Unlike the Oscars and other awards ceremonies, the Golden Globes divides its prizes between dramas and musicals or comedies.
What that means is layman's terms is that there are twice as many glittering statuettes to go around - and twice as many acceptance speeches to get through before the curtain finally falls.
We'll get around to the television categories in due course, but for now let's concentrate on the film awards - and the two main acting prizes.
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In the best actor in a drama category, Britain's Gary Oldman is tipped to romp home for his barnstorming performance as Winston Churchill in World War II drama Darkest Hour.
Yet he faces stiff competition from double Oscar-winner Tom Hanks for his role as a newspaper editor in The Post, and from three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis for playing a hard-to-please fashion designer in Phantom Thread.
Newcomer Timothee Chalamet and veteran Denzel Washington are also shortlisted for Call Me by Your Name and Roman J. Israel, Esq. respectively.
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The competition for the best actress in a drama award is even fiercer, with Britain's Sally Hawkins expected to prevail with her moving turn as a mute janitor in The Shape of Water.
Her main competition comes from Frances McDormand, who sears the screen as a bereaved mother in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
But don't discount Meryl Streep, who could follow the Cecil B DeMille award she won at last year's event with another Golden Globe for The Post.
Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams make up the numbers thanks to their roles in Molly's Game and All the Money in the World respectively.
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The Handmaid’s Tale Photograph: George Kraychyk/AP
One of the biggest locks of the night but it’s hard to deny that it’s the show that’s had the biggest impact in the past year.
It’s also a big night for freshman shows, with this, Big Little Lies and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel winning big so far. A nice speech about the importance of people in the real world working hard to prevent a Handmaid’s Tale-esque future from becoming reality.
There feels like a bit of a change happening with both this and last year’s Emmys slowly saying goodbye to the shows that have dominated the awards circuit for years, allowing newbies to get a look in.
What if you held a social protest and an awards show broke out? The red carpet preceding the 75th annual Golden Globes was a somber affair as women chose this moment to share with a global audience the unprecedented awakening of a decades-old pattern of sexual assault and harassment perpetrated against women in the film and TV business. The theme will certainly carry over to the Globes the way #OscarsSoWhite did two years ago during the Academy Awards.
Many have wondered about the validity of the Globes that are decided by about 90 foreign journalists nobody ever heard of, but here they come tonight in a ceremony live on NBC.
On the movie side, there are 10 Best Picture nominees in the categories of Drama and Musical or Comedy, plus the chance we’ll get an explanation of just how I, Tonya and especially Get Out qualify under the definition of a musical or a comedy.
In TV, we will see if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will finally reward Will & Grace after 27 previous nominations, and 13 years after NBC’s multi-camera sitcom made its last showing at the Golden Globes. Or will the Globes reward a new Amazon comedy series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as they have in two of the past three years? On the drama side, the question is whether big — and timely — Emmy winner The Handmaid’s Tale will repeat its win here.
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It’s time to kick off the 2018 award season! Seth Meyers will host the 75th Golden Globe Awards live from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, January 7, and will be joined by a slew of famous presenters including Kristen Bell, Sharon Stone and Garrett Hedlund.
The ceremony is honoring several standouts in film and television this year, however Big Little Lies leads the TV categories with six nominations, while The Shape of Water takes the lead in the film section, with seven total nominations.
Tune in to NBC at 8 p.m. ET to see the most talked-about moments of the night and be sure to check back here for an updated list of winners throughout the show!
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Call Me by Your Name
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
WINNER: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Molly’s Game
Best Original Song
“Home,” Ferdinand
“Mighty River,” Mudboumd
“Remember Me,” Coco
“The Star,” The Star
“This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WINNER: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
Best Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square
Best Television Series, Drama
WINNER: The Handmaid’s Tale
This Is Us
The Crown
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Best Television Series, Comedy
Black-ish
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Master of None
SMILF
Will & Grace
Best Limited Series or Television Movie
Big Little Lies
Feud: Bette and Joan
Fargo
Top of the Lake: China Girl
The Sinner
Best Actress, Limited Series or Television Movie
WINNER: Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Best Actor, Limited Series or Television Movie
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks
Jude Law, The Young Pope
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Best Actress, Television Series, Drama
WINNER: Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Claire Foy, The Crown
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Best Actor, Television Series, Drama
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
WINNER: Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Best Actress, Television Series, Comedy
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Alison Brie, GLOW
WINNER: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Issa Rae, Insecure
Frankie Shaw, SMILF
Best Actor, Television Series, Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick
William H. Macy, Shameless
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Best Supporting Actress, Television Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Best Supporting Actor, Television Series
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
WINNER: Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
David Thewlis, Fargo
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