Hollywood's awards season gets underway with the Golden Globes, an often raucous party where the champagne flows along with pointed barbs and surprises.<br/>Musical "La La Land," black coming-of-age movie "Moonlight" and the grief drama "Manchester by the Sea" lead the nominations. <br/><br/>But there is plenty of room for upsets on a night that will test the red carpet nerves of best actor front-runner Casey Affleck for "Manchester by the Sea," and the comeback potential of director Mel Gibson.<br/><br/>Gibson's visceral war drama "Hacksaw Ridge" is up for best drama and director awards, and marks his return to form a decade after a drunken, anti-Semitic rant that made the Oscar-winner a Hollywood outcast.<br/><br/>Jimmy Fallon hosts today's three-hour spectacle, broadcast live on NBC television, in what is seen as a safer choice after seven years in the hands of acerbic Briton Ricky Gervais and the zinger-prone duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.<br/><br/>The Golden Globes takes place as Donald Trump, who was opposed by most of the show business community, prepares to take office as the first US president with a career in reality TV.<br/>Viola Davis ("Fences"), Natalie Portman ("Jackie") are widely expected to take home Golden Globes, while the revered Meryl Streep will get the annual lifetime achievement award.<br/><br/>Hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Globes also hand out prizes for television and are often the first to honor new work, including drama series "Mr. Robot" in 2016.<br/><br/>Presenters today include Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Hamm, Sting, Ben Affleck, Felicity Jones, Amy Schumer and Carrie Underwood.