Denzel Washington Just Set A New Record with ‘Gladiator II’ Golden Globe Nomination
Written by djfrosty on December 9, 2024
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As the year comes to a close, movie lovers got a peek into what to expect come award season in early 2025.
This morning, Dec. 9, Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut announced the ceremony’s 2025 film and television nominees.
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Fan favorites such as Wicked, Abbott Elementary, Dune: Part II, The Bear, and Emilia Pérez all (expectedly) landed nominations. Along with 26 total first-time nominees (including Pamela Anderson, Zoe Saldana, Glen Powell, Ariana Grande, Jesse Plemons, Karla Sofia Gascon, and Nikki Glaser), Viola Davis will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Ted Danson with the Carol Burnett Award.
Also of note this year, Gladiator II actor and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his portrayal of Macrinus in the swords-and-sandals epic.
It is his eleventh Golden Globe nomination, setting a new record for Black performers.
Last month, Washington shut down rumors that he was retiring from acting.
While on a press run to promote the November 22 release of Gladiator II, Washington reflected on his career and rattled off the next few films he’d be appearing in, making it seem like after those movies wrapped, he’d be retiring from the industry.
Of course longtime fans were disheartened to hear that the actor, who turns 70 next month, was calling it quits. And as the interview made its way around the web, word on the street was DW was about to retire.
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Denzel Washington Just Set A New Record with ‘Gladiator II’ Golden Globe Nomination
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