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Golden Globes should provide traction in Oscar race

Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2016 Golden Globe Awards are sure to be full of unpredictable moments as the evening’s host chimes in with his, often uncensored, thoughts throughout the evening. After the 2012 gig, at which he called the Globes “just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem”, he said he did not want to be persuaded to do it again. Ricky Gervais is hosting the show tonight (for the fourth time), and he’ll probably say something weird!

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Without a runaway favorite for this year’s top Academy Award, a handful of key contenders are looking to Sunday night’s 73rd annual Golden Globes for a little traction on the road to the Oscars.

“Because I can see the future, I’d like to apologize now for the things I said at next week’s Golden Globes”, he tweeted on January 1.

If Miss Golden Globe looks familiar, it’s because she owes 50 percent of her DNA to Jamie Foxx.

After all, that year’s monologue had a particularly brutal stretch of jokes aimed at rumors about famous closeted Scientologists, and a segment mocking Charlie Sheen’s substance abuse and naked-porn-star-in-the-closet incident.

The nominees cover a varied field of genres and topics.

The Golden Globe drama victor has gone on to win best picture 27 of 52 times – or 52 percent.

No word on why NBC elected not to live stream the event, as they usually live stream most of their specials’. Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan 14. DiCaprio is up on Sunday against Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl“), Will Smith (“Concussion”), Michael Fassbender (“Steve Jobs”) and Bryan Cranston (“Trumbo”).

Irish star Saoirse Ronan is nominated in the best actress in a motion picture (drama) category for her turn as a homesick immigrant in Brooklyn. That’s exactly what J. Law did in her role as Joy Mangano, a single mother from Long Island so desperate for a change that she defied the odds (and her family) to become one of the most famous home-product inventors and QVC gurus of all time.

Remember Robert Downey Jr.’s past in jail and rehab?

Among the presenters are Colorado’s own Melissa Benoist, and making a return to the Awards show scene, Mel Gibson.

“I think “Spotlight” is going to win partly because it’s a celebration of journalism and there is some 90 journalists who are voting on this”, said Timothy grey, awards editor for trade magazine Variety.

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In television, streaming shows such as Netflix drug drama “Narcos” and Amazon’s transgender comedy “Transparent” have dominated key categories, giving established broadcasters serious competition.

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