwriting categories; best original film score: Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, and Hans Zimmer, Hidden Figures; best original film song: City of Gold (La La Land), Justin Hurwitz and Benj Pasek. Here are the other "best of " catego- ries with a Jewish director, screenwriter or (TV-show) creator. Best drama film: Manchester By the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan; best musical or comedy film: Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears. Best TV series, drama: The Crown, cre- ated and written by Peter Morgan; Game of Thrones, created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (and often written by them); and This is Us, created and written by Dan Fogelman. Best musical or com- edy TV series: Mozart in the Jungle, Jason Schwartzman and Paul Weitz (co-creators) and Transparent, Jill Soloway (creator and main writer). Best TV movie or mini-series: The Dresser (based on a play by Ronald Harwood), The Night Manager, directed by Susanne Bier, The Night Of, Richard Price (co-creator) and The People v. O.J. Simpson (based on a book by Jeffrey Toobin, who also helped co-write the TV series). Note: Lead actress (drama) nominee Isabelle Hupert had a Jewish father (see "Celebrity Jews" in the Dec. 29 issue), but was raised in her mother's Catholic faith. Also, nominee Andrew Taylor-Jones, nominated for supporting actor, film (Nocturnal Animals), once called himself Jewish, but details have yet to arise. * Jill Soloway Dan Fogelman D.B. Weiss and David Benioff Justin Hurwitz Winona Ryder Liev Schreiber All things Jewish in the upcoming awards show. DriverOnCall takes you anywhere you need to go in your own car and brings you home again. Places like: r Medical/dental appointments r Hairdressers and barbers r Visits and social events r Banks and shopping r Church services r Airports Our drivers are professional, licensed and insured. "DRIVERONCALL KEEPS ME INDEPENDENT. I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO THE THINGS I ENJOY." BEATRICE LINDER | DriverOnCall client *Subject to availability. Limit one per customer. ENJOY $25 OFF YOUR FIRST RESERVATION MENTION CODE: DJN Call: 1-888-713-7483 www.driveroncall.net SERVICE AVAILABLE 24/7 CALL TO SCHEDULE A RESERVATION 1-888-713-7483