The 2021 Bob Award Nominations!

2020 was not only an incredibly difficult year, it was a decidedly strange one. That strangeness was evident in the way movies were released (or in many cases not released). As a result, certain movies that would have had theatrical releases went straight to streaming services you were already paying for while others cost $30 to rent which is great for a family of 4 but made them inaccessible to people who live alone. This year’s Bob Award nominations felt different to put together than ever before and they look a little different as well. Another different aspect of this year’s nominations is that I have left out technical categories. It’s difficult to truly appreciate sound, visual effects, or cinematography without having the opportunity to see movies in a theater. With theaters re-opening my hope of course is that next year, the Bob Awards can return to normal, but for now the focus will be on acting, writing, directing, and of course, Best Picture. The winners will be announced in the next couple of weeks and as before, “The Fun Stuff” will highlight achievements that don’t fit into standard categories. With that, here are the Bob Award nominations for 2020.

Supporting Actor
Anthony Carrigan – Bill & Ted Face the Music
Walton Goggins – Fatman
Viraj Juneja – Get Duked!
Jonathan Majors – Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Supporting Actress
Allison Janney – Bad Education
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Fatman
Brigette Lundy-Paine – Bill & Ted Face the Music
Aubrey Plaza – Happiest Season
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Hugh Jackman – Bad Education
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Gary Oldman – Mank

Actress
Alison Brie – Horse Girl
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma
Julia Vysotskaya – Dear Comrades!

Ensemble Cast
Bad Education
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Get Duked!
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
One Night in Miami

Adapted Screenplay
Bad Education – Mike Makowsky
Emma – Eleanor Catton
The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers

Original Screenplay
Bill & Ted Face the Music – Chris Matheson & Ed Solomon
Fatman – Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms
Get Duked! – Ninian Doff
The Kid Detective – Evan Morgan
Mank – Jack Fincher
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

Director
David Fincher – Mank
Cory Finley – Bad Education
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Andrei Konchalovskiy – Dear Comrades!
Evan Morgan – The Kid Detective
Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms – Fatman

Best Picture
Bad Education
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Dear Comrades!
Fatman
Get Duked!
The Kid Detective
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
One Night in Miami