“Belfast” and “West Side Story” are the main favorites of the reduced 79th edition of the Golden Globes this Sunday, in which the winners will be announced by Twitter.
Traditionally one of the biggest parties in Hollywood and the first stop of the film industry’s awards season, this year the Golden Globes will not have their usual list of stars, nor will they have a televised ceremony, due to a boycott of those who They accuse the organizers of unethical practices.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is the one who decides the winners each year and is in the eye of the hurricane for accusations of corruption and racism, among others. The television station NBC, in charge of the transmission, withdrew the program from its grill, and the HFPA will announce the winners on social networks starting at 3 in the morning, Spanish time.
Seven nominations for ‘Belfast’
“Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s incisive black-and-white production recounting the explosion of violence in his hometown in the late 1960s, dominates the list with seven nominations, tied with Jane’s “The Power of the Dog.” Campion.
The Campion western, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, tackles toxic masculinity in the western United States in the 1920s. If it won, it would become the second film directed by a woman to receive the award for best dramatic production after ” Nomadland “, which triumphed last year.
Among the comedy or musical categories, Steven Spielberg’s version of “West Side Story” did not win at the box office but was applauded by critics, and is expected to win some votes at the Golden Globes.
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Compete with “Don’t Look Up,” a satire on climate change starring a cast of established stars, in which Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play scientists trying to warn an indifferent world – and the president of the United States played by Meryl Streep- about her inevitable end.
On the television side, the HBO drama “Succession,” which is about a powerful man’s family feud in the media, leads with five nominations.
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