Looking at the Golden Globes' signs and sins

"The Golden Globes are so often touted as a bellwether for the Academy Awards that when the two don't match up, the Globes are taken to task for getting it wrong. But while the Globes' checkered history is studded with strange and even inexplicable calls -- in 1993, the year the Oscars named "Unforgiven" best picture, the Globes bestowed their highest honor on "Scent of a Woman" -- the deviations are sometimes inspired."

So begins a Hollywood Reporter's hearty analysis of the Globes — which are announced this Thursday. The critics awards have begun trickling in, but the Globe announcements officially start The Gold Rush.