The nominations for the 2011 Golden Globes drew initial skepticism, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated "The Tourist" in its Best Musical/Comedy categories, even though it was originally advertised as a spy thriller, along with being one of the most panned films of the season. Host Ricky Gervais even jokingly asked the main star of the film, Johnny Depp, if he had seen it. Rumors then surfaced that Sony, the distributor of "The Tourist", had influenced Globes voters with an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, culminating in a concert by Cher.