New Zealand

Lorde misses out on Golden Globe

21:10 pm on 12 January 2015

New Zealand singing sensation Lorde has missed out on a Golden Globe award for her single Yellow Flicker Beat from the third Hunger Games film.

Lorde on the red carpet at the Golden Globes. Photo: AFP

The song was nominated in the 'Best Original Song - Motion Picture' category, along with Big Eyes by Lana Del Rey, Glory by John Legend and Common, Mercy Is by Patty Smith and Lenny Kaye and Opportunity from the musical movie Annie.

The winner, announced today just before 3pm, was John Legend and Common's Glory, which features in the civil rights film Selma.

New Zealand writer-producer Anthony McCarten's The Theory of Everything - nominated for best picture - also lost out, with the category won by coming-of-age drama Boyhood.

However, the award for best actor in a drama went to Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, which was directed by James Marsh.

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Lorde wrote Yellow Flicker Beat as part of her oversight of the soundtrack for the film Mockingjay Part 1.

The Auckland-born singer shot to international fame in 2013 at the age of 16 with her hit single Royals.

The Golden Globes is an American awards ceremony that recognises both film and television.

They are the first major fixture in Hollywood's annual awards season, with dark comedy Birdman leading the race for awards glory, the AFP reported.

Unusually gloomy weather threatened to dampen the arrival of A-listers in Beverly Hills for the Globes, second only to the Oscars in terms of Tinseltown awards buzz.

Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey (L) and Amy Poehler. Photo: AFP

Last minute preparations were required, with a rain cover installed over the red carpet to protect the assembled celebrities strutting their stuff for the cameras.

Birdman, which stars former "Batman" Michael Keaton as a washed-up film actor trying to revive his career on stage, has earned the most nominations with seven, on top of a string of accolades and other nominations leading up to the awards.

Today's event is the 72nd time they will be awarded. The event started at 2pm New Zealand time in Hollywood's Beverly Hills.

Actors Darren Le Gallo and Amy Adams attend the Golden Globes. Photo: AFP

Jessica Chastain at the Golden Globe. Photo: AFP

The key film nominees

  • BEST DRAMA
  • Boyhood

    Foxcatcher

    The Imitation Game

    Selma

    The Theory of Everything

  • BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
  • Birdman

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Into The Woods

    Pride

    St. Vincent

  • BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
  • Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

    Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

    Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

    David Oyelowo, Selma

    Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

  • BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
  • Jennifer Aniston, Cake

    Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

    Julianne Moore, Still Alice

    Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

    Reese Witherspoon, Wild

  • BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
  • Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Michael Keaton, Birdman

    Bill Murray, St. Vincent

    Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice

    Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

  • BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
  • Amy Adams, Big Eyes

    Emily Blunt, Into The Woods

    Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey

    Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars

    Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie

  • BEST DIRECTOR
  • Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Ava DuVernay, Selma

    David Fincher, Gone Girl

    Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman

    Richard Linklater, Boyhood

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • Force Majeure, Sweden

    Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Israel

    Ida, Poland

    Leviathan, Russia

    Tangerines, Estonia

  • BEST ANIMATED FILM
  • Big Hero 6

    The Book of Life

    The Boxtrolls

    How to Train Your Dragon 2

    The Lego Movie

  • BEST SCREENPLAY
  • Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

    Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

    Richard Linklater, Boyhood

    Graham Moore, Imitation Game

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
  • Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game

    Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

    Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl

    Antonio Sanchez, Birdman

    Hans Zimmer, Interstellar