Here's how we fared at the 2017 Golden Globes Awards:
Stranger Things received a nomination for Best Television Series - Drama.
CONFIRMATION
Kerry Washington received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WESTWORLD
Westworld received a nomination for Best Television Series - Drama.
Thandie Newton was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Ruth Negga was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.
Moonlight won for Best Motion Picture - Drama.
Naomie Harris was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture.
Mahershala Ali was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture.
Barry Jenkins was nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture and Best Screenplay - Motion Picture.
Moonlight was also nominated for Best Original Score.
INSECURE
My fellow Chocolate Cardinal, Issa Rae, was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series.
THIS IS US
This Is Us, which stars yet another fellow Chocolate Cardinal, Sterling K. Brown, was nominated for Best Television Series - Drama.
THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
Sterling K. Brown also starred in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, for which he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Courtney B. Vance was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Atlanta won for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Donald Glover won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Atlanta was renewed for a second season just two weeks into its first season, but it was recently announced that the second season will not premiere until 2018! Why? Donald Glover is set to begin filming for the upcoming Star Wars film this month. He will be playing Lando Calrissian.
Glover has also signed an overall production deal with FX to "develop new projects for FX and other networks/streaming services." One more thing, if you're interested in checking out Glover's musical skills, he released his third studio album, "Awaken, My Love!" under his moniker Childish Gambino a little over a month ago.
BLACK-ISH
Black-ish was nominated for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Anthony Anderson was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Tracee Ellis Ross won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, making her the first Black woman in 35 years to win in this category!
Before I move back to films, I want to express how much I love how Black-ish seems to perfectly express and validate my views and feelings, while also incorporating and sharing differing views; all while making me cry, laugh, and shout "YES!!" I highly recommend watching this show, especially the latest episode, "LEMONS" and last season's episode, "Hope." You can find episodes on Hulu, who recently signed a deal for the exclusive subscription streaming VOD rights for Black-ish. But here are a couple of clips from the "Hope" and "LEMONS" episodes:
HIDDEN FENCES
There were no nominations or wins for Hidden Fences, despite it being mentioned both on the red carpet and on the stage during the ceremony!! Have you seen the trailer?
Okay...here's what really happened...
The only thing Hidden Figures and Fences have in common besides the color of its cast was young actress Saniya Sidney, who played minor roles in both films (and did an excellent job!). But if that even came close to being a reason for the faux pas, they should have said Hidden Moonlight, as Hidden Figures and Moonlight shared two actors in common; Janelle Monae and Mahershala Ali. But even with that, Hidden Moonlight would be just as unacceptable. I just wanted a clever way to showcase the actors who played in 2 of 3 of arguably the best Black films of 2016.
Now let's get back to films that actually exist.
Octavia Spencer was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture.
Hidden Figures was nominated for Best Original Score - Motion Picture. Pharrell Williams was the producer.
Denzel Washington was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama.
Viola Davis won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture.
In 2010, Washington and Davis won Tony Awards for playing the same roles in the 2010 revival of the play on Broadway, for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, respectively. Stephen Henderson, who played Bono in the film and the 2010 Broadway revival, received a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 2010 revival. The revival also won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. It earned ten Tony Award nominations, the most a play revival has ever received!