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It’s January, nearly all the presumed contenders for the most effective image Oscar have been extensively launched, and but one has not emerged to steer the pack like Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” did final yr. Could the Golden Globes, happening Sunday, Jan. 5, on CBS, convey some readability?
There’s “Anora,” Sean Baker’s Cinderella story; “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s postwar immigrant epic; “Conclave,” Edward Berger’s much-memed drama about catty cardinals; and eventually Jacques Audiard’s narco musical “Emilia Pérez,” which leads the Golden Globes movie nominees with 10 general.
Here’s the best way to watch the Globes — and what to look at for.
What time does the present begin, and the place can I watch?
The ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific, on the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. CBS is the official tv broadcaster.
Online, you may watch stay on the CBS app, although you’ll want the credentials out of your cable supplier to sign up. The present will even stream on Paramount+, however solely subscribers who’ve the premium Paramount+ with Showtime plan will be capable of watch stay. For those that don’t, the ceremony may be streamed starting Monday on Paramount+.
Some excellent news: Paramount+ gives seven-day free trials for brand spanking new subscribers. Just keep in mind to cancel your subscription earlier than the top of the week to keep away from being charged.
Quite a lot of stay TV streaming providers additionally provide entry to CBS, together with Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV, all of which require subscriptions, although many are providing free trials.
Is there a crimson carpet?
Variety and Entertainment Tonight will stream crimson carpet arrivals starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, 3:30 p.m. Pacific, on their web sites and social media platforms as a part of the official Globes preshow. You may also watch on the Golden Globes web site. (Penske Media Corp. owns each the Golden Globes and Variety, amongst different manufacturers.)
Who is internet hosting?
The comic and actress Nikki Glaser would be the ceremony’s first solo feminine host. Things are just about assured to go higher than final yr, when the comic Jo Koy was tapped because the night time’s host simply 10 days earlier than the occasion and bombed.
Who is presenting?
The lineup of actors, comedians and musicians who will hand out awards consists of Nicolas Cage, Colman Domingo, Andrew Garfield, Demi Moore, Anya Taylor-Joy, Brandi Carlile, Elton John and Nate Bargatze.
Who votes on the awards?
With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association dissolved after a number of scandals, an expanded group of greater than 300 leisure journalists from 85 nations is now liable for deciding on nominees and winners. The voting physique isn’t solely a lot bigger than the roughly 80-person, overwhelmingly white H.F.P.A. was, it is usually extra various.
What’s new this yr?
The Globes’ two lifetime achievement honors, the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett awards, which honor contributions to leisure and tv, received’t be handed out stay on the most important ceremony. The honorees, the actors Viola Davis and Ted Danson, will probably be acknowledged at a separate gala dinner on Friday night, with prerecorded highlights to be proven on the Globes telecast.
Who is nominated?
“Emilia Pérez” is main the pack amongst movies, with 10 nominations, adopted by “The Brutalist” (seven), “Conclave” (six) and “Anora” (5).
On the TV aspect, Season 3 of FX’s restaurant dramedy “The Bear” is out in entrance with 5 nominations. It’s adopted by the Hulu thriller comedy “Only Murders within the Building” and FX’s “Shogun,” every of which picked up 4 nominations.
If you’re simply right here for the outfits, excellent news: Fashion-forward stars like Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), Angelina Jolie (“Maria”), Zendaya (“Challengers”), and the “Wicked” co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are more likely to be readily available.
What must you look ahead to?
Karla Sofía Gascón, a star of “Emilia Pérez,” may turn out to be the primary transgender actress to win a Globe for a movie efficiency. (She can be the second transgender actress winner after Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, who took residence a prize for the TV drama “Pose” in 2022.)
One darkish horse to look out for is “The Substance,” the body-horror film that’s nominated in 5 classes, together with finest musical or comedy (don’t ask us to clarify this categorization).
Among tv nominees, search for “Shogun” to scrub up within the drama classes. Strong showings are additionally predicted for the Max comedy “Hacks” and its star Jean Smart in addition to Richard Gadd’s Netflix stalker drama, “Baby Reindeer.”
How typically do the Globes and Oscars finest image winners overlap?
Given that the Globes give out two high awards to movies every year — for finest drama and finest musical or comedy — you’d assume they’d overlap much more typically than they do.
But the Globes winner in both class has gone on to win finest image on the Oscars in solely 4 of the previous 10 years.
I simply want a enjoyable truth to make dialog with at my watch party.
The Globes statuettes are surprisingly heavy: Each one suggestions the scales at 7.8 kilos. (A gallon of milk, for comparability, clocks in at 8.6 kilos.)
