Chapter 106: The Christmas Battle

On the evening of the 23rd, one event deeply captivated the media, movie fans, and film professionals — the announcement of the nominations for the 58th Golden Globe Awards. The Golden Globe Awards are the third most significant awards in the American film and television industry, following the Oscars and the Emmy Awards. As the first film and television awards to be presented each year, they are often seen as a barometer for the Oscars.

This year's contest for the Golden Globe film awards, as well as the 73rd Oscars to be held next year, could already be described as enveloped in smoke of battle. Since there was no clear frontrunner sweeping all the awards this year, media predictions had many hot contenders and films. This included major favorites like "Gladiator," alongside "Cast Away," "Almost Famous," Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and Steven Soderbergh's two films "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic," among others.