President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will appear during the live broadcast of the Golden Globes tonight to deliver a “message of peace”. This was announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards. The actor Sean Penn, The Ukrainian head of state will appear in the front row in Hollywood among the defenders of the cause of Ukraine invaded by Russia. Penn presented Zelenskyy with one of his three Oscars “as a symbol of faith” to the nation on his third visit to Ukraine in the wake of Russian aggression after he was forced to flee Kyiv, where he was filming a documentary about the war, last March: a loan in anticipation of Ukraine’s victory over the invader.
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The Golden Globes, which reached their 80th edition this year, will be broadcast live on NBC from Los Angeles tonight: Live TV is back, the red carpet is back, many stars are back, determined to give the Hollywood Foreign Press Association a second chance after in 2020, on the eve of the 78th edition, the Hollywood Foreign Press credits them , accused the Los Angeles Times of describing as a racial caste easily swayed by major dollars.
Dozens of stars will attend what until two years ago was considered a more ruthless and fun anticipation of Oscars night. not only candidates like Michelle Williams and Judd Hirsch from “The Fabelmans”, who have credited the Hfpa with serious reform efforts. ‘A’ stars have agreed to be among the hosts: from director Quentin Tarantino to ‘Blonde’ star Ana de Armas and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Jamie Lee Curtis, both of whom have been nominated for an acting award . And then Pose’s Billy Porter, Natasha Lyonne, Nicole Byer, Niecy Nash and Tracy Morgan.
Eddie Murphy will receive a lifetime achievement award, while Chloe Flower, the pianist who recently performed at the Kennedy Center, will perform a piece “Golden Hour” composed especially for the occasion. However, the globes remain under special surveillance. NBC renewed the contract for the broadcast, but only by one year.
The evening is snubbed by The Whale contestant Brendan Fraser, who revealed in 2018 he was harassed by Philip Berk, the former president of the Hfpa, who was expelled two years later for defining Black Lives Matter as a racist movement would have. Also absent is Tom Cruise, who was snubbed at the nominations for “Maverick” after returning his three Golden Globes in protest last year.
The 80th edition will be hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Irish black comedyBanshees of Inisherin’ takes the lead with eight nominations including Director (Martin McDonagh), Best Actor (Colin Farrell in the Lead, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan in Supporting Actors), and Best Comedy or Musical. He won six nominations for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” followed by golden-era Hollywood drama “Babylon” with five “Globe” odds (one for Brad Pitt) on par with the autobiographical “The Steven Spielberg’s Fabelmans,” also nominated for the film score by 90-year-old Hollywood composer John Williams. Instead, snub the female directors: This year, the category is all male.
The ten best films of the year, according to the international journalists who honor the Golden Globes, were “Avatar: The Way of Water”, “Elvis”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tar” and “Top Gun: Maverick”. drama category, while Babylon, Island Spirits, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Triangle of Sadness, and Glass Onion compete in the comedy category. The Hfpa also gives awards for television: Great expectations for the Sicilian version of “White Lotus” filmed in Taormina (in five of the miniseries) and among the dramatic series “Better Call Saul”, “Ozark”, “House of the Dragons” , “Severance” and “The Crown”.