‘1917’ Wins Top Golden Globe, Scrambling the Race for Oscars

(Bloomberg) -- The Golden Globes lived up to their reputation as Hollywood’s most unpredictable awards show.“1917,” a World War I epic from director Sam Mendes and Universal Pictures, won the prize for best drama Sunday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, inserting itself into an Oscar race just ahead of its wide release in theaters. Mendes also took home the prize for best director.“1917” beat out four other movies, including three contenders from Netflix Inc.: “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story” and “The Two Popes.” Netflix won just two prizes on the night, one for its TV show “The Crown” and another for “Marriage Story.”But if any movie emerged as a frontrunner for the best-picture Oscar, it is Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which won the Golden Globe for best film comedy. Tarantino also won best screenplay, while Brad Pitt, co-star of the Sony Corp. film, won for best supporting actor.To contact the reporter on this story: Lucas Shaw in Los Angeles at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Nick Turner at [email protected], Rob Golum, Linus ChuaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2020 Bloomberg L.P. Read More...

(Bloomberg) — The Golden Globes lived up to their reputation as Hollywood’s most unpredictable awards show.

“1917,” a World War I epic from director Sam Mendes and Universal Pictures, won the prize for best drama Sunday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, inserting itself into an Oscar race just ahead of its wide release in theaters. Mendes also took home the prize for best director.

“1917” beat out four other movies, including three contenders from Netflix Inc.: “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story” and “The Two Popes.” Netflix won just two prizes on the night, one for its TV show “The Crown” and another for “Marriage Story.”

But if any movie emerged as a frontrunner for the best-picture Oscar, it is Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which won the Golden Globe for best film comedy. Tarantino also won best screenplay, while Brad Pitt, co-star of the Sony Corp. film, won for best supporting actor.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lucas Shaw in Los Angeles at [email protected]

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Nick Turner at [email protected], Rob Golum, Linus Chua

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