An upset victory for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and three awards for 'Green Book' define an unpredictable Golden Globes
LOS ANGELES - Providing the latest set of potentially confusing data points in what has been an unpredictable awards season, the 76th Golden Globes gave major boosts to the racially inflected period road movie "Green Book" and, more surprisingly, the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" in their pursuit of Oscar glory.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - a film that had a troubled production including the firing of credited director Bryan Singer and was largely dismissed as a major awards contender early on - took home the prize for best picture in the drama category, beating out a field that included presumptive favorite "A Star is Born," "Black Panther," "BlacKkKlansman" and "If Beale Street Could Talk."
Though the Globes has a long history of delivering occasional head-scratchers, "Bohemian Rhapsody" producer Graham King seemed to speak for many in the crowd when, accepting the
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