Golden Globes 2019: 8 Ups & 7 Downs

3. A Star Is Born Wins Just A Single Award

Golden Globes 2019 Lady Gaga
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A Star Is Born was nominated for five Golden Globes and seemed primed to take home at least two or three. As it turned out, the Best Picture Oscar front-runner won just a single gong, for its belter of a signature song, "Shallow."

Bradley Cooper losing Best Director to Alfonso Cuarón makes sense and it's hard to feel bad about Glenn Close beating Lady Gaga for Best Actress, but the big shock came when it was beaten to the punch for Best Drama by Bohemian Rhapsody.

Given that A Star Is Born is widely expected to clean up at the Academy Awards, it was a huge shock to see it perform so badly here.

Again, the Globes aren't a strong indicator of what goes on to win Oscars, but it's still going to feed into the awards hype cycle as the Big One approaches.

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