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The Golden Globes in January, should be exciting – especially for the favourite-Film – “La La Land” with seven nominations.
By Johannes Schmitt-Tegge and Barbara Munker, dpa

13. December 2016 07:00 PM

Los Angeles.Happy Birthday to Maren Ade from Hollywood, of all places, your 40. The birthday of the German Director will receive on Monday their first Golden Globe nomination. With the “Toni Erdmann”, had only cleared away on the weekend at the European Film awards with five trophies, could Ade get in January is now also a Golden globe.

It would be the first Globe, the not-for best foreign language Film to Germany, since 2010, when Michael Haneke’s Drama “The white ribbon” was celebrated.

tragedy, Comedy, and nostalgia

US-actress Meryl Streep has three Oscars and eight Golden Globes. photo: Reuters

As in “Toni Erdmann” with swings in the Globe favorite “La La Land” is a bit of tragedy, Comedy and plenty of nostalgia. The Musical-Romance with the Feel of the 1950s in Hollywood, with seven chances of winning the big winner, including best Comedy/Musical, for the dancing and singing Duo, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, for Director Damien Chazelle and for the best film music.

In this division, but could also win a German musical genius. 13. Time is nominated from the Frankfurt-born Star composer Hans Zimmer, this time with Pharrell Williams for the music to the Drama “Hidden Figures”. Two Globes he already has, but that was a long time ago: in 1995 for “the lion king”, and in 2001 for “Gladiator.”

the room is Exceeded by Hollywood’s quick-change artist Meryl Streep, the weird Opera singer “Florence Foster Jenkins” your 30. Nomination earned. The eight-time Golden Globe-winner – the last there was in 2012 for “The Iron Lady” – was also awarded the Cecil B. DeMille award for her life’s work.

nominations

• Best film drama:

  “Manchester by the Sea, “Hell or High Water, “Moonlight”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “Lion”

• Best Comedy/Musical:

  “La La Land”, “Florence Foster Jenkins”, “Deadpool”, “20th Century Women”, “Sing Street”

• Best actor in a film drama:

  Casey Affleck (“Manchester-by-the-Sea”), Denzel Washington (“Fences”), Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic”, Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”, Joel Edgerton (“Loving”)

• Best actress in a film drama:

  Natalie Portman (“Jackie”), Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”), Ruth Negga (“Loving”), Amy Adams (“Arrival”), Jessica Chastain (“Miss Sloane”)

A surprising Comeback celebrates the 60-year-old Mel Gibson with his right pathetic war-hero story, “Hacksaw Ridge”. 20 years ago, Gibson had won the last with the “Braveheart” Director-Globe. But with alcohol escapades, an anti-Semitic rant and other failures of the native Australians in Hollywood temporarily unpopular.

Now be a bloody war movie about a U.S. soldier (“Spider-Man”actor Andrew Garfield), refuses in the Second world war, to take a gun in the Hand, three Globes win, including best Drama and Director. Seasoned Directors from went your like Clint Eastwood (“Sully”) and Martin Scorsese (“Silence”) will be empty.

About the Golden globe, a small group of old, established abroad, decides to journalists (the Hollywood Foreign Press Association), less than a hundred critics, who barely knows anyone. Nevertheless, the Globes are often a mood barometer for the Oscars, which are awarded to approximately 7000 members of the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the end of February.

Merry Gala, despite the Drama

in addition to “La La Land” now in the Indie Drama “Moonlight” (six nominations) and the family drama “Manchester-by-the-Sea” with five nominations in the spotlight. Both of them have chances to Top the Globe as the best Drama. “Moonlight” is the story of the coming of age of a young gay African-American in Florida. In “Manchester by the Sea” shines Casey Affleck as a broken man, his past catches up with.

On the canvas it may be a lot of Drama, but the rental ceremony way has the reputation as the most cheerful award gala in Hollywood. During the Live Show instead of only at the Party afterwards – flows plenty of champagne. The US comedian Jimmy Fallon is on 8. January for the first time as a Golden Globe presenter on the stage.