LOS ANGELES: “Belfast” and “West Side Story” are among the frontrunners for a drastically scaled-down 79th Golden Globes on Sunday, where winners will be unveiled via Twitter from an untelevised ceremony that is being boycotted by Hollywood.
The Globes — in the past billed as Tinseltown’s biggest party and the key first stop on the film awards circuit — have this year been stripped of their usual A-list glamour, as a row swirls over organizers’ ethical practices.
NBC has scrapped its TV broadcast, and instead the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — whose members vote on the Globes — will announce the winners on social media from 6:00 pm (0200 GMT…
