Globe wins could drive Oscar noms

May 25, 2009 That's because the 82nd annual Academy Awards have been pushed back to March 7, two weeks later than last year, to avoid competing in late February with the Winter Olympics. In short, the awards season calendar has been tinkered with just enough to tip the nominating scales in favor of anyone who wins a Golden Globe next January. When those 90-odd members belonging to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who've actually seen all the movies put their stamp of approval on a film, it inevitably sends a message to everybody else, including Academy members who may not have strong opinions about all the movies, or have at tha point even seen many of them.

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