La La Land, Damien Chazelle's infectious Los Angeles musical, sang and danced its way to a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, including best picture musical or comedy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Monday in Los Angeles. Essentially a romance between struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and struggling jazz musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), La La Land blends magic derived from the finest Hollywood and foreign musicals of the 1940s and '50s with a modern sensibility that finally brings the genre into the 21st century. The film also scored nominations for directing, screenplay, score and original song in the nominations announced Monday in Los Angeles by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. “Moonlight,” spread across three chapters of a young man’s life in Miami, led the field in the dramatic categories, including best picture. "Moonlight," a coming of age film about a young, gay black man, followed "La La Land" with six nominations, including a best director nomination for Barry Jenkins and best supporting acting nosd for Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali. List of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards

List of nominees for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Monday in Beverly Hills, California:

—Picture, Drama: "Hacksaw Ridge," "Hell or High Water," "Lion," "Manchester by the Sea," "Moonlight." #hfp — Chrissy Metz (@ChrissyMetz) December 12, 2016

Ryan Murphy, executive producer of The People v OJ: American Crime Story, which was nominated for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: “What a great morning for everyone who worked so hard on The People v. OJ: American Crime Story! Simpson” continued its awards success with five nominations, including best limited series and nods for stars Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and John Travolta. Other regulars — “Veep” and “Transparent” — were also recognized, though more recent acclaimed shows not eligible for September’s Emmy Awards elbowed their way in, including “The Night Of,” “Westworld,” “Atlanta,” “This Is Us” and “Insecure.”

Kenneth Lonergan’s tender portrait of grief, “Manchester by the Sea,” landed five nominations, including best actor in a drama for Casey Affleck. Those choices did nothing to dislodge the season's front-runners, nor did it alter another prediction gaining steam: this year's awards season won't be nearly as white as last year's. Nominations heaped on "Moonlight," ''Fences," ''Loving" and "Hidden Figures" confirmed what has already solidified as a notably more diverse field. Those two films have taken just about everyone's top honor so far in Hollywood's awards season, with Kenneth Lonergan's tender, grief-filled New England drama Manchester by the Sea -- which scored five nominations Monday, including best drama and best actor for Casey Affleck -- consistently in the running, too. The Weinstein Co.’s “Lion,” the story of an Indian boy separated from his family, won nods for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. The film earned four nods, including best drama and acting nominations for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. Casey Affleck, Joel Edgerton, Andrew Garfield, Viggo Mortensen and Denzel Washington will vie for best actor in a motion picture drama while Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga and Natalie Portman are competing for best actress in that category. Meryl Streep landed her 30th nomination for best actress in a musical or comedy for “Florence Foster Jenkins.” The film, about a Manhattan heiress’ quixotic dreams of singing opera, was one of the morning’s biggest winners, scoring four nominations including nods for Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg. One winner has already been announced: Meryl Streep will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the film industry. But La La Land's secret ingredient is the way all of its song and dance are based firmly in character and story, lending the musical scenes surprising depth. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/QyuURbRLfV — Tracee Ellis Ross (@TraceeEllisRoss) December 12, 2016

Gael Garcia Bernal, star of Mozart in the Jungle, nominated for Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy: “I’m so thrilled I was nominated for Mozart in the Jungle and that the show was nominated. Whether the typically carefree Globes, to be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, will be as bubbly as usual will be a question going into the ceremony.
La La Land leads nominations.