The eightieth Annual Golden Globe Awards are virtually right here - tonight in reality - and so they’re attempting to stage a Hollywood comeback.
After years of controversy and boycott, the award present can be televised for the primary time because the Hollywood International Press Affiliation's racial exclusion scandal in 2021.
In February 2021, one week earlier than the 78th Golden Globes broadcast, the Los Angeles Instances ran an exposé that uncovered that there have been no Black members among the many HFPA's 87-member votership.
The backlash was swift: NBC determined it would not air the telecast in 2022 and over 100 Hollywood publicity companies issued a joint assertion pledging to not work with the HFPA till it took motion. The doling out of statues final yr was diminished to a 90-minute personal occasion with no celebrities current on the Beverly Hilton Lodge, with winners introduced on Twitter.
Now again on the air below a one-year deal, versus multi-year contracts of the previous price tens of tens of millions of dollars, the Globes will attempt to claw their approach again to their former stature.
Right here’s every part you should find out about this yr’s Golden Globes.
Why is it again?
Amidst accusations of sexism, and moral and monetary lapses amongst members of the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, the HFPA has undergone some adjustments.
Their reforms included adopting new insurance policies to deal with moral conflicts and including extra various members to their voting pool.
There’s now a strict code of conduct, refreshed bylaws, a ban on items and new guidelines on accepting journey and different perks from the trade. Contentious information conferences had been dumped, and the pool of awards voters was expanded past the 87 Los Angeles-based international journalists who as soon as dominated the group.
Heading into this yr’s telecast, Globes voters stand at 52% feminine, and 51.8% racially and ethnically various, together with 19.6% Latino, 12.1% Asian, 10.1% Black and 10.1% Center Jap. Voters additionally embody those that are LGBTQIA+. In all, 62 nations are represented.
The governing board was expanded from 9 to fifteen and contains three Black members, two of whom vote on guidelines and different issues however not awards. General, the group now has six Black HFPA members and 14 Black worldwide Globes voters who aren't members.
One other vital change is that The Globes had been bought by billionaire Todd Boehly, who additionally owns Globes producer Dick Clark productions and the Chelsea soccer staff and is an investor within the Beverly Hilton. He is shifting the voting physique from its founding nonprofit standing to a for-profit mannequin, pending approval by the California legal professional basic. He plans to protect the HFPA's charitable work with a separate nonprofit entity.
Whether or not or not that’s sufficient to forgive and neglect stays to be seen. Hollywood does love a comeback story, however what’s sure is that the organisation is clearly conscious that it’s make-or-break time for them this yr.
Can they salvage their repute?
HFPA has all the time been derided and the topic of criticism for its lack of variety and accepting items from nominees, thereby resulting in some baffling nomination decisions over time.
Helen Hoehne, president of the HFPA, informed Selection just lately that the upcoming present can be “an opportunity for us to come back again to NBC and showcase our distinctive relationship with our viewers and the world.”
Stressing how vital it was to uplift this yr’s roster of nominees, she defined how the telecast will undoubtedly operate as a rebranding of kinds: “The media panorama continues to shift,” she added, “and our solely aim is to offer a novel, unbelievably entertaining present. We wish to proceed to develop, and honor our dedication to variety, fairness and inclusion.”
Concerning scores, it’s not wanting good. The 2021 present was watched by 6.9 million (down from 18 million in 2020) and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if most of the people proceed to deem this awards present as irrelevant and never price their time.
Will the celebs present up?
The HFPA's try at a comeback has led many stars and studios to boycott this yr’s occasion, and we’ll know quickly sufficient who sticks to their weapons.
On the entire, the trade appears uncertain if it ought to embrace or keep away from the Globes. Nonetheless, some massive names have been introduced as presenters. They embody: Ana De Armas, Billy Porter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Natasha Lyonne, Quentin Tarantino, and Tracy Morgan.
Eddie Murphy and Ryan Murphy will presumably be in attendance as they may respectively be receiving the Cecil B. DeMille award and the Carol Burnett Award, the tv equal of the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
One massive title not exhibiting up this yr, nevertheless, is Brendan Fraser, who has mentioned that he would not attend the ceremony regardless of his Finest Actor nomination for his function in The Whale. He has alleged that he was sexually assaulted in 2003 by former HFPA president Philip Berk, who has denied the allegation.
Who's internet hosting?
Comic Jerrod Carmichael can be internet hosting the ceremony this yr.
The 35-year-old star of The Carmichael Present can be taking up from Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who helmed in 2021.
Who're the frontrunners?
The highest movies within the Finest Drama race are Avatar: The Approach of Water, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár and High Gun: Maverick.
Main the way in which for Finest Musical or Comedy are Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, Every part All over the place All at As soon as, Glass Onion and Triangle of Unhappiness.
The principle one to look out for this yr is Martin McDonagh’s terrific tragi-comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, which has emerged as a transparent frontrunner.
It has picked up eight nominations: Finest Image – drama or comedy, in addition to Finest Director, Screenplay, Main Actor in a comedy or musical (Colin Farrell), Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon), twice for Finest Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan) and Finest Rating. All deserving nods for one in all our favorite movies of 2022.
Shut behind is Every part All over the place All At As soon as, which picked up six nominations, adopted by Babylon and The Fabelmans with 5.
Every part All over the place All At As soon as ought to win massive, however it will be silly to wager in opposition to Steven Spielberg and his handsomely made however dispiritingly saccharine autobiographical drama The Fabelmans.
See the full listing of 2023 Golden Globes nominees right here.
The eightieth Annual Golden Globe Awards will happen on Tuesday 10 January at 8pm ET / 5 pm PT / 2am CET and can air on NBC and streaming service Peacock.
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