The hiatus from the Golden Globes was short to address their controversies and criticisms of the lack of diversity among voters. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its latest edition in early 2021 and a few months later NBC, the channel that normally aired the film and television awards, announced that it would stop organizing the ceremony until the HFPA addressed its internal problems.. In 2022 there was no gala but there were prizes, even if the list of winners was simply read on social networks. Few celebrated and most of the industry ignored them because they had become idiots, described as a corrupt and exhausted association, as well as being mostly white and very old. It doesn’t reflect the Hollywood that Hollywood wants to be. Tom Cruise came to react in such a visceral way that he sent back his three Golden Globes when the controversy arose.
The HFPA hasn’t stopped stressing that it has been working hard to solve all its problems, starting with drastic changes in their regulations. They added 21 new members, six of them black, banning voters from accepting gifts from distributors and studios, and a group of journalists outside the association will be invited to vote for Golden Globes nominees and winners each year.. In July 2021 they were acquired by Eldridge Industries and Todd Boehly became the association’s CEO. The latter has been viewed with some suspicion in Hollywood, as the HFPA has now become a for-profit association (with a branch that will continue to organize events for charity) and its members will receive a salary of $ 75,000 each. year. The invited reporters will not take anything. It’s not a movement that screams “transparency,” which is why many believe the Golden Globes and HFPA still have a lot of cleanup work to do.
January 10, 2023
But NBC has contacted them again and will give a television shelter to the next episode of the Golden Globes. Of course, it will be a bit of a strange day: Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The reason the ceremony is held on Tuesdays and not Sundays is because there is a soccer game on Sunday 8 and NBC has a dedicated program. And the following Sunday, January 15, is already reserved for the Critics Choice Awards, which this year were sold as the new “prelude to the Oscars” that had usually been the Golden Globes.
The Golden Globes may return to television, but it remains to be seen whether actors, directors, and film and television studios will be willing to return with them and give them their support. As we can see, the organization is still a long way from being a diverse and controversial association of journalists. However, the Hollywood Reporter points out that the atmosphere in the industry is calmer and so on they are more interested in the gala’s ability to be a showcase for nominated films and series keep waiting for drastic changes that would continue to take years. And given the interest in audience level awards, if they wait too long, it’s probably too late.
Source: E Cartelera
