Angelina Jolie has been Golden Globe nominated for a ninth time. On Monday morning the 49-year-old actress landed a Best Performance By A Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama nod for playing opera singer  Maria Callas in the movie titled Maria. Jolie will compete with Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl, Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, Tilda Swinton for The Girl Next Door, Fernanda Torres for I'm Still Here and Kate Winslet for Lee.Other projects Jolie was nominated for were George Wallace, Gia, Girl Interrupted, A Mighty Heart, Changeling, The Tourist, In The Land Of Blood And Honey and First They Killed My Father.  She won for the first three. The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 5, 2025.  Emilia Pérez landed the most nods with 10. Jacques Audiard's charming drug cartel musical, acquired by Netflix out of this year's Cannes Film Festival, got the most nods out of any feature film contender including best motion picture musical or comedy, best director for Audiard, best supporting actress for Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, best actress for Karla Sofia Gascón, best screenplay and best original score. Not far behind is Brady Corbet's The Brutalist. In addition to nabbing best motion picture drama, movie leads Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones both scored acting nominations and Guy Pearce took one for supporting.  Next was Conclave with Ralph Fiennes. Other notable films of the year to see four or more Globe nominations include Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain, Wicked' and The Substance.On the TV side, Hulu's The Bear got five. This comes after Jolie said she thinks it's a 'real gift to be an artist'.The 49-year-old movie star feels she's been 'very lucky' in her career, observing that she's been allowed to 'explore' so many different characters and stories.
       Angelina told 'Extra': 'Ever since I was young, I think it's a real gift to be an artist. 'We're very lucky that we get to explore, within a safe place with other artists, our emotional life and our pain and what a lot of people feel alone, and they don't have the chance to kind of express it. So I've always felt very lucky.'The actress portrayed the famed opera singer Maria Callas in the psychological drama film Maria.Angelina initially felt anxious about singing in the movie, but she ultimately relished the experience.She said: 'I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it's a gift.'Angelina previously revealed that she spent 'months' preparing to sing in 'Maria'. The Oscar-winning actress said at the Telluride Film Festival: 'I had seven months of opera classes, great teachers and Italian classes, and a supportive team that were going to help me.'Despite this, Angelina still felt anxious about singing when the time came to do it.She said: 'I was so nervous that morning I was out of my mind.'Angelina also revealed that she relished the experience of working with director Pablo Larrain.She said: 'I knew that as long as I gave my best, Pablo would be okay with it and somehow make it work. I knew I needed to do my best to try to help solve the puzzle, but I knew that he was a kind person and he was supportive and that helped.'

source : Daily mail