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Golden Globes nominations preview: 5 things to watch for, including 'Mary Poppins Returns' vs. 'Roma'

At the Governors Awards three years ago, I was talking to "The Martian" screenwriter Drew Goddard about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.'s placement of the space film in the comedy/musical category.

"These days, it's almost impossible to classify a lot of things," Goddard said. "I mean, I never would have considered 'Birdman' a comedy."

Ridley Scott, director of "The Martian," ambled over. Told that his movie would be competing in the Globes' comedy/musical category, he paused, took in the news and asked, "You mean we're up against movies like 'Ted'?"

Yup. Scott responded with the only appropriate reaction when the

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