The Hollywood International Press Affiliation, which runs the Golden Globes, has been rocked lately by accusations of unethical habits and lack of variety.
NEW YORK — The Hollywood International Press Affiliation will announce nominations to the 79th Golden Globes on Monday morning. However will Hollywood care?
The press affiliation, usually ridiculed, even by its personal hosts, this 12 months went from punchline to pariah. After a Los Angeles Occasions’ expose detailed a number of the HFPA’s unethical habits and revealed that its 87 voting members didn’t embrace one Black journalist, studios mentioned they might boycott the Globes and greater than 100 PR movies mentioned their shoppers wouldn’t take part till the HFPA swiftly applied “profound and lasting change.” Tom Cruise even returned his three Globes to the group’s headquarters.
However after 9 months of reform, reorganization and lots of pledges to do higher, the HFPA is doing what it at all times has this time of 12 months: Gathering reporters within the early morning on the Beverly Hilton to announce its movie and tv nominations. The announcement can be streamed on the Globes’ web site starting at 9 a.m. EST.
Critics say the Globes aren’t but able to return to the highlight. Many of the movie trade has this awards season stored the HFPA at arms size, or ignored it solely. The vast majority of studios, public relations corporations and A-list expertise haven’t cooperated with the group, which this 12 months has performed away with its traditional requirement for nominees to be submitted.
On Monday morning, these nominated might not be celebrating. Some could even say “No thanks.”
However the Globes, despite the fact that NBC will not be airing its annual present, have declined to take a seat out the season solely. The press affiliation believes it has made the required reforms. “HFPA 2.0,” just lately elected president Helen Hoehne mentioned. Since being engulfed by backlash earlier this 12 months, the group has added a chief variety officer; overhauled its board; inducted 21 new members, together with six Black journalists; introduced within the NAACP on a five-year partnership; and up to date its code of conduct.
A lot of the Globes’ energy has at all times resided in its vigorous telecast, commonly one of many most-watched non-sports broadcasts of the 12 months — although rankings for it, like all award reveals, have fallen sharply lately. The Globes additionally usually function a helpful promotional device for most of the awards-hopefuls hitting theaters in December.
NBC, the Globes’ longtime telecaster, in Might mentioned it gained’t air the 2022 Globes as a result of “change of this magnitude takes time and work.”
The Globes have however set a date of January 9 to call winners. The HFPA hasn’t shared any particulars about what sort of ceremony that may be.
