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DiCaprio’s Globes win gives boost to Oscar campaign

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio pose in the press room with the award for best motion picture – drama for “The Revenant” at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at…

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Julianne Moore won a year ago for her portrayal of a woman living with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in “Still Alice” and went on to win the best actress Oscar, too. The film was a part of the 2015 edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) line-up.

All in all, as another Golden Globes comes and goes, we are officially in the midst of awards season. And rising star Brie Larson beat veteran Cate Blanchett to win Best Drama Actress for her performance in “Room”.

The film also included several Canadian aboriginal actors, along with Tootoosis.

The film won three awards: best drama, best actor and best director (Inarritu). Aside from these, “Inside Out” bagged the “Best Animated Film” while Spectre’s “Writing’s on the Wall” was given the Best Original Song.

“It is time we recognize your history and that we protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and people that are out there to exploit them”, DiCaprio said in his acceptance speech. Damon said it has been 18 years since he first won a Golden Globes for Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with Ben Affleck.

Rachel Bloom won for Best Performace by an Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” on The CW Network. The movie’s box-office prospects likely will get an additional boost when Academy Award nominations are announced Thursday.

Jennifer Lawrence won her third Golden Globe for her work in “Joy”. There’s also talk that Vikander being nominated for best supporting actress is “category fraud”, being that she essentially plays an equal role to the film’s lead character.

Lady Gaga said as her tears turned to laughter.

He labelled Sean Penn a “snitch” for his Rolling Stone interview with the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.

The Hollywood Reporter and a few other publications still rank Spotlight as the No. 1 contender for best picture at the Oscars while Golden Globes victor The Revenant is sixth in line on the the Hollywood Reporter’s list.

Tom Hanks also presented Denzel Washington the Cecil B. Demille award.

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