This Golden Globes they can be saved. At the ceremony this Tuesday night 80th edition Marking the return to television a year later of the awards of the troubled Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which was exiled for ethical, financial and lack of diversity controversies, awards and gala made sense.
Between rivers of party, champagne and charm inside Beverly Hilton from Los Angelesand, despite some shortcomings, an authentic meteor shower celebrated film and television. And it was dominated by ‘ in the drama category to the winners list.The Fabelman Family, Steven Spielbergwas also awarded managerand in comedy or musical “Inisherin’s Banshees”, Which screenplay won the award? martin mcdonald and interpretation Colin Farrell. Big winners on TV ‘Abbott College’, ‘The Dragon’s House’ and ‘White Lotus’.
that night “Argentina 1985” It won the award as a non-English film, it also won a statuette. Guillermo del Toro with a reward for itPinocchio‘ en las manos joked about alcohol (“some of us are drunk, what could be better”) and seriously asserted that “animation is cinema, not a genre for children”.
There are also awards cate blanchett for his performance in ‘Tár’ and michelle yeo for ‘everything everywhere at once’ and Austin Butler‘elvis‘ Under Baz Luhrman’s direction.
in search of an audience
Unbeknownst to the broadcast’s audience, which has been in decline for all award ceremonies for a while, Globes may see its goal of repositioning itself this year as one of the must-watch events in Hollywood during awards season. perhaps fulfilled until I put back the inappropriate “” tag.before the Oscars”.
nobody forgot trouble and spoil them from an international group of journalists who have always known each other but who were forcibly exposed by the ‘Los Angeles Times’ in 2021, resulting in a boycott of Hollywood and a ban on television. but then reforms in its functioning and composition (with six new black members and an opening vote to more than a hundred non-members adding gender and racial diversity) and with Hollywood eager for publicity and trying to attract more people to movie theaters, the penalty was clearly lifted.
“I am here because I am black”
Not that a heavy veil has been drawn over the troubled history of the Globes. Actually, Jerrod Carmichael The comedian tasked with presenting the premiere (and the first black to do so in the 80th edition of the Globes) opened the premiere with one of his typical monologues, constructed more with a philosophical observation of life than jokes. And his first sentence left no doubt about what he meant to convey. I’m here because I’m blackHe released it shortly after adding: “I won’t say they were a racist organization but they didn’t have a single black member until George Floyd died”, in 2020.
Carmichael also recounted an anecdote of the HFPA president’s attempts to meet with him to “educate” him about the changes the organization was making, a meeting he resisted, convinced he was “unmissable.” And he spoke in his monologue the moral dilemma of agreeing to lead the gala, but he finally took the opportunity to remember that something different was on the way at the Globes, as in Hollywood and so many other places. “Everyone we live under the mentality of taking the money“, I said. And he explained that he was convinced. half a million dollars.
winners
Despite that cloud still hanging over the Globes, it felt like it was dissipating over much of the world. more than three hours of ceremony, especially in the face of some of the most exciting and fun moments. And winners like these starred Yesclaiming the figure immigrant and 60-year-old woman and revealed racism related to Hollywood (“It was a dream until I came”).
His co-star’s speech in ‘Everything is Everywhere at the Same Time’ was also exciting. Ke Huy Quanthanking Spielberg for giving him his due First chance in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’. He thanked the illustrious and creator Mike White for his perseverance and playful portrayal. Jennifer Coolidge He received an award for his supporting work in the movie ‘The White Lotus’.
Globes’ efforts to reinvent itself and open voting to more diverse members have resulted in other awards and diverse track recordit seems in Angela Bassett for their supporting workBlack Panther. Wakanda foreverr’. felt inside Honorary Awards to Eddie Murphy and television creator Ryan Murphy, He saw her include it in her speech in messages of support for youth in the LGBTQ community (and subsequently saw her latest work gain recognition: ‘The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer story’). And perhaps one of the greatest bases and surprises, best songwhere ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the Indian blockbuster ‘RRR’‘ won songs by Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift.