NBC earlier this 12 months dropped plans to televise the swanky awards dinner in Beverly Hills, citing a scarcity of range.
The nominees for the 79th annual Golden Globe movie awards have been introduced, with dramas, The Energy of the Canine, and, Belfast, main the pack in a 12 months marked by controversy and a scaled-down ceremony.
Belfast, set in Seventies Northern Eire, and director Jane Campion’s western, The Energy of the Canine, acquired seven nods every, the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation (HFPA) introduced on Monday.
They have been adopted by global-warming satire, Don’t Look Up; King Richard, concerning the father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams; director Steven Spielberg’s new model of the basic musical, West Aspect Story, and coming-of-age story, Licorice Pizza, with 4 nominations every. Netflix motion pictures had a number one 17 nods.
The format of the ceremony, nonetheless, stays unclear after broadcaster NBC earlier this 12 months dropped plans to televise the awards dinner in Beverly Hills, California following criticism of the HFPA, the group that votes on them.
On the HFPA, we all know our document on transparency and inclusion has not been what it needs to be. That’s why we’re writing a brand new script — one that features moral accountability, inclusion, range, sincere governance and transparency. #GoldenGlobes #HFPA pic.twitter.com/pypWS9GEOX
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) December 8, 2021
Critics objected to the HFPA having no Black members and raised longstanding moral questions on whether or not shut relationships with Hollywood studios influenced the selection of nominees and winners. Actor Tom Cruise returned the three Golden Globe statuettes that he received.
The HFPA has since added 21 new members, six of whom are Black, banned items and favours, and applied range and sexual harassment coaching, it stated. The group now has 105 members complete.
Jason Nichols, a senior lecturer within the African American Research Division on the College of Maryland Faculty Park, stated trade stress is what pushed the Golden Globes to try to handle the issue.
“We’ll see the way it strikes ahead and the way the Golden Globes really do, however up till this level, it required the trade to return in and proper these points,” Nichols advised Al Jazeera after the nominations have been introduced. “They made no modifications till highly effective trade entities like Netflix and Tom Cruise and folks with names began saying that this was unacceptable.”
Regardless of the modifications, it’s unclear whether or not any of the actors, administrators and musicians nominated for Golden Globes will attend the 2022 ceremony, which had been one of many largest Hollywood awards exhibits within the run-up to the Oscars.
Rapper Snoop Dogg was the one celeb available on Monday to announce the nominations for the awards, which will likely be introduced on January 9.
Due to @SnoopDogg for serving to us announce the 79th annual #GoldenGlobes nominations! pic.twitter.com/xmuYTIhRIS
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) December 13, 2021
In the meantime, Girl Gaga (Home of Gucci), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Will Smith (King Richard), Kristen Stewart (Spencer) and Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth) have been among the many actors nominated for greatest drama performances.
The HFPA stated it had made its decisions this 12 months by watching movies in film theatres, at screenings and on streaming platforms in what it known as “a good and equitable voting course of”.
“Whereas the Golden Globes won’t be televised in January 2022, we are going to proceed our 78-year custom,” the HFPA stated in an open letter launched earlier than Monday’s nominations. “The final eight months have been troublesome, however we’re pleased with the modifications we now have achieved up to now.”