Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" led nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, narrowly edging Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's tear-jerking revival of "A Star Is Born," the interracial road-trip drama "Green Book" and period romp "The Favourite."

"Vice" topped all contenders Thursday with a surprising six nominations, including best picture and comedy. "A Star Is Born," ''Green Book" and "The Favourite" scored five nominations each.

"Vice" stars Christian Bale as the former vice president. The film is a highly critical portrait of the former VP Cheney as a power-hungry, behind-the-scenes tyrant. It arrives in theaters Dec. 25.

The nominations were announced at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday.

The ratings for last January's broadcast, hosted by Seth Meyers and graced with an impassioned speech by Oprah Winfrey, dipped 5 percent with approximately 19 million viewers.

As the first major award show following the Harvey Weinstein revelations and subsequent launch of the #MeToo movement, the usually more frivolous ceremony had an atypical edge of seriousness. In a demonstration organized by the then-just-founded Time's Up, many women wore black on the red carpet.

Whether this year will return the Globes to their more lighthearted celebrations will rest partly with its unexpected pairing of Andy Samberg and "Killing Eve" star Sandra Oh, who on Thursday was nominated for best actress in a TV series drama. They were announced Wednesday as hosts to the Jan. 6 ceremony, to be broadcast live on NBC.

Best television limited series or movie:
"The Alienist"
''The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
''Escape at Dannemora"
''Sharp Objects"
"A Very English Scandal"

Best animated film
"Incredibles 2"
''Isle of Dogs"
''Mirai"
''Ralph Breaks the Internet"
''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

Best foreign language film
"Capernaum"
''Girl"
''Never Look Away"
''Roma"
''Shoplifters"

Best television comedy series
"Barry"
''The Good Place"
''Kidding"
''The Kominsky Method"
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Best actress in a television comedy series
Kristen Bell, "The Good Place"
Candice Bergen, "Murphy Brown"
Alison Brie, "GLOW"
Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Debra Messing, "Will & Grace"

Best actor in a television comedy series
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Who Is America"
Jim Carrey "Kidding"
Michael Douglas "The Kominsky Method"
Donald Glover "Atlanta"
Bill Hader "Barry"

Best television drama series
"The Americans"
"Bodyguard"
"Homecoming"
"Killing Eve"
"Pose"

Best comedy or musical film
"Crazy Rich Asians"
''The Favourite"
''Green Book"
''Mary Poppins Returns"
''Vice"

Best drama
"Black Panther"
"BlackkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"A Star Is Born"

Best actor in a limited series
Antonio Banderas, "Genius: Picasso"
Darren Criss, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "Patrick Melrose"
Daniel Brühl, "The Alienist"
Hugh Grant, "A Very English Scandal"

Best actress in a limited series
Amy Adams, "Sharp Objects"
Patricia Arquette, "Escape at Dannemora"
Connie Britton, "Dirty John"
Laura Dern, "The Tale"
Regina King, "Seven Seconds"

Best actor in a film drama
Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate"
Lucas Hedges, "Boy Erased"
Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"

Best actress in a film drama
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Nicole Kidman, "Destroyer"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Rosamund Pike, "A Private War"

Best original song
Kendrick Lamar, "All The Stars" ("Black Panther")
Dolly Parton, "Girl in the Movies" ("Dumplin'"
Annie Lennox, "Requiem for a Private War" ("A Private War")
Troye Sivan and Jonsi, "Revelation" ("Boy Erased")
Lady Gaga, "Shallow" ("A Star Is Born")

Best actress in a comedy or musical
Emily Blunt, "Mary Poppins Returns"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
Elsie Fisher, "Eighth Grade"
Charlize Theron, "Tully"
Constance Wu, "Crazy Rich Asians"

Best actor in a comedy or musical
Christian Bale, "Vice"
Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Mary Poppins Returns"
Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"
Robert Redford, "The Old Man & The Gun"
John C. Reilly, "Stan & Ollie"

The Associated Press contributed to this report .