Brooks Barnes And Michael Cieply The New York Times

Ricky Gervais, returning as host for the 73rd Globes, set the tone for the night and called the Globe a "worthless" prize. "It's a bit of metal that some nice, old, confused journalists wanted to give you in person so they could meet you and have a selfie with you," he said

Once again, confrontations between an expanding field of reality-based movies and a growing pack of watchdogs, mostly of the armchair variety, have been turning the annual awards ritual into a brutal game of "gotcha." But, hey, lighten up. It's just a movie. And they don't give an Oscar for telling the truth

"Tom knows this business inside and out like few others do," CEO Lynton said in a statement about Rothman.

Sony had gotten its way by putting the onus for cancellation on apprehensive theater owners.

Ricky Gervais, returning as host for the 73rd Globes, set the tone for the night and called the Globe a "worthless" prize. "It's a bit of metal that some nice, old, confused journalists wanted to give you in person so they could meet you and have a selfie with you," he said

Once again, confrontations between an expanding field of reality-based movies and a growing pack of watchdogs, mostly of the armchair variety, have been turning the annual awards ritual into a brutal game of "gotcha." But, hey, lighten up. It's just a movie. And they don't give an Oscar for telling the truth

"Tom knows this business inside and out like few others do," CEO Lynton said in a statement about Rothman.

Sony had gotten its way by putting the onus for cancellation on apprehensive theater owners.