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lifestyle MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015 MUSIC & MOVIES List of Golden Globe nominees ere are the nominees in key categories for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, which was Hollywood set for Globes Hhanded out yesterday in Beverly Hills: Film Best film, drama: “Boyhood” after website ‘winner’ glitch “Foxcatcher” “The Imitation Game” “Selma” ollywood is holding its breath ahead of yesterday’s porting actress (Emma Stone) and best director (Mexico’s “The Theory of Everything” Golden Globes, with dark comedy “Birdman” leading Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu). Hthe race for awards glory ahead of next month’s all- Its rivals include Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Best film, musical or comedy: important Oscars. While an eve-of-show computer glitch Hotel,” Disney’s dark musical fairytale romp “Into the Woods,” “Birdman” appeared to suggest two other films could take the top “Pride” and “St Vincent” On the drama side, the best film con- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” prizes, “Birdman” is still in strong position, earning a string of tenders are: “Boyhood,” “Foxcatcher,” “The Imitation Game,” “Into the Woods” accolades and other nominations leading up to the Globes. “Selma” and “The Theory of Everything.” Barely 48 hours “Pride” Unusually rainy weather looks set to dampen the arrival of before the curtain goes up for the 72nd Globes ceremony, a “St Vincent” A-listers on the red carpet in Beverly Hills for the Globes, sec- website glitch appeared to suggest that “Selma” and “Into the ond only to the Oscars in terms of Tinseltown awards buzz. Woods” could be set for best film honors. Best actor, drama: “Birdman,” which stars former “Batman” Michael Keaton as a Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher” washed-up film actor trying to revive his career on stage, has Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game” earned the most nominations with seven. Coming-of-age Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler” drama “Boyhood” and Nazi code-breaking thriller “The David Oyelowo, “Selma” Imitation Game” starring Britain’s Benedict Cumberbatch are Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything” also hotly tipped to take home trophies with five nods apiece. Best actor, musical or comedy: British actors feature strongly at the Globes: Cumberbatch Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and his co-star Keira Knightley are among a batch of British Michael Keaton, “Birdman” nominees in both the film and television categories. Comic Bill Murray, “St Vincent” actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be hosting the show In this image released by Sony Pictures Classics, Aleksey Joaquin Phoenix, “Inherent Vice” for the third straight year at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where Serebryakov appears in a scene from the film, Christoph Waltz, “Big Eyes” the festivities will begin at 5:00 pm (0100 GMT Monday). “Leviathan. — AP Best actress, drama: Jennifer Aniston, “Cake” Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything” Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl” Reese Witherspoon, “Wild” Best actress, musical or comedy: Amy Adams, “Big Eyes” Emily Blunt, “Into the Woods” Helen Mirren, “The Hundred-Foot Journey” Julianne Moore, “Maps to the Stars” Quvenzhane Wallis, “Annie” Best supporting actor: Robert Duvall, “The Judge” Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood” Edward Norton, “Birdman” Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher” J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” Best supporting actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year” Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game” Emma Stone, “Birdman” Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods” Best director: industry journal Variety. A spokesman said the films were Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” chosen “randomly” from nominees’ lists as Web technicians Ava DuVernay, “Selma” fine-tuned the website ahead of the show, and that the cap- David Fincher, “Gone Girl” tions should not have been live. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman” Some industry experts have highlighted the lack of a clear Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” frontrunner, in contrast to previous years like in 2012, when Open TV field “The Artist” had a virtual lock on Best Picture prizes straight On the small screen, “Fargo” took the most nominations Best foreign language film: through to the Oscars. “It seems like a real toss-up,” Tom with five. In the television categories, critics see a free-for-all “Force Majeure” (Sweden) Nunan of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television now that the widely acclaimed “Breaking Bad” is no longer on “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” (Israel) told AFP, adding that actors in this year’s race had all turned the air or in the running. Victories for either “House of Cards” “Ida” (Poland/Denmark) in “career-best performances.” for best drama series and “Orange is the New Black” for best “Leviathan” (Russia) comedy would be sweet for online streaming giant Netflix as “Tangerines” (Estonia) Did glitch reveal winners? it battles the