A Star is Born missed the mark at the Golden Globes with one single win. Could this be an omen for how the flick will perform at the Oscars?
Now that the Golden Globes are officially over it’s time to break down exactly what the winners (and losers) mean for the Academy Awards, which take place in late February. For some movies, like A Star is Born, it means a heck of a lot.
The flick, directed by Bradley Cooper and starring Lady Gaga and Cooper, was nominated in five total categories including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Song and the crème de la crème, Best Picture. Lady Gaga and Cooper were nominated for two Globes each: Cooper for Best Actor and Best Director and Lady Gaga for Best Actress and Best Original Song.
The film took home just one of the five awards that it was nominated for.
The lone statue handed down to A Star is Born was for Best Original Song-Motion Picture for the hit song “Shallow.” Lady Gaga accepted the award next to her writing counterparts in a tearful speech where she implied it’s hard to be taken seriously in movies. Perhaps that had some merit considering the four other nominations were all non-music related and they lost them all.
Cooper missed the mark in the Best Director category and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category. They also lost out on the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category as Lady Gaga failed to take home the statue for her acting chops.
Perhaps the hardest pill to swallow was losing out on the Best Picture award — to another music epic.
This obviously doesn’t bode well for how they may fare in the Oscars talk, especially considering that the voting (for nominations) start bright and early on Monday morning. They aren’t a shoe-in to get nominated, especially after such a poor showing at the Golden Globes, so A Star is Born fans will be crossing their fingers for those Oscar nominations later this month.
And then pray for an upset.
Here are the five categories they were nominated in and the results.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER:Glenn Close (The Wife)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Rosamund Pike (A Private War)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Original Song-Motion Picture
WINNER: “Shallow”, A Star Is Born
“All The Stars”, Black Panther
“Requiem for a Private War”, A Private War
“Revelation”, Boy Erased
“Girl in the Movies”, Dumplin’
Best Director – Motion Picture
WINNER: Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Adam McKay (Vice)
The Golden Globes took place on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. The Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 24, 2019. Follow along with FanSided Entertainment during the event for live coverage.