Spoiler alert: There may be no big surprises at tomorrow night's Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association might have ruined the surprise.
Friday afternoon, the 2014 winners page on the Golden Globes website listed Selma as the 2014 Best Picture winner, though it still showed a picture of the actual winner, 12 Years A Slave. Later in the afternoon, Into The Woods was in the spot for Best Musical or Comedy, but the photo was still for American Hustle. The rest of the squares were filled with the correct 2014 winners — these were the only two changes.
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A writer at The Guardian first noticed the mistake and wondered if the show had been spoiled. The graphic has since been updated, the real 2014 winners back in their rightful places. Bluefin, the HFPA web developer released the following statement about the so-called mistake:
"While testing the official website of the Golden Globe Awards for Sunday's ceremony, Bluefin inadvertently took the test live. We randomly selected two film titles with no knowledge of the category winners. We are solely responsible for the error."
So nothing was really spoiled at all? Or, maybe this wasn't just a technical error, but a clever marketing tactic to get audiences even more intrigued. You'll just have to tune in and find out who wins the big prize. (E Online)