Angelina Jolie's 'Tourist' Dilemma: Attend Globes or Not?
5:03 AM PST 12/17/2010 by Kim Masters
PR experts say critical pans of movie could make support for the nom potentially "embarrassing."
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. raised eyebrows this week by nominating the widely panned thriller The Tourist for best comedy and nominating stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in the comedy/musical acting categories. To skeptics, the choices appeared to be a particularly blatant play to line the red carpet with celebrities -- in this case, two of the world's biggest -- at the Golden Globes ceremony Jan. 16. Additionally, the movie was never marketed as a comedy; it was portrayed as a romantic thriller.
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