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Golden Globe Awards boosts movies and actors’ chances of winning an Oscar
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Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez and other stars vie for acting honors
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Globe winners selected by 334 journalists from 85 countries
Written by Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES, Hollywood is set to kick off its 2025 awards season with the annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, with films such as ‘Wicked,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ set to win trophies ahead of the Oscars. compete with each other.
Timothee Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande and Angelina Jolie are among the acting nominees for the red carpet ceremony, which will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glazer for the first time. The show will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount.
Spanish-language musical “Emilia Perez” and post-World War II epic “The Brutalist” lead the night’s film nominations.
“The Brutalist” stars Adrien Brody as a Holocaust survivor who seeks asylum in the United States in pursuit of the American Dream. The three-and-a-half hour story is considered a frontrunner for the night’s top prize, Best Motion Picture Drama.
Competing films include “Conclave,” about the election of a pope, as well as two other films, the Bob Dylan biopic “Complete Unknown,” starring Chalamet, and the sci-fi epic “Dune Part II.”
Unlike the Oscars, the Globes compete in separate categories for musicals and comedies. Nominees in this category include the box office smash “Wicked” and the dark romantic comedy “Anora.”
Winning the Globe will help the film get ready for the Academy Awards in March. When a movie or actor takes home a Globe, “it increases the likelihood that members of the Motion Picture Academy will check out that project,” says Scott Feinberg, executive awards editor at The Hollywood Reporter.
Feinberg predicted either “The Brutalist” or “Conclave” would win the Globe for best play. The musical and comedy categories are difficult to evaluate because the nominees are so different from each other, he said.
The musical thriller “Emilia Perez” tells the story of a Mexican drug lord who turns from a man to a woman. “Wicked,” the prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” is based on the popular Broadway play.
“Anora,” about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, is a more traditional comedy, while “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore as a fading celebrity seeking the fountain of youth, is Feinberg said it’s essentially a horror movie.
“It’s everywhere,” Feinberg said.
Globe winners are chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, compared to the Academy Awards, which are chosen by about 9,000 voters. The Globes’ voting body has been expanded in recent years, with organizers implementing reforms following criticism of lack of ethics and lack of diversity.
In the TV category, the restaurant tale “The Bear” leads the Globe nominations, followed by the mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building” and the historical epic “Shogun.”
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