Fantasy, reality vie for Golden Globes
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January 18, 2010, Monday
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FAR-OUT fantasy and ripped-from-the-headlines reality were in the running at last night's Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Academy Awards picture.
Contenders for best drama included two wildly make-believe adventures, James Cameron's science-fiction spectacle "Avatar" and Quentin Tarantino's war story "Inglourious Basterds," which rewrites the end of World War II with a gleefully vengeful bloodbath at a movie premiere.
Also competing are timely dramas of the Iraq war ("The Hurt Locker") and economic hard times ("Up in the Air"), along with the grim but inspiring "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire," about a Harlem teen struggling to lift herself out of an abyss of illiteracy, abuse and neglect.
With stars sharing dinner and drinks, the Globes are traditionally a loose and relaxed affair compared to the Oscars. Celebrities sometimes are caught more in reality-show mode - Jack Nicholson once mooned the crowd for a laugh, and Christine Lahti had to rush from the restroom to collect her Globe for TV drama "Chicago Hope."
Also unlike other Hollywood film honors, the Globes feature categories for musicals and comedies along with dramas.
Nominated for best musical or comedy are the Vegas bachelor romp "The Hangover," the Julia Child cooking tale "Julie & Julia," the musical "Nine" and the romances "(500) Days of Summer" and "It's Complicated."
Martin Scorsese is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.
Contenders for best drama included two wildly make-believe adventures, James Cameron's science-fiction spectacle "Avatar" and Quentin Tarantino's war story "Inglourious Basterds," which rewrites the end of World War II with a gleefully vengeful bloodbath at a movie premiere.
Also competing are timely dramas of the Iraq war ("The Hurt Locker") and economic hard times ("Up in the Air"), along with the grim but inspiring "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire," about a Harlem teen struggling to lift herself out of an abyss of illiteracy, abuse and neglect.
With stars sharing dinner and drinks, the Globes are traditionally a loose and relaxed affair compared to the Oscars. Celebrities sometimes are caught more in reality-show mode - Jack Nicholson once mooned the crowd for a laugh, and Christine Lahti had to rush from the restroom to collect her Globe for TV drama "Chicago Hope."
Also unlike other Hollywood film honors, the Globes feature categories for musicals and comedies along with dramas.
Nominated for best musical or comedy are the Vegas bachelor romp "The Hangover," the Julia Child cooking tale "Julie & Julia," the musical "Nine" and the romances "(500) Days of Summer" and "It's Complicated."
Martin Scorsese is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.
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