The presenter of the Golden Globes, the very caustic British humorist Ricky Gervais, opened the awards ceremony on Sunday. Netflix productions are given favorites, with ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘The Irishman’ in mind.
“Let’s start off in style, we’re going to laugh at your expense, okay?”, He launched. Racism, sexual harassment, competence of the jury, Ricky Gervais actually fired all fire, taking a malicious pleasure in pinning the audience of celebrities gathered at the Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.
Much coveted, the Golden Globes open the season of film awards in Hollywood and also serve as a prediction tool for the Oscars. But it is a barometer all the more uncertain since they split the main categories (best film, best actor or actress) in ‘drama’ and ‘comedy’.
The forecasts are delicate because unlike the Oscars or other competitions, it is not the cinema professionals who vote but the hundred or so members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Last year, however, the jury had a hollow nose: all the Golden Globe award winners in the cinema category won an Oscar, with the exception of that of film music.
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