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December 12, 2023 12:15 pm

‘Maestro,’ About Leonard Bernstein’s Marriage, Gets Four Golden Globes Nominations, Including Best Picture

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    Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of “Maestro.” Photo: Netflix.

    Maestro, the film about the marriage of late Jewish conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, received Golden Globes nominations on Monday for best picture in the drama category, best actress for Carey Mulligan and best actor for lead star Bradly Cooper, who is also nominated for directing the film.

    Maestro focuses mostly on Bernstein’s private life, family, and marriage to Chilean-American actress Felicia Montealegre, who is played in the film by Mulligan. Bernstein was the former conductor of the New York Philharmonic and best known for writing the music for West Side Story. He won numerous awards throughout his illustrious career, include Emmys, Tonys and 16 Grammy Awards. The father-of-three died on Oct. 14, 1990.

    The full list of Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday and the ceremony is set for Jan. 7, 2024.

    Maestro will compete in the best picture category against Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest — about the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp Rudolf Höss — and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which chronicles the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II. Cillian Murphy received a nod for best actor for starring as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man responsible for making the top-secret Manhattan Project a success, while a nod for supporting actor was given to Robert Downey Jr. for playing Lewis L. Strauss, who is Jewish. Nolan’s film received eight nominations in total, including for best screenplay and director.

    In the comedy or musical category, Jewish actors Natalie Portman, Joaquin Phoenix and Timothée Chalamet are nominated for their leading roles in May December, Beau is Afraid and Wonka, respectively. In television, Emma Stone  is nominated for her role in the Showtime series The Curse, where she plays a Jewish convert and lights Shabbat blessings. She is also nominated for best actress in the film Poor Things. Additionally, Rachel Weisz is nominated for playing both Beverly and Elliot Mantle in the Amazon Prime series Dead Ringers. Other Jewish actors in television who received Golden Globe nominations include Natasha Lyonne (Pokerface), Eban Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) and Jason Segal (Shrinking), and Eban Moss-Bachrach.

    Jewish DJ, record producer and songwriter Mark Ronson is nominated for best song for Dance the Night and I’m Just Ken from the movie Barbie, which is about the popular doll created by Ruth Handler, who was Jewish. Barbie topped the list of nominees with nine nods.

    The late Jewish musician and songwriter Robbie Robertson is nominated for his score for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which is also nominated for a slew of other awards, including best screenplay for Scorsese and Jewish screenwriter Eric Roth.

    Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman, both of whom are Jewish, are each nominated in the Globes’ new category for stand-up comedy for Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact and Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love, respectively.

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