Without a runaway favorite for this year’s top Academy Award, a handful of key contenders will be looking to Sunday night’s 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards for a little traction on the road to the Oscars.
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In the comedy and musical section, “The Martian” won the best picture, and Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) received the best actress award; her third Golden Globe after “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle”.
The smart money is on this being DiCaprio’s year to nab an Oscar, and his Globe win for best actor in a drama cements his lock for at least a nomination from the Academy, if not the golden guy himself.
“It is time we recognize your history and protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and people that are out there to exploit them”.
An apparently disgruntled Gibson replied: “I don’t know, you’ll have to ask the person who said that”.
With the Golden Globes over, Hollywood can shift its focus to the biggest award show in the biz… the Oscars! But it was a amusing skit that People magazine declared they should be next year’s hosts.
Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”.
That said, they might want to reward Matt Damon’s similarly impressive career now capped with stellar work in “The Martian”, a major crowd-pleaser totally anchored by his star power. Nominated for Best Drama Series Actor, Malek was beaten out by Jon Hamm from the popular “Mad Men” TV series. He was also the most searched in every USA state.
A-listers Kate Winslet and Sylvester Stallone also took home acting prizes at the ceremony held in Beverly Hills, which is seen as a good indicator of which movies and actors will fight for Oscars glory.
“Steve Jobs”: Critics blamed Steve Jobs fatigue – another scripted film, “Jobs”, came out in 2013, and Alex Gibney’s documentary was released in 2015 – for this Danny Boyle biopic’s poor reception at the box office. The thing about Mozart in the Jungle is that it is the most conservative series in the comedy category.
Upon receiving the award, Esmail said, “I’ve got to thank my family”. Except, the victor was actually Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight.
Also not appearing on the PGA list and conspicuously absent from this year’s Globes nominees is J.J. Abrams’ galactic juggernaut “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, which on Wednesday, became the highest-grossing movie of all time in North America. After failing to pick up a single award at the Golden Globes, this may no longer be the case.
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