Tom Hanks lands Golden Globe nomination for Mister Rogers role

NEW YORK — Tom Hanks’ role as Mister Rogers in the Pittsburgh-filmed “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” has landed him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor.

It could be a winning night at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards for Hanks, who also will be recognized for his “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” with the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Hanks isn’t the only Pittsburgh connection to be nominated for a Golden Globe. East Liberty native Billy Porter was nominated in the best actor TV series drama category for his role in FX’s “Pose.” In September, Porter won an Emmy for the role as best actor in a drama series.

As for other Pittsburgh-filmed movies, “Where’d You Go Bernadette” landed a nomination for its lead actress Cate Blanchett.

Noah Baumbach’s divorce portrait “Marriage Story” leads the nominations with six, including best picture, drama, and acting nods for its two leads, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson.

Netflix dominated the nominations, announced Monday in Beverly Hills, Calif., with four films nominated for best film: “Marriage Story,” Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Irishman” and the Vatican bromance “The Two Popes” in the drama category, and the Eddie Murphy-led “Dolemite Is My Name” in the comedy category. Netflix led all companies with 17 total nominations.

“Marriage Story,” which landed on the streaming service Friday after a three-week run in theaters, also earned nods for Baumbach’s script, Laura Dern’s supporting performance and Randy Newman’s score. The only notable category it missed on was Baumbach for best director.

“The Irishman” landed five total nominations, including best director for Scorsese, supporting acting nods for Al Pacino and Joe Pesci and best screenplay for Steven Zaillian’s script.

Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Los Angeles fable “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” also scored five nominations, including best film comedy or musical and nods for Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. Tarantino is also up for best director.

The Globes, with 87 voting members, differ wildly from the Academy Awards, which are decided by 9,000 industry professionals. But the press association’s choices sometimes line up with the academy’s, like last year when “Green Book” (entered as a comedy at the Globes) triumphed at both.

This year could give the Globes slightly more sway because the awards season is especially truncated. The Academy Awards are being held several weeks early, on Feb. 9, giving Oscar campaigns less time to find momentum.

But several possible Academy Awards favorites weren’t even eligible in the Globes’ top categories. Even though the press association is a group of foreign journalists based in Los Angeles, they don’t nominate international films for best drama or best comedy/musical. That ruled out Bong Joon Ho’s social satire “Parasite” (which the Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted the year’s best on Sunday) and Lulu Wang’s family drama “The Farewell,” both of which are expected to be in the Oscar mix.

This year’s Carol Burnett Award will go to Ellen DeGeneres. Ricky Gervais will host the Globes for the fifth time on Jan. 5.