Two projects with close ties to North Carolina are nominated for awards in tonight’s Golden Globes ceremony, and it didn’t take long for one of those projects to start piling up awards. (This story will update as Sunday night’s show progresses.)

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” filmed in and around Sylva, N.C., grabbed its first award in the first half hour of the program, with Sam Rockwell winning Best Performance in a Supporting Role for playing the maddeningly complex Deputy Dixon.

The movie has six nominations in all.

In addition to Rockwell’s category, it has nods for: Best Drama, Martin McDonagh for Best Director, Frances McDormand for Best Dramatic Actress, Martin McDonagh for Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Later in the broadcast, Martin McDonagh picked up the film’s second win of the night for Best Screenplay.

Just after 11 p.m. (the show ran late, of course), Frances McDormand won the Best Dramatic Actress award for playing Mildred Hayes, a fiery, determined mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter.

The other awards:

▪ The Best Original Score award went to “The Shape of Water.”

▪ The Best Director award went to Guillermo del Toro for "The Shape of Water."

‘Stranger Things 2’

The Netflix series “Stranger Things 2,” written, created and directed by The Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross) of Durham, is nominated for two – Best TV Drama Series and David Harbour for Best Supporting Actor.

▪ The Hulu drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” snagged the Best Drama award in the first hour of the broadcast.

▪ Alexander Skarsgård won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the HBO drama “Big Little Lies.”

More ahead

Both “Three Billboards” and “Stranger Things 2” are nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards. That ceremony will broadcast at 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 21, on TNT and TBS.