Dramatic period pieces will vie for the top comedy-musical awards and song-stuffed movies are poised to dominate the dramatic categories. Welcome to the 76th annual Golden Globes.
Category confusion often reigns at the Globes. Remember when laughers like 害羞草研究所淭he Martian害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淕et Out害羞草研究所� competed as comedies? But the Globes, reliably the frothiest, quirkiest and most entertaining stop in the awards-season march to the Academy Awards, might feel especially upside down this year.
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The night, to be broadcast live Sunday on NBC, may ultimately belong to Bradley Cooper害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淎 Star Is Born害羞草研究所� revival. It害羞草研究所檚 the favourite for best picture (drama), best actress (Lady Gaga), best song (害羞草研究所淪hallow害羞草研究所�) and best actor (Bradley Cooper). The film害羞草研究所檚 stiffest competition may come from another music movie: the Freddie Mercury biopic 害羞草研究所淏ohemian Rhapsody,害羞草研究所� whose star, Rami Malek, some believe could pull off the acting upset over Cooper.
Despite their copious tuneage, the campaigns of both 害羞草研究所淎 Star Is Born害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淏ohemian Rhapsody害羞草研究所� elected for the more serious dramatic category. For 害羞草研究所淎 Star Is Born,害羞草研究所� it害羞草研究所檚 a kind of power move to firmly establish itself as the Oscar front runner many believe it is.
Oscar voting, as it turns out this year, commences Monday, the morning after the Golden Globes. If 害羞草研究所淎 Star Is Born害羞草研究所� runs away with the Globes, it will enter the nominations period of the Academy Awards as the favourite by a wide margin.
With 害羞草研究所淎 Star Is Born害羞草研究所� (along with 害羞草研究所淏lack Panther,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所滻f Beale Street Could Talk害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淏lacKkKlansman害羞草研究所�) up for best picture as a drama, that害羞草研究所檚 left a few humour-tinged movies many would peg as dramas 害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所淭he Favourite,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所滸reen Book害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淰ice害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� to give the comedy/musical side of the Globes a bit more heft than usual.
Of those, 害羞草研究所淰ice害羞草研究所� comes in with the most nominations of any film (six), but the chances of 害羞草研究所淭he Favourite害羞草研究所� are probably the best on Sunday. 害羞草研究所淭he Favourite,害羞草研究所� Yorgos Lanthimos害羞草研究所� triangular power struggle in Queen Anne害羞草研究所檚 court, is the most decorated film of the bunch in an awards season that, despite any other fluctuations, has been rigid in its acclaim for the powerhouse trio of Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone.
Emily Blunt, nominated twice this year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (best actress for 害羞草研究所淢ary Poppins Returns害羞草研究所� and best supporting actress for 害羞草研究所淎 Quiet Place害羞草研究所�) could give Colman 害羞草研究所� named the lead of 害羞草研究所淭he Favourite害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� a run for her money. But Colman害羞草研究所檚 tragicomic performance as Queen Anne has made her the definite front-runner and potentially Lady Gaga害羞草研究所檚 stiffest competition come the Oscars when the two best-actress contenders will presumably go head to head.
The awards season of 害羞草研究所淕reen Book害羞草研究所� has been marred by backlash, so Peter Farrelly害羞草研究所檚 1960s road trip tale probably has the most to gain from a strong showing at the Globes. The film害羞草研究所檚 best actor (comedy) contender, Viggo Mortensen, may not be able to challenge Christian Bale害羞草研究所檚 Dick Cheney, but the HFPA 害羞草研究所� which overlooked Mahershala Ali for 害羞草研究所淢oonlight害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� may right that wrong with an award for his supporting performance in 害羞草研究所淕reen Book.害羞草研究所�
But if the lines of comedy, musical and drama are particularly blurred at this year害羞草研究所檚 Globes, they are even more so between film and television.
There are as many movie stars nominated in the TV categories as there are in the film ones. Among them: Julia Roberts (害羞草研究所淗omecoming害羞草研究所�), Jim Carrey (害羞草研究所淜idding害羞草研究所�), Amy Adams (up for both 害羞草研究所淰ice害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淪harp Objects害羞草研究所�) Michael Douglas (害羞草研究所淭he Kominsky Method害羞草研究所�), Benedict Cumberbatch (害羞草研究所淧atrick Melrose害羞草研究所�), Penelope Cruz (害羞草研究所淭he Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story害羞草研究所�), Patricia Arquette (害羞草研究所淓scape at Dannemora害羞草研究所�), Hugh Grant (害羞草研究所淎 Very English Scandal害羞草研究所�) and Laura Dern (害羞草研究所淭he Tale害羞草研究所�).
Their shows and others (害羞草研究所淭he Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所滲arry,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所滲odyguard,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所滽illing Eve害羞草研究所�) will be in the mix, and the victors may well muddy another awards show boundary: that between host and winner. Sandra Oh, the star of 害羞草研究所淜illing Eve,害羞草研究所� is favoured to win best actress in a drama series, potentially giving her a welcome respite from hosting duties alongside Andy Samberg.
Oh and Samberg will have the challenge of marshalling a broadcast that last year fell 11 per cent in viewership for NBC. That ceremony, when women attendees wore black, was atypically solemn for the Globes, and rife with protest, coming as the first major awards show of the post-Harvey Weinstein #MeToo era.
But for a Globes full of head-scratchers, Samberg and Oh 害羞草研究所� each hailing from different realms of comedy and drama 害羞草研究所� are a fittingly, charmingly incongruous pair.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
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