The Golden Globes will finally face its ordeal by fire this Tuesday (10), two years after collapsing under the weight of corruption allegations, a lack of diversity and clubism that had undermined the credibility of what was once one of Hollywood’s most important accolades.
Not that the integrity of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the trophies, hasn’t been questioned in the past. In times of internet patrol, however, the institution has found it harder to rebuild, and in recent months there have been very public pushes that changes are on the way such as banning members from accepting small gifts from studios and allowing in of black voters. , which did not exist until then.
From 22:00 local Brasília time, when the 80th edition begins, we will know if the industry is really ready to embrace the Golden Globes again. However, as far as the preparations for the event go, everything indicates that the cream of cinema and television will easily rehabilitate it.
Filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Park Chanwook, James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg all nominated except for the first who will present a category are expected. Actors like Austin Butler, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Williams will also be there.
The endorsement from Hollywood’s top brass sends a clear signal that the heartache may be behind us and that the industry is ready to celebrate the Golden Globes nominations and wins, even if the public sees little change in practice.
On the other hand, Tom Cruise and Brendan Fraser, faces of two of last year’s feature films, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale, aren’t expected. The former even returned the three awards it won when the scandal broke, and the latter has a troubled history with the institution that even includes allegations of sexual harassment against one of its former bosses.
The decision by the US broadcaster NBC to broadcast the ceremony again also paved the way to salvation. Last year the party went unscreened in the heat of controversy, but now it returns with promises of pomp and nostalgia, even if it missed the Sunday night primetime slot traditionally reserved for Oscars.
The choice of a Tuesday should be a sign that there are still reservations in the industry that there is not enough willingness to entrust Globo with a prestigious appointment. But it’s also important to realize that the dizzying drop in viewership at every major American cultural award from the Oscars to the Emmys, from the Grammys to the Tony can impact the decision, and not so distant future, impacts as well the calendar of the golden couple.
In Brazil, in a somewhat surprising decision, TNT will not broadcast the ceremony, as has traditionally been the case with the main events of Hollywood awards season. That leaves the Golden Globes with no official showing in Brazil just the red carpet on E! is available to viewers here.
Without giving the reason for the award’s absence from its schedule, all the more so on a mildly excited Tuesday, giant Warner Bros. Discovery could also follow directions from abroad to open the door to the Golden Globes.
In terms of nominees, the picks split between the right and some notable surprises and absences. However, they don’t manage to arouse suspicion like they did with “Emily in Paris” two years ago and circle the terrain of the awards’ eccentricity.
For an organization also under scrutiny for having no black people on its voting list, memories went down with Viola Davis, Ana de Armas, Diego Calva, Angela Bassett, Dolly De Leon, Jeremy Pope and Michelle Yeoh Acting categories good cinema.
Once again, however, women have been left out of the running for film directors, as have films that have aired as favorites of the season and deal with issues close to their hearts.
Record holder for film nominations at the party, The Banshees of Inisherin competes in eight categories including Best Comedy Film, which also includes Babylon, Everything at the Same Time, Glass Onion: A Knives Mystery Out and Best Comedy Film contains “Triangle of Sadness”.
Among the dramas, try to win the grand prize “Avatar: The Water Path”, “Elvis”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick”. Brazil was removed from the foreign list, which included the German “Nada de Novo no Front”, the Argentine “Argentina, 1985”, the Belgian “Close”, the South Korean “Dedições de Partir” and the Indian “RRR: Revolt , Rebellion, Revolution “.
On the television side, Best Comedy Series goes to “Abbott Elementary” nominated champion at five , “O Urso”, “Hacks”, “Only Murders in the Building” and “Wandinha”. Dramas are represented by Better Call Saul, The Crown, House of the Dragon, Ozark, and Rupture, while nominated miniseries Black Bird, Dahmer: An American Cannibal, The Dropout ‘, ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘Pam & Tommy’.
Also important to confirming the Golden Globes or diving into even more controversy, deciding who wins this party and who loses will be another clue to the future the industry has reserved for the award.
More important than that, however, is knowing how the Foreign Press Association will handle its controversies during the event. Ignoring them seems unreasonable, but finding the right way to address them without causing an outcry be it from the physical audience or on social media will be a Herculean task.
Check out the list of nominees for the Golden Globes