The Golden Globe Awards season is back with more celebrations and enjoyment and behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort.
Certain scandals were the reason for its membership updation and a new broadcaster for the January 7 show which in IST would mean Jan 8 at around 6 in the morning, but a key question remains: Will viewers tune in? The show also unveils a starry list of presenters, including the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Affleck and Dua Lipa.
Golden Globe Awards 2024 – What’s new in it?
It will be the first major broadcast of the awards season but to audiences, it might look similar on the surface as it’s been a tumultuous few years behind the scenes following a report in the Los Angeles Times. The 2021 report found that there were no Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which voted on the awards.
Stars and studios boycotted the Globes and NBC refused to air it in 2022 as a result. After raising certain reforms which is mainly to address the ethical concerns, the show came back last January in a one-year probationary agreement with NBC. The network did not opt to renew.
In June, billionaire Todd Boehly was approved to dissolve the HFPA and reinvent the Golden Globes as a for-profit organization. Its assets were acquired by Boehly’s Eldridge Industries, along with Dick Clark Productions, a group owned by Penske Media — whose assets also include Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone and Billboard.
The show has also added a new award for stand-up comedy, with Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and former Globes host Ricky Gervais among the nominees.
Golden Globe Awards 2024 – Who is the host?
Comedian Jo Koy, who has headlined several Netflix specials and starred in last year’s comedy film Easter Sunday, will host the Globes. Hosting the Globes typically requires a sense of humour to the audience of film and television stars and keeping the ceremony from getting too haphazard and baggy.
Golden Globe Awards 2024 – Who is presenting at the Globes?
The full list of presenters was unveiled where it can be seen Michelle returning to the Globes a year after she won best actress in a drama film for Everything Everywhere All at Once, delivering a poignant acceptance speech.
Other presenters announced include Angela Bassett, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Annette Bening, Mark Hamill, Kevin Costner, Jonathan Bailey, Orlando Bloom and Will Ferrell.
Golden Globe Awards 2024 Nominees
Barbie is the top nominee this year, followed closely by Oppenheimer. The films reflect one unique aspect of the Globes — they split the top film winners into two categories. With Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leading the way, it gives the show a chance to capitalize on the Barbenheimer craze that boosted theatres.
Films nominated for best motion picture drama include Oppenheimer, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest.
In the best motion picture musical or comedy category, Barbie was joined by Ben Affleck’s Air, Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Golden Globe Awards 2024 known for?
The Golden Globe Awards had long been one of the highest-profile awards season broadcasts, second only to the Oscars. But the award show honoured only the flashiest filmmaking categories — picture, director, actors among them — meaning no long speeches from visual effects supervisors or directors of little-known shorts.
The voting body was a small group of around 87 members who had incredible influence in the industry and often accepted lavish gifts and travel from studios and awards publicists who were ready and eager to court favour and win votes.
The show had become an important part of the Hollywood awards ecosystem. As of 2019, the broadcast was still pulling in nearly 19 million viewers. In 2023, NBC’s Tuesday night broadcast got its smallest audience ever for a traditional broadcast, with 6.3 million viewers.
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