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Robbie heads number of Australians nominated for Globes gongs
Margot Robbie’s Barbie is tipped to take home a slew of awards at the revamped Golden Globes on Monday, having received the most nominations.
The fun feminist satire and global box office hit has been nominated for nine awards, including best comedy, as well as acting categories for Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Barbie, which was 2024’s top-grossing movie having earned than $US1.4bn ($A2.13bn) globally, also scored three best song nominations and recognition for its writerdirector, Greta Gerwig.
The other half of the Barbenheimer duo, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer – which hit cinemas the same day – netted eight nominations including best drama and best director.
Australians Elizabeth Debicki and Sarah Snook have been nominated in the awards, which celebrates both film and television.
Debicki was nominated for best supporting female actor on a television series, while Snook was nominated for best female action in a drama television series for her role in Succession.
Succession topped the drama section with nine nominations.
This a year of transformation for the Golden Globes, which were once a popular forerunner to the Oscars.
This year’s host, comedian Jo Koy, pledged a “fun show” as he rolled out the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel ahead of the event.
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CBS has stepped in to become the new home of the Globes, after long-term host NBC ended its deal to broadcast the event.
CBS is hoping for better ratings, after the 2023 Globes slumped to a historic low of 6.3 million viewers, even as other shows such as the Oscars recovered from pandemic viewership slumps.
The awards show came under fire in 2021, when the Los Angeles Times reported that there were zero Black members within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the voting organisation behind the awards.
The show’s lack of diversity was not the only controversy surrounding the Golden Globes.
In 2018, Oscar-winning actor Brendan Fraser claimed former HFPA president Philip Berk sexually assaulted him in 2003, while at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel – an allegation Berk has denied.
The 81st Golden Globes ceremony will take place in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 7, local time.
Australians can stream the coverage live on Stan from 11am AEDT, with the red carpet followed by the awards ceremony at noon.