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Especially if it means more excitement and intrigue for the upcoming (you know, eventually) Oscars!
A Globe winner on Sunday becomes an Oscar frontrunner on Monday.
But how true is that, exactly?
After all, theres no logical reason for it.
Yet the Globes have been seen as the early trend-setter FOR DECADES.
I was somewhat dubious, so I decided to dig into the numbers.
Its a coin flip, really.
There are, of course, some incongruities to deal with there.
In the acting categories, the overlap is actuallyquitestrong.
Of the last 30 Best Actress Oscar winners, 27 won the Globe.
Among Best Actor winners, its 24 of 30.
Still thats two out of every three.
For an organization run byshadowy European access-peddlers, thats pretty good.
The why of it all has always been a bit of a mystery.
And theyre getting worse at it.
What changed in the interim?
Recent history says a Golden Globe is worth a 50/50 shot at an Academy Award.
Maybe we havent seen the last of Jodie Foster in her PJs this awards season after all.
