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Golden Globes catapult entertainment world into 2015 red carpet season

The beautiful, the powerful and the merely talented of Hollywood gather on Sunday evening for the Golden Globe Awards, the high-wattage launch to the film industry awards season that culminates in Oscars. While a Golden Globe lacks the prestige of an Academy Award – the industry’s highest honour – the party put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association can be a rowdy affair, especially in the hands of third-time hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Hanging over the room will be the hacking at Sony Pictures, which had the town atwitter after leaked emails revealed embarrassing tidbits about some of Hollywood’s biggest names - likely fodder for the comedic pair to poke fun.

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Dave Karger, chief correspondent and awards expert at Fandango

Sony Pictures Chief Executive Michael Lynton, who will be absent, said in an interview that he is a “a bit of a homebody and my sticking my head above the parapet is not normal for me.” A film that satirizes show business, “Birdman,” leads all nominees with seven nods and is the favourite to win best comedy/musical film. Star Michael Keaton, embodying the comeback in film and real life, may win best comedy/musical actor. Actor and director George Clooney will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.