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, including some twenty nominees and some winners, a real 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 ‘White Lotus’, ‘Abbott College’ Y ‘Dragon’s house’, In one of the relative surprises of the night, he won ‘Kidem’.
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
in the absence of knowing hearings The broadcast’s HFPA awards, which have been on the decline for all award shows for a while and could be even worse for those Globes when given on Tuesday, could see one of Hollywood’s nods to reposition this year. awards season must-haves, perhaps even re-applying the inappropriate “” tag.beginning Oscar”.
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 an inaugural vote to six new black members and more than a hundred non-members adding gender and racial diversity) and an enthusiastic Hollywood for promotion and try to bring more people to movie theaters (Something that has proven to help with orbs’ selections), the penalty has obviously been removed.
“I am here because I am black”
Not that a heavy veil has been drawn over troubled history. Actually, Jerrod Carmichael The comedian tasked with presenting the premiere (and the first black to have that function in 80 editions) opened the premiere with one of his typical monologues, constructed more by 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 black”, he released 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. They convinced him half a million dollars.
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jokes and emotions
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. After this first monologue, Carmichael said of Beverly Hilton “the hotel that killed whitney houston“Or when you say they’re giving the award to Will Smith during a commercial break. Rock Hudson to masculinity (like Carmichael himself, Hudson was gay but carried it off and died of AIDS).
There were also lots of funny and exciting speeches that made the premieres bearable and put the stars into awards season. And in these Spheres, like the winners Yes. “As the days, numbers, and years get older, the opportunities start to shrink,” said the 60-year-old actress. immigrant and revealed discrimination has faced Hollywood (“It was a dream until I came”).
His partner’s ‘Everything is everywhere at once’ was also exciting. Ke Huy QuanAwarded as a supporting actor. After thanking Spielberg for giving it his due First chance in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’ He revealed that he feared “no more to offer” for years until directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan came along and offered him 30 years, and thought he would never surpass what he had accomplished as a child. then “chance to try again.”
Equally majestic and irresistibly funny as always. Jennifer Coolidge He was rewarded with an amusing portrait for his supporting work in the movie ‘The White Lotus’. patience and a thank you to creator Mike White, who burst into tears.
Globes’ efforts to reinvent itself and open voting to more diverse members have resulted in other awards and diverse track recordit also seems Angela Bassett for their supporting workBlack Panther. Wakanda foreverr’. felt inside Honorary Awards to Eddie Murphy and television creator Ryan Murphy, a gay man who makes a tremendous contribution to visibility LGBTQ community She has appeared in works such as ‘Pose’ and featured messages of support for young people in her speech (and later saw recognition for ‘The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ with an award for her latest work, Evan Peters).
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the night and a reflection of possible new trends in Globes, best songwhere ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the Indian blockbuster ‘RRR’‘ won songs by Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift.