Hollywood starts the new year with the ostentation of the Golden Globes

​Selena Gomez, Timothee Chalamet and other Hollywood stars will gather in Beverly Hills on Sunday for the annual Golden Globes celebration, the first major awards ceremony in a year without a clear favorite for the top film awards.

Netflix's Spanish-language musical thriller “Emilia Pérez” and “The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half-hour post-World War II drama that includes an intermission, headline the films competing for Globe trophies.

Others include the box office hit “Wicked,” an adaptation of the Broadway play about witches in “The Wizard of Oz,” and the papal selection story “Conclave.”

Diner tale “The Bear” and mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building” will compete for TV awards.

The Globes will air live on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service starting at 8pm ET on Sunday (1am GMT). Comedian Nikki Glaser hosts the champagne-fueled festivities for the first time.

Glaser, who last year hosted a roast of football legend Tom Brady, said she plans to celebrate the A-list nominees instead of mocking them as some past hosts have done.

“I want the people nominated to feel proud of themselves. I don't want them to feel attacked,” Glaser said in an interview. “I'm very excited to show these jokes to a mass audience.”

The presenting lineup includes big-name celebrities such as Dwayne Johnson, Elton John, Andrew Garfield and Awkwafina.
Winning a Globe can highlight films and performances in the run-up to the Academy Awards in March. So far, awards experts say, there is no clear favorite for the coveted best picture award at the Oscars.

Unlike the Oscars, the Globes separate films into two categories. “Conclave” and “The Brutalist” are considered strong candidates for best dramatic film, while “Wicked” and “Emilia Pérez” are the leading candidates for best musical or comedy film.

Globes honorees are chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, compared to about 9,000 voters who select the Academy Awards. The Globes voting body has expanded in recent years and organizers instituted reforms after coming under fire for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.

Chalamet is up for best dramatic film actor for playing musician Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” His competition includes Adrien Brody, who plays an architect and Holocaust survivor pursuing the American dream in “The Brutalist.”

Gomez is nominated twice for her supporting role in “Emilia Pérez,” the story of a Mexican drug dealer who transforms into a woman, and for lead comedy actress as a podcast host in the television series “Only Murders in the Building.”

Other acting nominees include Angelina Jolie for her portrayal of opera star Maria Callas in “Maria,” Nicole Kidman as a corporate executive who has an affair with an intern in “Babygirl,” Zendaya as a tennis coach in “Challengers” and Ariana Grande as a sorcery student in “Wicked.”

Among men, Daniel Craig is nominated for “Queer” and Denzel Washington for “Gladiator II.”