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PEOPLE & ARTS A29
Friday 8 January 2016

Golden Globes to offer a galaxy of stars, if not the Force

JAKE COYLE December. That, surely, will Golden Globes, which nominees with five nods, ing best picture (comedy)
AP Film Writer be one of the things host have worked to shed an including best picture and nods for Steve Carell
The 73rd annual Golden Ricky Gervais needles the image of eccentric selec- (drama) and best actress and Christian Bale. The cat-
Globes will hope its assem- Hollywood Foreign Press As- tions made by a group of for both of its leads, Cate egory’s favorite, though,
blage of Hollywood stars, sociation about at the Bev- little-known international Blanchett and Rooney may be Ridley Scott’s sci-fi
from Jennifer Lawrence to erly Hills, Calif., ceremony, journalists. The Globes Mara. In the best picture adventure “The Martian.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, will be which kicks off at 8 p.m. have instead grown into category, it will compete The two films are nominat-
enough to offset the ab- EST, telecast live on NBC. one of the most popular with “Spotlight,” ‘’The ed alongside “Joy,” ‘’Spy”
sence of a different kind of Gervais will host for the award show broadcasts of Revenant,” ‘’Room” and and “Trainwreck.”
star. Though “Star Wars” is third time, returning after the year, thanks to increas- “Mad Max: Fury Road.” The Golden Globes have
again packing movie the- a much-lauded three-year ingly credible nominees, Adam McKay’s finance little correlation with the
farce “The Big Short” tops Academy Awards, which
the comedy side with will announce their nomi-
four nominations, includ- nees next Thursday. q

Miss Golden Globe 2016 Corinne Foxx turns back for photographers after helping to roll out the red
carpet at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at the Beverly Hilton on Thursday,
Jan. 7, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The annual awards show encompassing film and television will
be held on Sunday.

(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

aters and smashing box of- stint by Tina Fey and Amy its trademark laid-back at-
fice records, J.J. Abrams’ Poehler. After a 10-year rat- mosphere and its unique
“The Force Awakens” will ings high three years ago, position as a major awards
be a conspicuous outsider viewership has dipped show that honors both film
at Sunday night’s Globes, slightly since, with an audi- and television.
which announced nomina- ence of 19.3 million tuning Going into Sunday night,
tions a few days before the in last year. That, though, Todd Haynes’ 1950s ro-
film was screened in mid- is still very strong for the mance “Carol” leads all

‘Star Wars’ Monopoly to add Rey after complaint

MICHELLE R. SMITH est movie in the series, “Star decision to exclude Rey led
Associated Press Wars: The Force Awakens.” to a social media debate,
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The letter begins by asking with many fans tweet-
The “Star Wars” version of the company why it would ing under the hashtag
Monopoly will add a game exclude the heroine of the #WheresRey.
piece based on the fe- story. Goldman, an author who
male character Rey after “Without her THERE IS NO has written about toys and
an 8-year-old girl wrote to FORCE AWAKENS! It awak- gender issues, included the
game maker Hasbro com- ens in her! And without her, hashtag as she tweeted a
plaining about the omis- the bad guys would have picture of her daughter’s
sion and telling them: “Girls won! Besides, boys and girls letter to Hasbro.
matter.” need to see that women Hasbro responded in a
Carrie Goldman, of Evan- can be as strong as men!” tweet of its own two days
ston, Illinois, posted a letter she wrote. “Girls matter!” later. “We love your pas-
on Twitter this week writ- The original game includes sion for Rey and are happy
ten by her daughter, Annie just four pieces, all mod- to share that we are includ-
Rose, asking why Hasbro eled on male characters: ing her in the Monopoly:
left out Rey when she is a Luke Skywalker, Darth Va- Star Wars game, available
main character of the lat- der, Finn and Kylo Ren. The later this year,” it said.q