Starring Colin Firth as the stuttering King George VI, the movie is nominated in seven categories at the Globes, seen as a key pointer to who will win prizes at the Academy Awards next month.

Facebook blockbuster “The Social Network” is also up for top honors at the show, which gathers the multi-billion-dollar industry’s A-listers for their first major gathering of the year in Beverly Hills.

The Globes’ organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), suffered a legal blow on the eve of the event when a former publicist launched a lawsuit alleging breach of contract and bribery.