Bright and early this morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes. 

So what do these nominations mean? In the big Oscars picture, not all that much. Expect the Best Actress/Supporting Actress categories, for example, to get completely reshuffled as two of the Best Actress nominees – Rooney Mara in "Carol" and "Alicia Vikander in "The Danish Girl" – are being campaigned by their respective studios as supporting roles, and I imagine the Oscars will follow suit. And, as with most years, save for "Joy" and "The Big Short," the musical/comedy nominees can mostly be ignored for Academy Award attention. 

However, coming off the critics awards from across the nation and those crazy SAG nominations yesterday, some campaigns are building some steam. "Mad Max: Fury Road" is looking ever more like an actual potential Best Picture nominee, beating out other typical fare – like "Trumbo" or "The Danish Girl" – for the final Best Picture slot. Continued enthusiasm for "The Big Short," Idris Elba in "Beasts of No Nation" and Michael Shannon in "99 Homes" seems to be legit, while people who needed some buzz after SAG snubs yesterday – Will Smith, Sylvester Stallone, "The Martian" – got it with nominations today. 

Meanwhile, what to make of the complete shutting out of nominations for the actors from "Spotlight"? Few people woke up this morning thinking Mark Ruffalo's nomination would come from "Infinitely Polar Bear," not the Boston Globe journalism drama. But between the SAG Awards and the nominations for the film today, the movie is fully in the driver's seat for winning this year's top prize. 

As for the television side of things, I've got little to say other than the Best Drama category is just plain snookerloopy.  

Anyways, here's the full list of nominees:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

• "Carol"
• "Mad Max: Fury Road"
• "The Revenant"
• "Room"
• "Spotlight"

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

• "The Big Short"
• "Joy"
• "The Martian"
• "Spy"
• "Trainwreck"

Best Actor - Drama

• Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
• Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
• Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
• Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
• Will Smith, "Concussion"

Best Actress - Drama

• Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
• Brie Larson, "Room"
• Rooney Mara, "Carol"
• Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
• Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

• Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
• Steve Carell, "The Big Short"
• Al Pacino, "Danny Collins"
• Mark Ruffalo, "Infinitely Polar Bear"
• Matt Damon, "The Martian"

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

• Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
• Melissa McCarthy, "Spy"
• Amy Schumer, "Trainwreck"
• Lili Tomlin, "Grandma"
• Maggie Smith, "The Lady in the Van"

Best Supporting Actor

• Paul Dano, "Love & Mercy"
• Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
• Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
• Michael Shannon, "99 Homes"
• Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"

Best Supporting Actress

• Helen Mirren, "Trumbo"
• Alicia Vikander, "Ex Machina"
• Jane Fonda, "Youth"
• Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
• Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"

Best Director

• Todd Haynes, "Carol"
• George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
• Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
• Ridley Scott, "The Martian"
• Alejandro G. Inarritu, "The Revenant"

Best Screenplay

• "Room"
• "Spotlight"
• "Steve Jobs"
• "The Big Short"
• "The Hateful Eight"

Best Animated Feature

• "Anomalisa"
• "The Good Dinosaur"
• "Inside Out"
• "The Peanuts Movie"
• "Shaun the Sheep Movie"

Best Foreign Language Film

• "The Brand New Testament"
• "The Club"
• "The Fencer"
• "Mustang"
• "Son of Saul"

Best Song

• "Love Me Like You Do" from "50 Shades of Grey"
• "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre"
• "One Kind of Love" from "Love & Mercy"
• "See You Again" from "Furious 7"
• "Simple Sound #3" from "Youth"

Best Score

• "Carol"
• "The Danish Girl"
• "The Hateful Eight"
• "The Revenant"
• "Steve Jobs"

Best TV Series - Drama

• "Game of Thrones"
• "Mr. Robot"
• "Empire"
• "Narcos"
• "Outlander"

Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy

• "Orange is the New Black"
• "Silicon Valley"
• "Veep"
• "Transparent"
• "Mozart in the Jungle"
• "Casual"

Best Mini-Series or Movie Made for Television

• "Fargo"
• "American Horror Story: Hotel"
• "American Crime"
• "Wolf Hall"
• "Flesh and Bone"

Best Actor - Drama

• Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
• Live Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
• Rami Malek, "Mr. Robot"
• Wagner Moura, "Narcos"
• Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"

Best Actress - Drama

• Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
• Eva Green, "Penny Dreadful"
• Viola Davis, "How to Get Away with Murder"
• Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"
• Taraji P. Henson, "Empire"

Best Actor - TV Musical or Comedy

• Aziz Ansari, "Master of None"
• Rob Lowe, "The Grinder"
• Gael Garcia Bernal, "Mozart in the Jungle"
• Patrick Stewart, "Blunt Talk"
• Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"

Best Actress - TV Musical or Comedy

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
• Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"
• Rachel Bloom, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
• Lily Tomlin, "Grace and Frankie"
• Jamie Lee Curtis, "Scream Queens"

Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
• Idris Elba, "Luther"
• David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
• Oscar Isaac, "Show Me a Hero"
• Patrick Wilson, "Fargo"

Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Queen Latifah, "Bessie"
• Lady Gaga, "American Horror Story: Hotel"
• Kirsten Dunst, "Fargo"
• Sarah Hay, "Flesh and Bone"
• Felicity Huffman, "American Crime"

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"
• Tobias Menzies, "Outlander"
• Ben Mendelsohn, "Bloodline"
• Christian Slater, "Mr. Robot"

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Uzo Aduba, "Orange is the New Black"
• Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"
• Regina King, "American Crime"
• Judith Light, "Transparent"
• Maura Tierney, "The Affair"