Golden Globes Awards 2013: Suprise win for ‘Argo’ clouds Oscar picture, but may clear path for ‘Lincoln’

Ben Affleck's "Argo" wins at the Golden Globes might just make things easier for "Lincoln" and harder for "Zero Dark Thirty."

The surprise win for Affleck's historical drama about the Hollywood-CIA plan to save a group of diplomats during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis shocked Oscar watchers. Left in the dust were Steven Spielberg's front-runner about the 16th president and Kathryn Bigelow's dramatization of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

But since Affleck isn't one of the five nominated directors who could win Feb. 24, his winning that title at Sunday's Globes won't shake the director Oscar race (except to maybe make that wing of the Academy feel like they missed the boat). If anything, Affleck's win over Bigelow at the Globes makes his Oscar omission now seem just as important as hers.

And prior to last Thursday, both Bigelow and Affleck seemed to have a guaranteed spot. Read more.. [Link]

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About Mohammed Sajid Bagban

Assalam Alaikum, Myself Mohammed Sajid (Bagban) a resident of Kalaburagi city(formerly known as Gulbarga), Karnataka State, India. An IT professional working in Kuwait as "Network Engineer" since 2010.