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
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into The Woods
Pride
St. Vincent
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into The Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Force Majeure, Sweden
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Israel
Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
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
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar