the intimate The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg’s biopic Elvis as well as the second sections of the mastodons top gun Y Avatar will compete this Tuesday at the Golden Globes, during a ceremony in which these awards will try to recover their image, largely tarnished by the scandals surrounding the jury.
Long considered Hollywood’s favorite night out, this laid-back and glitzy event has been a shadow of its former self for the past two years.
The blame first for the pandemic, after the accusations of racism, sexism and corruption directed at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which forms the jury and had no black members in 2021.
go back to tv
Shunned by the gratin and deprived of television last year, the Golden Globes are back on NBC. The American channel agreed to broadcast the 80th edition, after a series of reforms by the HFPA to improve its diversity and prohibit its members from accepting gifts from the studios.
Many big names are invited, including director Steven Spielberg, whose semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans Share favorite for the award for best dramatic film, and actor Eddie Murphy, who should be highlighted throughout his career.
But attendance may still be limited this year on the red carpet. Many nominees have yet to be confirmed, and most of the “after parties” that studios typically throw to drown winners under champagne won’t take place.
The celebrities who will appear at the Beverly Hills hotel where the ceremony is taking place will have to justify their presence, before the journalists who ask them for their opinion on the HFPA reforms, observes the columnist Pete Hammond, from the specialized site. Deadline. “It won’t just be ‘What are you wearing?'” she says.
many absent
The ceremony must already deal with two missing marks. Brendan Fraser, nominated for his role as an obese and lonely teacher in his The whaleaccuses a former HFPA president of sexually assaulting him and will boycott the event.
producer of Top Gun: MaverickTom Cruise should also be absent, after returning his three Golden Globes to protest against the scandals. His feature film will try, with the other big blockbuster of 2022 Avatar: The Path of Waterto prevent The Fabelmans win the award for best dramatic film.
Tarwhich takes place in the universe of classical music, and the biopic Elvis, about the king of rock’n’roll could also surprise. Their respective stars, Cate Blanchett as the ruthless conductor and Austin Butler as the notorious Elvis Presley, are among the favorites for acting awards.
As for comedies, the Irish tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherinwhich depicts the abrupt end of a friendship on a small Irish island in the 1920s, will compete in eight categories for the first time in twenty years.
The film confronts in particular the surreal and hallucinatory Everything everywhere at oncewhich could win acting awards for Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan.
I try to go back
In the face of controversy, the HFPA notably revamped the Golden Globes jury, including 103 new entrants, who are not full members of the association, including many women and people from ethnic minorities.
Following recent controversies, the prestige of these awards is at stake at this ceremony. In the past, a Golden Globes hit was a valuable marketing tool, capable of launching a winning campaign toward the ultimate Oscar prize.
In Hollywood, some industry insiders are privately saying they want these awards, which have been “an important cog in awards season” for 80 years, back in grace, Pete Hammond says.
Movie posters also again highlight Golden Globe nominations, unlike last year. But to the columnist, his power to influence the Oscars seems to be permanently diminished.
“When every article about the Globes talks about scandal (…) it does not make them so credible, I think, for Oscar voters,” he concludes.
Source: BFM TV
