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  • Winners of 2022 Golden Globe Awards announced 

    By Express News Service

    Despite multiple hurdles in the form of the NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) controversy, the Golden Globes went ahead as planned. However, the awards were neither televised nor streamed online. None of the nominees were in attendance either. 

    Last year, the organisation’s voting membership faced a Hollywood boycott after it was revealed there were no Black members.

    The list of winners were released on the awards website. The Power of the Dog, Succession, Hacks and West Side Story were some of the big winners at the awards. 

    Winners across multiple categories

    Movies

    Best Motion Picture, Drama – The Power of the Dog
    Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – West Side Story
    Best Director – Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
    Best Screenplay – Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
    Best Non-English Language Picture – Drive My Car
    Best Animated Picture – Encanto
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama – Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama – Will Smith for King Richard
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – Rachel Zegler for West Side Story
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – Andrew Garfield for Tick Tick Boom
    Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
    Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Kodi Smitt-McPhee for The Power of the Dog
    Best Original Score in a Motion Picture – Hans Zimmer for Dune
    Best Original Song in a Motion Picture – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell for No Time to Die
    Television

    Best Television Series, Drama – Succession
    Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical – Hacks
    Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie – The Underground Railroad
    Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama – Mj Rodriguez for Pose
    Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama – Jeremy Strong for Succession
    Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical – Jean Smart for Hacks
    Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical – Jason Sudeikis for Ted Lasso
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie – Kate Winslet for Mare of Easttown

  • 79th annual Golden Globe Awards to be held on January 9

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which is the organisation behind the Golden Globe Awards, is moving forward with plans to present the 79th annual Golden Globes on January 9, with or without a telecast partner.

    As per Variety, the HFPA on Friday unveiled the traditional calendar with submissions deadlines in various categories. Nominations will be revealed on December 13. The deadline for movie and TV submission entry forms is November 15.

    The fate of the 79th annual Golden Globe Awards was thrown in turmoil in February by revelations about the press organisation’s internal practices and the lack of Black members in the HFPA, prior to recent recruiting efforts.

    NBC has been the HFPA’s longtime telecast partner but it decided to drop out of the 2022 telecast in light of the HFPA’s internal problems.

    The HFPA’s short statement makes no mention of a telecast. There was no immediate word from NBC on the HFPA’s plans. Another important constituency is the group of powerful publicists for actors and other creatives who have pressured the HFPA to make changes. The publicists have vowed to keep their clients away from the Globes and other HFPA activities until the organisation instituted significant reforms.

    The HFPA faced further scrutiny in May when actor Tom Cruise made a public show of returning the three Globe awards he won in the 1980s and ’90s to the association. Cruise won Globe trophies for 1984’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’, 1997’s ‘Jerry Maguire’ and 1999’s ‘Magnolia’.

    Over the past few months, the HFPA has reformed its charter and bylaws. It has appointed a new president, German journalist Helen Hoehne, a new board of directors that includes three outside non-members, 12 member directors, and a credentials committee with five non-members and an advisory board.

    Earlier this month the HFPA unveiled that it has recruited 21 new members.

    NBC, which currently owns the broadcasting rights for the Golden Globe Awards, stated in May that it will not air the show in 2022, arguing that the “meaningful reform” that it expects from the HFPA “takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right.”

    So it remains to be seen what the Golden Globes would look like without a broadcasting partner.

  • Tom Cruise returns his three Golden Globes amid HFPA controversy

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Tom Cruise has returned his three Golden Globes statues amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, earlier today, NBC announced that it would not be airing the 2022 iteration of the Golden Globes. The network said in a statement: “We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right.”

    Cruise won the best actor honour in 1990 for ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ and in 1997 for ‘Jerry Maguire’, as well as a best supporting actor award in 2000 for ‘Magnolia’.

    The backlash began after a Los Angeles media outlet’s report detailing that the organization counted zero Black journalists among its then-87 members.

    Last week, the HFPA’s membership voted to approve a proposal of reforms aimed at addressing its lack of diversity and other ethics issues, but many in Hollywood, including Time’s Up and a coalition of PR Firms, noted that the reforms do not go far enough.

    This news comes after Netflix and Amazon Studios each announced they would no longer be working with the HFPA until the organization enacted sweeping changes.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise is the latest Hollywood talent to express their disapproval with the HFPA.

    Scarlett Johansson, who has been nominated for four Golden Globes awards, urged Hollywood to take a “step back” from the HFPA, while Golden Globe winner Mark Ruffalo recently offered a statement: “Now is the time to step up and right the wrongs of the past.”