When the Golden Globes on Monday announced picks for its 81st awards, the scandal-plagued, comeback-seeking Globes put their full weight behind the twin phenomena of the movie year. Greta Gerwig's “Barbie” landed nine nominations, tied for second-most in Globes history. Its edge over “Oppenheimer” was slight; Christopher Nolan's massive J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic took in eight nominations. The central presence of those two films will surely help the Globes, which are seeking stability after years of turmoil. That new award follows similar efforts by the Academy Awards, which in 2018 proposed a “popular film” award that prompted an immediate backlash from academy members that torpedoed it.

Source: The Nation December 11, 2023 22:02 UTC