Wes Anderson, winner of best motion picture — comedy or musical for “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

LOS ANGELES: Coming-of-age drama “Boyhood” may have earned top honors at the Golden Globes weekend, but industry watchers say everything is still up for grabs in the all-important Oscars race.

All eyes in Hollywood are now on the Academy Award nominations, to be announced Thursday, after a few surprise Globes wins on Sunday injected some drama into the annual awards season.

“My first caution to Globes winners: Don’t get over-confident,” said Variety awards editor Tim Gray, warning that the Globes are a poor predictor of glory at the Oscars, set for Feb. 22.

Gray pointed out that balloting for the Oscar nominations — due to be unveiled at a traditional pre-dawn ceremony — closed last week.

“So the Globes won’t affect nominations. As for Oscar winners on Feb. 22, nobody hurt their chances, and a few people boosted their goodwill,” he told AFP.

Going into the Globes race, the frontrunner was dark comedy “Birdman,” which had been nominated in seven categories — on top of a series of nods and wins in other prize races.

It won two, including best comedy/musical actor for Michael Keaton — now seen as being in a tight Oscar with the other Globes best actor winner, Britain’s Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything“).

But the top prizes went to “Boyhood” — best film drama and best director for Richard Linklater.

Amy Adams won best comedy/musical actress for “Big Eyes,” while Julianne Moore won best dramatic actress for “Still Alice.” Both women have multiple Oscar nominations, but neither has ever won.

Possibly the biggest surprise of the evening was Wes Anderson’s stylish crime caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” taking best comedy/musical film, over “Birdman.”

“The ‘Grand Budapest’ triumph throws something of a curveball into the Oscar race,” wrote the Los Angeles Times.

“Long a fan favorite with modest Oscar traction, awards groups have been warming to the quirky Anderson of late.”

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