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Golden Globes nominations: Netflix films, TV shows could lead the pack again

Golden Globes nominations: Netflix films, TV shows could lead the pack again

FILE - Event signage appears above the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes will be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Whether anyone will be attending the Golden Globes in person remains uncertain and improbable. But nominations to the 78th Globes will be announced on Wednesday (Feb 3), nevertheless.

Hollywood's strange and largely virtual awards season lacks the usual kind of buzz and red-carpet glamour that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) annually feasts on. More than perhaps any other award show, the Globes depend on a cavalcade of stars – something that won't materialise when the awards are handed out Feb 28 in a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

This image released by Netflix shows Sacha Baron Cohen, center left, and Jeremy Strong in a scene from "The Trial of the Chicago 7." (Niko Tavernise/Netflix via AP)

Nominations will be announced virtually at 8.35 am ET on Wednesday (9.35pm Singapore time) by presenters Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson. They will reveal 12 categories on NBC's Today show, with full nominees announced live on E! digital channels and the Golden Globes' website.

Without any in-person screenings or photo ops with stars, little is known about how the roughly 90 member press association – a notoriously unpredictable group, in normal times – is swaying this year. But one thing may be a lock: Netflix will land a whole lot of nominations.

Several of the streaming service's films – including Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods, David Fincher's Mank and Aaron Sorkin's The Trial Of The Chicago 7 – are considered frontrunners, as are Netflix TV series The Crown and Ozark. At last year's Globes, Netflix also led all studios with 34 nominations.

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Frances McDormand in a scene from the film "Nomadland." (Searchlight Pictures via AP)

Also widely expected to be nominated Wednesday are Chloe Zhao's Nomadland, with Frances McDormand; Regina King's directorial debut One Night In Miami; and George C Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, with Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman all but assured of nods.

The Globes' splitting of nominees between drama and comedy/musical could also mean one wildcard of the season – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – may emerge. The film could be nominated for best feature, comedy or musical, along with acting nods for Sacha Baron Cohen (also a contender for his supporting performance in The Trial Of The Chicago 7) and Maria Bakalova. Also of note in the category: the Hamilton film, ineligible for the Academy Awards, is a likely nominee at the Globes.

This image released by Amazon Studios shows, from right, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge in a scene from "One Night in Miami." (Patti Perret/Amazon Studios via AP)

In the television categories, expect The Mandalorian, The Queen's Gambit, The Flight Attendant, Ted Lasso and the final season of Schitt's Creek to be in the mix.

The HFPA has yet to announce what form its awards ceremony – typically a bubby dinner gathering with flowing drinks – will take this year. In August, the group's president, Lorenzo Soria, died at age 68. He was replaced by Ali Sar.

This year's Globes were postponed nearly two months because of the pandemic and to adjust to the delayed Oscars. Those are set for Apr 25. Last year's Golden Globes culminated in awards for 1917 and Once Upon A Time ... iI Hollywood. The telecast, hosted by Ricky Gervais, couldn't buck the overall ratings trend for awards shows, drawing an average of 18.3 million viewers, down 2 per cent from the previous year.

(Source: AP)

Source: AP/sr

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