76th Golden Globes 2019 Highlights: Christian Bale wins best actor, Green Book wins Best Film

The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards are being held today to honour the best of films and television had to offer in the year 2018. This year’s event is being hosted by actors Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, who take over from 2018 host, comedian Seth Meyers. Samberg and Oh have said that they will keep the ceremony’s tone ‘light and carefree’.

The Christian Bale-starrer political drama, Vice, leads with six nominations, followed by Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, Yorgos Lanthimos’ period dark comedy, The Favourite, and the road trip drama, Green Book with five nominations each. Marvel’s Black Panther is the first superhero movie to be nominated for best picture, in addition to scoring two other nominations.Talking about the television category, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story leads with four nominations. Seven shows follow on the heels of ACS, with three nods each. These include Barry, Homecoming, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel and Sharp Objects. This year’s ceremony will also be missing older heavyweights such as Stranger Things and Game of Thrones.

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