Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 763 - 554 Golden Globes

After Christmas, Link and Ivanka took their three children back to New York where they enjoyed a pleasant New Year.

By the beginning of the year, the 71st Golden Globes announced their nominations, with Lionsgate Films and Palm Beach Films securing 7 movies in various categories for a total of 16 nominations.

"Rust and Bone" received three nominations: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor in a Drama, and Best Actress in a Drama.

"Her" received three nominations: Best Picture Comedy/Musical, Best Actor Comedy/Musical, and Best Screenplay.

"Spring Breakers" got one nomination, Best Screenplay.

"August: Osage County" received three nominations: Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress twice.

"Dallas Buyers Club" received three nominations, for Best Drama Picture, Best Actor in a Drama, and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Wolf of Wall Street" received two nominations: Best Picture Comedy/Musical, and Best Actor Comedy/Musical.

"The Hunger Games 2" received one nomination, for Best Original Song.

Making up one quarter of all nominations, this was slightly fewer compared to last year, where there were 8 films nominated receiving 18 nominations.

The main reason was related to recent media criticism.

Starting from the end of last year, there were numerous comments in the media such as 'Lionsgate monopolizing the Golden Globes and Oscars,' claiming Lionsgate secures too many nominations and awards through PR each year, which is unfair to many film companies and detrimental to the development of the film industry.

It was also mentioned that Lionsgate's films are specifically made for winning awards, making them professional winners at the Golden Globes and the Oscars.

Affected by this negative publicity, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association shifted their votes from Lionsgate films to other films.

To resolve this, Lionsgate and Palm Beach Films held separate PR campaigns during the award season, promoting their films independently. For example, "Her" and "August: Osage County" were promoted as Palm Beach Films productions, while the rest were from Lionsgate.

In reality, the PR teams for the awards were the same group of people.

Although this tactic of "covering one's ears while stealing a bell" seemed superfluous, it was effective to some extent in silencing some critics.

In terms of television series, Lionsgate and Netflix's joint venture "House of Cards" received four nominations, and "Orange is the New Black" received two, performing outstandingly.

The competitor Weinstein Company also performed well, with two films nominated for the film Golden Globes. The female-led "Philomena" received three nominations, as did the biographical film "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."

On January 12, the 71st Golden Globes were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, with Link attending the ceremony with Selena.

"Hey, Link, want to make a bet to see who can win?"

At the ceremony venue, Leonardo shouted at him.

"No bet!"

Link promptly refused. Although both were nominated for Best Actor, one in drama and one in comedy/musical, his category featured strong competition from Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas Buyers Club," a focus of Lionsgate's PR, reducing his chances of winning.

Indeed, he was right not to bet.

That night, Best Actor in a Drama Movie was awarded to Matthew McConaughey.

Leonardo, after 9 years, won the Golden Globe for Best Actor again, although his win in 2005 was for Best Actor in a Drama for "The Aviator," also directed by Martin Scorsese.

The two could be considered old collaborators.

Other awards saw "12 Years a Slave" winning Best Drama, while Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director for "Gravity."

"he Wolf of Wall Street" won Best Picture Comedy/Musical.

Best Actress in a Drama went to Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine," directed by Woody Allen. This year, he also received the Cecil B. DeMille Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) for his multiple accomplishments in film, but the old man did not attend.

Director Woody Allen, despite having 23 Oscar nominations and 13 Golden Globe nominations, never attended the ceremonies. The main reason was that in 1974 his film "Sleeper" was ignored by the Oscars, and Allen, infuriated, openly stated, 'Awarding films is a silly idea; I cannot adhere to others' judgments. If you accept the awards they give you, you also have to accept when they say your film doesn't deserve one.'

Afterward, Director Woody Allen declared he would never attend any film award ceremonies again.

Since Director Woody Allen was not present, Link was invited onstage to present the award, which was accepted on Woody's behalf by his ex-girlfriend Diane Keaton, who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1977 for Allen's film "Annie Hall."

During the presentation, Link humorously mentioned the old man, and also made a shout-out not to forget about that Boxer movie.

Although he knew the old man could live for many more years, having not collaborated for over two years, he was concerned that the other might have forgotten.

Meryl Streep won Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for "August: Osage County."

Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor for "Dallas Buyers Club."

And Jennifer Lawrence won Best Supporting Actress for "August: Osage County."

"Her" won Best Screenplay, and "Frozen" won Best Animated Film.