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Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet and other Hollywood stars will gather in Beverly Hills on Sunday for the annual Golden Globes, the first major awards show in a year without a clear favorite for the most prestigious film awards.
Netflix’s Spanish-language musical thriller “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half-hour World War II drama that includes an intermission, lead the films vying for Golden Globe trophies.
Other films in the running include “Wicked,” an adaptation of the Broadway play about the witches from “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Conclave,” a story about papal selection
The restaurant tale “The Bear” and the crime comedy “Only Murders in the Building” will compete for television honors.
The Globes will air live on CBS and the Paramount+ PARA.O streaming service starting at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday (at 1 a.m. GMT). Comedian Nikki Glaser will host the champagne festivities for the first time.
Ms. Glaser, who last year hosted a show about football legend Tom Brady, said she planned to celebrate the A-list nominees rather than mock them as some of the hosts did previous ones.
“I want the appointees to be proud of themselves. I don’t want them to feel attacked,” Ms. Glaser said in an interview. “I’m very excited to show these jokes to a wide audience
The list of presenters includes A-list celebrities such as Dwayne Johnson, Elton John, Andrew Garfield and Awkwafina.
Winning a Globe can shine a spotlight on films and performances in the lead-up to the Oscars in March. So far, experts believe that there is no favorite for the coveted Best Picture award at the Academy Awards.
Unlike the Oscars, the Globes separate films into two categories. “Conclave” and “The Brutalist” are considered strong contenders in the best drama film category, while “Wicked” and “Emilia Perez” are the main contenders for best musical or comedy film.
The Globes winners are chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, while the Oscars have around 9,000 voters. The Globes’ voting body has expanded in recent years and organizers have implemented reforms after coming under fire for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.
Chalamet is up for best actor in a drama film for his portrayal of musician Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” His competition is Adrien Brody, who plays a Holocaust survivor and architect in search of the American dream in “The Brutalist”
Gomez is double nominated for her supporting role in “Emilia Perez,” the story of a Mexican drug lord who becomes a woman, and for her role as the lead comic actress in the television series “Only Murders in the Building.” , as a podcaster
Other actors nominated include Angelina Jolie for her portrayal of opera star Maria Callas in “Maria,” Nicole Kidman as a corporate executive having an affair with an intern in “Babygirl,” Zendaya in the role of a tennis coach in “Challengers” and Ariana Grande as a witchcraft student in “Wicked”
For men, Daniel Craig is nominated for “Queer” and Denzel Washington for “Gladiator II”
