Overview
- The 83rd ceremony is underway Sunday in Beverly Hills, launching the Hollywood awards season ahead of the Oscars on March 16.
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s political tragicomedy leads with nine nominations and is widely expected to take Best Comedy and Best Director, according to AFP and industry pundits.
- Top nomination counts: Une bataille après l’autre 9, Valeur sentimentale 8, Sinners 7, Hamnet 6, Frankenstein 5, Wicked: Part II 5.
- The Globes’ comedy/drama split places Sinners and Hamnet in the drama race while the Anderson film competes in comedy, with Jessie Buckley tipped for Best Actress for Hamnet.
- Following reforms after the 2021 scandal, more than 200 new international voters have broadened the slate, and Jafar Panahi’s Un simple accident is up for Best International Film after his recent one-year sentence in Iran.