The HPFA reared their genre - bending head again when they announced earlier this year that The Martian would be competing (and, by extension, winning easily) the Comedy /
Musical category instead of the Drama category.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, Henson was missing from the Best Actress,
Musical or Comedy
category, with Hailee Steinfeld and Lily Collins
instead nominated for The Edge of Seventeen and Rules Don't Apply, respectively.
Birdman's predicted win in the best comedy or
musical category was snatched
instead by The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Instead, the comedy /
musical categories were dominated by films like Lady Bird, Get Out, I, Tonya, The Disaster Artist and the upcoming Hugh Jackman film, The Greatest Showman.