Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) won Best Director at the 2015 Academy Awards, but Iñárritu was only recognized for his contributions to the film's script, not his direction, at the Golden Globes that year. The Revenant was in many ways an equally ambitious undertaking by the filmmaker, but because the western revenge thriller isn't generating the same buzz as Birdman , Iñárritu's winning for The Revenant would be somewhat unexpected - even after the HFPA didn't recognized his directorial work on Birdman last y

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Other notable wins in the film category were Meryl Streep as Best Actress (drama) for portrayal as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady , Best Actress (comedy or musical) Michelle Williams for My Weekend With Marilyn and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress in The He

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Randolph and McKay's script for The Big Short - complete with fourth-wall breaking, financial market jargon delivered in the screwball comedy style, and special celebrity cameos that are simultaneously funny and informative - certainly bucks convention in a good way, as many have noticed. If there's one area where The Big Short has the best shot at snagging an award on Golden Globes night, it's arguably in the area of screenwrit

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2015 was a big year for Amy Schumer, what with her having picked up lots of acclaim and awards alike (including an Emmy) for her own variety comedy show Inside Amy Schumer , in addition to headlining the critically-acclaimed comedy/drama Trainwreck (based on her own original script). It remains to be seen if Schumer lands an Oscar nomination for her turn in director Judd Apatow's latest film (where she plays a professional writer who's quite the emotional mess), but she appears to be the front-runner at the Golden Glo

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Christian Bale has both been nominated (and won) at the Golden Globes before, as has Steve Carell - though, the latter only for his work on The Office and not any of his performances on the big screen. It seems unlikely that either of those two will win for his work on The Big Short at the 2016 Golden Globes - but in the case of an upset, Carrell has the advantage (going by word of mouth surrounding his more dramatic performance in Adam McKay's fi

A relatively subdued Ricky Gervais took the stage as host of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards . In his second year as host, it appears that all of last year’s controversy surrounding Gervais' hosting must have impacted the funnyman, as all of his jabs appeared a little too nice compared to what was said last ye

For much of the evening, Michael Hazanavicius’ black-and-white silent film homage, The Artist , swept the Golden Globes in the comedy category, coming out Click On this site top overall with three wins for Best Original Score, Best Actor and Best Picture. Over on the drama side, Alexander Payne's The Descendants t ook home the most awards in the drama category with a Best Actor win for George Clooney and Best Pict

In television, it was Showtime that came out on top, with three awards all stemming from brand new series. Matt Leblanc took home Best Actor (comedy or musical) for playing a fictionalized version of himself on the UK import Episodes , while Homeland not only brought home a Golden Globe for Claire Danes as Best Actress (drama), but it also gave Showtime its first ever award for Best Ser

Joy isn't generally regarded as being filmmaker David O. Russell's best work, while neither Trainwreck nor Spy necessarily breaks the mold when it comes to the comedy moviemaking approach of directors Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, respectively. By comparison, it is widely agreed that The Martian is Ridley Scott's best work in several years, in addition to being an impressive piece of storytelling solely on its own terms. Again, it's difficult to imagine that The Martian won't be crowned Best Comedy by the HFPA (and with good reason), when all is said and d