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Hollywood's biggest stars turn out on Sunday for the 70thÌýGoldenÌýGlobe Awards, with "Lincoln" and Iran hostage thriller "Argo" in a close race for the top honor, best movie drama.

GoldenÌýGlobe nomineesÌýAnne Hathaway,ÌýHugh Jackman, Steven Spielberg,ÌýBradley Cooper,ÌýRichard Gere,Denzel WashingtonÌýand singerÌýAdeleÌýwill be A-list presenters, along with George Clooney,ÌýArnold Schwarzenegger,ÌýJulia RobertsÌýand "Twilight" movie starÌýRobert Pattinson.

Eyes also will be on comediansÌýTina FeyÌýandÌýAmy Poehler, who are jointly hosting the event for the first time and who have promised "the sloppiest, best-ever"ÌýGoldenÌýGlobesÌýceremony.

"Lincoln," Spielberg's account of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's battle to end slavery, heads into the evening with a leading seven nominations.

But it faces strong competition from "Argo," and Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti Western-style slavery drama, "Django Unchained," which have five apiece from Globe organizer, theÌýHollywood Foreign Press Association(HFPA).

WithÌýOsama bin LadenÌýmovie "Zero Dark Thirty" and visually arresting shipwreck tale "Life of Pi" rounding out the best dramatic film contest, pundits say it's hard to predict which film will come out on top.

"They really seem to like Tarantino at the HFPA," said Pete Hammond, awards columnist for entertainment industry website Deadline.com.

"But I am guessing it will come down to 'Argo' versus 'Lincoln.' They like them both enormously at the HFPA, so I think it's a battle to the finish for those two," Hammond told Reuters.

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TheÌýGoldenÌýGlobes, which will be broadcast live on NBC television, is Hollywood's second-biggest awards show after February's Oscars, or Academy Awards. But its influence on that race has been sapped this year because Oscar nominations were announced three days ago, instead of a week after theÌýGlobesÌýawards show.

Unlike the Academy Awards, theÌýGoldenÌýGlobesÌýhave a separate category for film comedies or musicals, and they also honor television dramas and comedies.

This year the lavish screen version of hit stage musical "Les Miserables" is meeting strong competition from comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" about a man with bipolar disorder (Cooper) and a young widow (Jennifer Lawrence).

Both actors are also in the running for aÌýGoldenÌýGlobe trophy for their performances, along with "Les Mis" stars Jackman and Hathaway.

In the television categories, Fey and Poehler are likely to have some fun at their own expense.

The former "Saturday Night Live" comedy show colleagues will compete against each other for the best comedy actress trophy thanks to their starring roles in TV shows "30 Rock" (Fey) and "Parks and Recreation" (Poehler).

The women will bring a fresh vibe to the festivities after three years in which acidic BritonÌýRicky GervaisÌýhas cracked the jokes.

"I think Tina and Amy may reserve their sharpest jabs for each other, and overall keep a little bit of a friendlier tone. I don't think they will go into the night wanting to skewer anyone, except maybe each other," saidÌýDave Karger, chief correspondent atÌýFandango.com.

Poehler jokingly toldÌýEntertainment WeeklyÌýlast week thatÌýGlobesÌýevening "is just the right amount of weird for us," and that the duo would "kind of encourage people to go off their meds for one night."

Television shows competing for best drama on Sunday include Emmy-winning terrorism thriller "Homeland," and its stars Claire Danes andÌýDamian Lewis," along with cooks and countesses drama "Downton Abbey," "Boardwalk Empire," "Breaking Bad," and newcomer "The Newsroom."

The best comedy/musical series race features "Modern Family," "Girls," "Episodes," "The Big Bang Theory," and "Smash."