“Top Gun: Maverick” scored a 2023 Golden Globes nomination for best drama film Monday — after star Tom Cruise returned his previous trophies amid a diversity scandal.
Though he was not nominated for best actor, the best drama nod counts as a nomination for Cruise, who produced the action sequel in addition to reprising his role as the hotshot Navy pilot Capt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from 1986′s original “Top Gun.”
Last year, Cruise reportedly gave back the three Golden Globes trophies he won as an actor following the revelation the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards show, didn’t have a single Black voting member, among other complaints.