Snoop Dog attends the nomination announcement for the 79th Golden Globe Awards, December 13, 2021, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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After widespread criticism forced the Golden Globe-winning organization to lose its television award program and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association continued to announce nominations for the awards. film and television awards on Monday despite industry skepticism.
Just as it has done for years, the HFPA gathered reporters at the Beverly Hilton to announce the selections for the 79th Golden Globes. But this time, there were no morning live performances or ceremonies. Celebrity celebration instantly.
The HFPA, which usually has a handful of movie stars making the announcement, has instead turned to Snoop Dogg, who reads the nominations behind sunglasses and a red hat. The majority of studios, public relations firms and A-list talent aren’t very attached to the group this year. Critics say it’s too early for HFPA to return to business as usual. Some want to see the Orb disappear.
But the press association went to great lengths to keep its spot during Monday’s awards season, spreading nominations to the likes of Will Smith (“King Richard”), Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”), Breakthrough of “West Side Story” Rachel Zegler, Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”), Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”) and Lady Gaga (“House of”) Gucci”).
Nominations for best picture, TV series went to Jane Campion’s Western gothic “The Power of the Dog”, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune”, family drama “CODA” “, Reinaldo Marcus Green’s tennis biopic “King Richard” and Kenneth Branagh’s autobiography “Belfast.”
The musical or comedy films chosen for best picture were: Adam McKay’s apocalyptic comedy Don’t Look Up, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ’70s San Fernando Valley comedy.” Licorice Pizza”, “West Side Story” by Steven Spielberg, “Tick by Lin-Manuel Miranda Tich… Boom! ” and “Cyrano” by Joe Wright.
“Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog” earned the most nominations with seven nominations. Netflix dominated the movie nominations with a total of 17 nods.
Normally, such honors will spark a flurry of cheers from early nominees and their studios, who will trumpet their wins on social media and in events. call with reporters. On Monday morning, none of the nominees immediately celebrated – at least publicly.
The Press Association claims that in the nine months from the 2021 show, it has remade itself. “HFPA 2.0,” recently elected president Helen Hoehne said. The team has added a director of diversification; its board overhaul; introduced 21 new members, including six Black journalists; bring the NAACP into a five-year partnership; and update its code of conduct.
“This has been a year of change and reflection for the Foreign Press Association in Hollywood,” Hoehne said Monday.
All of that comes after the Los Angeles Times detailed some of the unethical practices of the HFPA and revealed that its 87 voting members did not include a Black journalist. Studios have said they will boycott Globes, and more than 100 public relations films have said their clients will not participate until HFPA quickly implements “profound and lasting change.” Tom Cruise returned his three Globes to corporate headquarters.
NBC, the Globes’ longtime broadcaster, said it would not broadcast Globes 2022 because “a shift of this magnitude takes time and effort.” The Globes are still setting the date as January 9 but haven’t shared any details on what kind of ceremony that will be.
Much of the Globes’ strength has always been in its live-action television programming, which is regularly one of the most watched non-sports broadcasts of the year. The Globes also serve as a promotional tool for many of the movies that are expected to hit theaters in December. But this year, few expect to see commercials and TV commercials surpassing Golden Globe nominations. of a movie.
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