Scott Feinberg reports that Birdman, Inherent Vice and Grand Budapest Hotel will compete in the Musical/Comedy category at the Globes, which helps to broaden the field for Best Picture contenders. Scott writes:
This year, along with Birdman and Inherent Vice, the musical or comedy field will include such dramedies as Tim Burton‘s Big Eyes (giving Amy Adams a chance at a best actress nom), Cake (ditto for Jennifer Aniston), Jon Favreau‘s Chef, Michael Radford‘s Elsa & Fred (a vehicle for Globes favorites Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer), Wes Anderson‘s The Grand Budapest Hotel (his Moonrise Kingdom was nominated in the category two years ago), Lasse Hallstrom‘s The Hundred-Foot Journey(look out for Helen Mirren), Woody Allen‘s Magic in the Moonlight (a year after his Blue Jasmine competed on the drama side), Gillian Robespierre‘s Obvious Child(Jenny Slate is a real best actress threat), Matthew Warchus‘ Pride, Craig Johnson‘s The Skeleton Twins (a strong play for SNL alums Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, who portray suicidal siblings), Theodore Melfi‘s St. Vincent (expect a best actor nom for Bill Murray), Shawn Levy‘s This Is Where I Leave You and Chris Rock‘s Top Five.
How do you think they will divide them up for Best Picture?