Golden Globe nominations are here, kicking off the first major event of Hollywood awards season. The nods were announced bright and early Monday morning, as actors, directors, writers and producers set alarms to hear their names mispronounced by Marlon Wayans.

It’s tradition at Variety to call up some of the nominees and see how they’re feeling, how they learned they were nominated and how they plan to celebrate. Best actor in a drama nominee Michael B. Jordan joked that while he was not initially invited into the “Sinners” group chat — he was in character as the less friendly twin, Smoke, the day it was created — now his phone is blowing up. And Ariana Grande said she hadn’t spoken with anyone except her mother and her manager, Brandon Creed, before hopping on the phone with Variet

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