Editing Golden Globe Awards (section)

=== ''Burlesque'' and ''The Tourist'' for Best Musical/Comedy nominations in 2011 ===
The nominations for the [[68th Golden Globe Awards|2011 Golden Globes]] drew initial skepticism, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'' in its Best Musical/Comedy categories, even though it was originally advertised as a [[Thriller film|spy thriller]], along with being one of the most panned films of the season.  Host [[Ricky Gervais]] even jokingly asked the main star of the film, [[Johnny Depp]], if he had seen it. Depp's co-star [[Angelina Jolie]] reportedly had personally lobbied HFPA members, resulting in a nomination in a category the film did not belong in.<ref name="Post Bribe" /> Rumors then surfaced that Sony, the distributor of ''The Tourist'', had influenced Globes voters with an all-expenses-paid trip to [[Las Vegas]], culminating in a concert by [[Cher]].<ref name="Time 2011">{{cite magazine |last1=Snyder |first1=Steven James |title=The Night Shift: Gervais Talks Globes, and We Wonder — Has the Fallout Said More About Celebs Than the Comedian? |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/01/20/gervais-globes-scandal-piers-morgan-letterman/ |magazine=Time |publisher=Time-Life |access-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817200826/https://entertainment.time.com/2011/01/20/gervais-globes-scandal-piers-morgan-letterman/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Guy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bribed-golden-globe-judges-nominate-flops-after-vegas-junket-2164322.html |title=Bribed Golden Globe judges nominate flops after Vegas junket: 'The Tourist' and 'Burlesque' are among poorly reviewed films up for awards |newspaper=The Independent |date=December 19, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222011134/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bribed-golden-globe-judges-nominate-flops-after-vegas-junket-2164322.html |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The lobbying by Sony also resulted in a Best Musical/Comedy nod for Cher's badly-reviewed movie ''[[Burlesque (2010 American film)|Burlesque]]''.<ref name="Post Bribe">{{cite web |last1=Pisani |first1=Lisa |title=How stars and studios 'bribe voters' for Golden Globes |url=https://nypost.com/2015/01/10/how-stars-and-studios-bribe-voters-for-golden-globes/ |website=New York Post |date=January 10, 2015 |publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc. (News Corp) |access-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817200826/https://nypost.com/2015/01/10/how-stars-and-studios-bribe-voters-for-golden-globes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>