Golden Globes: It's not who wins but who will say what

Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful black women in entertainment, is expected to make waves when she accepts this year’s lifetime achievement award.

Multiple allegations against actors, filmmakers and Hollywood agents since October 2017 have led to many of the accused being fired, forced to step down, or dropped from creative projects.

Others stand to benefit. Director Ridley Scott, Michelle Williams and Christopher Plummer were all Golden Globe-nominated after Sony Pictures’ thriller All the Money in the World was hastily reshot with Plummer taking the place of Kevin Spacey, who has been accused by more than 30 men of sexual impropriety.

Spacey apologized for the first reported incident. Reuters is unable to verify the allegations.

The Golden Globes, organized by the small Hollywood Foreign Press Association, hands out separate awards for drama and comedy films and the race for those top prizes is seen as wide open.

Pundits say The Post, Warner Bros, war movie Dunkirk and Three Billboards all stand a good chance of winning best movie drama, while indie studio A24’s mother-daughter film Lady Bird and its James Franco cult movie tribute The Disaster Artist are the likely frontrunners for best comedy or musical.

“I am very gung-ho on The Post. I think it is a movie that makes a statement,” said Pete Hammond, awards columnist at Hollywood industry website Deadline.com.

Reuters