No champagne in every corner, no stars or red carpet, no accredited press and no gala on television. The Golden Globes face this Sunday their most controversial edition under the shadow of hollywood boycott for their numerous scandals and at the risk of becoming a inconsequential awards.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the controversial organization behind the Golden Globes, will celebrate the 79th edition of these awards on Sunday starting at 6 p.m. (2.00 GMT on Monday) from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles (USA).
But this will not be one more gala of the Golden Globes. The HFPA explained on Tuesday that “there will be no public” and indicated that the select group of members of the association and guests of its social programs that will be there must show a vaccination certificate complete with booster doses and a PCR test taken 48 hours before the event.
“There will be no red carpet. Applications for press accreditation will not be accepted for this event,” added the HFPA about this private event that almost looks like a sneak party.
It was already known that NBC was not going to broadcast these Golden Globes for the first time since 1996, but this week it was revealed that there will be no live broadcast on the internet: the winners will be announced on social networks and in a statement after the event .
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All these measures collide with the DNA of the Golden Globes, which, traditionally, were one of the most glamorous, anticipated and exciting parties in Hollywood.
Every year, the world of cinema came together at the beginning of January to uncork the film awards season with a spectacular event full of figures from the big screen and with a red carpet in which the glasses of champagne did not stop coming and going.
Unlike the ceremonious and formal Oscars, the Golden Globes bet on a much more casual, playful and fun tone – that was very juicy for presenters like Ricky Gervais, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey – and had the incentive to include among their awards to the most prestigious of television.
However, these awards, which sometimes came to compete in impact and echo with the Oscars, now look into the abyss.
An unsurprising crisis
You cannot say that the descent into hell of the Golden Globes was a surprise in Hollywood.
The corruption accusations and highly questionable behaviors of HFPA members had been known for years and were even joked at the galas themselves.
Among other dubious ethical practices, Golden Globes voters took advantage of fabulous travel and luxury gifts from studios, television networks and streaming platforms.
In this sense, many people connected the controversial nominations for last year’s comedy “Emily in Paris” with a visit that members of the HFPA made to Paris courtesy of the series and that included stays in a hotel of $ 1,400 a night.
The newspaper Los Angeles Times was the one that revealed the ins and outs of this trip and the one that unveiled another scandal: that among the 87 HFPA members, many of them retired, there was none black person.
This and similar news created an unsustainable spiral and Hollywood studios and the television world said enough.
In any case, it should not be forgotten that the Golden Globes malfunction was also useful for a long time for those seeking nominations: it is easier to convince 87 people to vote for this or that film at the Golden Globes than to do the same with the 10,000 or so members of the Hollywood Academy for the Oscars.
In addition, the HFPA sang the “mea culpa,” invited new members to increase diversity, and established new standards of conduct regarding travel or gifts.
But the film and television industry, with stars like Scarlett Johansson Y Tom Cruise in the lead, has not changed his posture from boycott before a reform that was announced in the middle of the hodgepodge of demands, resignations and cross-accusations between the members of the HFPA.
The nominees
The exceptional noise around the HFPA has left this year’s nominations on a secondary plane, which were unveiled in December despite the fact that the usual campaigns for nominations were not carried out from the cinema and television.
“Belfast” Y “The Power of the Dog”, with seven nominations each, start as favorites in the film sections, while “Succession”, with five nominations, is the main contender in the television categories.
In addition, there will be many Hispanic award options.
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In cinema they appear “Parallel mothers” by Pedro Almodóvar (best international film), Javier Bardem (best actor in drama for “Being the Ricardos”), Rachel Zegler (best actress in comedy or musical for “West Side Story”), Anthony Ramos (best actor in comedy or musical for “In the Heights”) and Ariana DeBose (Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Musical for “West Side Story”).
Also featured are Alberto Iglesias (“Parallel Mothers” soundtrack), Germaine Franco (“Encanto” soundtrack) and “Dos oruguitas” (“Encanto” song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda).
Inspired by Colombia, “Charm” will compete for the award for best animated film, “King Richard” (directed by Latino Reinaldo Marcus Green) is nominated for best dramatic film, and “Tick, Tick … Boom! (directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda) is nominated as best musical or comedy title.
Oscar Isaac (best actor in a limited series for “Scenes from a Marriage”) and MJ Rodriguez (best actress in a drama series for “Pose”) appear on the small screen.
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