traditional broadcast and cable networks. Best animated feature: This year’s crop of nominated movies is heavy on true sto- Unlike the Oscars, which are voted on by some 6,000 “Big Hero 6” ries: four of the five Globes best drama contenders are based industry members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts “The Book of Life” on real-life events. Among the historical figures featured are and Sciences, the Globes are selected by fewer than 100 jour- “The Boxtrolls” British geniuses Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing, and nalists from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Martin Luther King Jr In the best musical or comedy catego- But a Globes win can still provide a huge boost for an Oscars “The Lego Movie” ry, the widely acclaimed “Birdman” still seems to be the film The films were briefly posted on the Globes website as campaign. Oscar nominations will be announced on to beat. The movie also earned nods for best actor for winning the best drama and best musical/comedy film Thursday. The Academy Awards will then be held on Television Keaton, best supporting actor (Edward Norton), best sup- awards, before the captions were taken down, according to February 22. — AFP Best drama series: “The Affair” (Showtime) “Downton Abbey” (PBS) “Game of Thrones” (HBO) “The Good Wife” (CBS) Kravitz to join Perry in “House of Cards” (Netflix) Best drama actor: Super Bowl halftime show Clive Owen, “The Knick” Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan” Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” James Spader, “The Blacklist” Dominic West, “The Affair” Sara Watkins Best drama actress: performs at The Claire Danes, “Homeland” Life & Songs of Viola Davis, “How To Get Away With Murder” Emmy Lou Harris Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” at the DAR Ruth Wilson, “The Affair” Constitution Hall Robin Wright, “House of Cards” on Saturday in Washington. Best comedy series: —AP photos “Girls” (HBO) “Jane the Virgin” (CW) “Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix) “Silicon Valley” (HBO) Stars join Emmylou Harris in “Transparent” (Amazon) Washington concert tribute Best comedy actor: Louis C.K., “Louie” In this Sept 16, 2014 file photo, Katy Perry performs on stage at “The he life and work of Emmylou Harris was celebrat- Unbroken” acknowledged Harris’s rich background in Don Cheadle, “House of Lies” Prismatic World Tour” at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. — AP photos ed in grand style Saturday at a tribute concert in American roots music, but some of the most impres- Ricky Gervais, “Derek” TWashington featuring a galaxy of folk and coun- sive songs of the night came for a new generation of William H. Macy, “Shameless” ock singer-songwriter Lenny Horse” and “Part of Me.” Past Super try stars alongside the iconic American singer-song- Americana artists. Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent” Kravitz will join pop superstar Bowl halftime performers include writer herself. Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Alison California indie folk duo Kenneth Pattengale and RKaty Perry to perform at half- Beyonce, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Krauss, Steve Earle, Martina McBride and Mary Chapin Joey Ryan, who as the Milk Carton Kids got together Best comedy actress: time of Super Bowl 49 on February 1, Springsteen, Prince, The Rolling Carpenter were just a few of nearly two dozen record- just three years ago, received a robust standing ovation Lena Dunham, “Girls” Perry revealed Saturday. Kravitz, 50, Stones, Paul McCartney, Sting and ing artists who took turns at the 3,700-seat with their cover of “Michelangelo” off Harris’s 2000 hit Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” captured four straight Grammy the late Michael Jackson. — AFP Constitution Hall to salute Harris, who watched from a country album “Red Dirt Girl.” “I guess she wanted you Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Awards from 1999 to 2002 for Best side balcony when she wasn’t on stage herself. to know that she knows of some bands that you Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin” Male Rock Vocal Performance. He “Those of you who are of my generation may haven’t heard of before,” said Ryan, who praised the Taylor Schilling, “Orange Is the New Black” recently announced the second leg remember that show, ‘This is Your Life’,” said the 67- ability of the silver-haired Harris to stay relevant in the of his world tour for his latest studio year-old winner of 13 Grammy awards as she joined midst of radical change in the music business. — AFP Best mini-series or TV movie: release of “Strut,” which Rolling Stone her fellow entertainers for the closing number, her sig- “Fargo” (FX) Magazine named one of the top nature tune “Boulder to Birmingham.” “Well, this has “The Missing” (Starz) albums of 2014. been a big chunk of my life... I’m blessed to have so “The Normal Heart” (HBO) Perry was announced in many friends. I must have been somebody good in a “Olive Kitteridge” (HBO) November as the halftime headliner past life.” Filmed and recorded for future broadcast and “True Detective” (HBO) for the NFL championship extrava- DVD release, the 3-1/2 hour show-featuring 29 songs- spanned Harris’s four decades in music, during which ganza to be held in suburban she recorded some 40 albums.