Cheney biopic leads Globe nominations

The Golden Globe nominations are the starting gun in the race for the Oscars.

Vice, a biopic about Dick Cheney starring Christian Bale as the former US vicepresident, on Thursday earned the most Golden Globe nominations with six, including best comedy film, as the race to the Oscars, which take place in February.

Vice – which only opens in US theatres on Christmas Day – bucked some predictions, earning one more nod than popular music romance reboot A Star Is Born, but both are now well placed for Tinseltown awards glory.

Bale, left, earned a nomination for best actor in a musical/comedy for his portrayal of Cheney, right.

Tied with Star – a hit both with critics and at the box office, starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – at five nominations were bawdy royal tale The Favourite and offbeat civil rights dramedy Green Book.

Right behind them were Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, the true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white partner, and hotly-anticipated Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns.

Vice – a searing look at George W Bush’s powerful vice-president – picked up a trio of acting nominations for a nearly unrecognisable Bale, co-star Amy Adams as Cheney’s wife Lynne and Sam Rockwell as Bush.

The 76th Golden Globes take place on January 6 in Beverly Hills. – AFP