The Golden Globes, lengthy often called Hollywood’s favourite social gathering however rocked by latest scandals, will attempt to stage a celebrity-studded comeback on Tuesday, as they compete with movies from Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” to “Prime Gun” and the sequels to “Avatar”. for high honors.
The Globes historically play a key function in kicking off film awards season, however have been pulled from the air final yr amid controversy over moral lapses and an absence of range on the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, which organizes the gala. from Beverly Hills.
This yr, following efforts to reform the HFPA, which beforehand had no black members, NBC will broadcast the 80th Golden Globe Awards uniquely, and invites have been despatched out to Tinseltown’s brightest stars.
Among the many headliners anticipated within the Beverly Hilton ballroom are Spielberg, whose semi-autobiographical movie is the favourite to win finest drama, and Eddie Murphy, who will obtain a lifetime achievement award.
Comic Jerrod Carmichael will host the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino is among the many presenters for the night.
However lots of the high nominees have but to RSVP, and Deadline Awards columnist Pete Hammond hopes this yr’s Globes might be “totally different” from the glitzy, festive, champagne-drenched events seen earlier than. let covid and trade boycotts interrupt the revelry.
“They are going to be silenced. There is no after-parties to go to. There’s none of that. They don’t seem to be spending some huge cash, the studios, on all of this,” Hammond advised AFP.
Those that stroll the crimson carpet might be peppered with questions from journalists corresponding to “Are you snug being right here?” and “Are you happy that they’ve made all of the adjustments?” predicted.
“It is not going to be solely ‘What are you sporting?'”
– Spielberg, Cruise, Cameron –
In contrast to the Oscars, the Golden Globes movie awards are break up between the “drama” and “musical or comedy” classes.
On the drama aspect, ‘The Fabelmans’ is up towards the 2 largest field workplace hits of final yr: the blockbuster sequel ‘Prime Gun: Maverick’, starring Tom Cruise, and James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Manner of Water’.
‘Tar’, set within the cutthroat world of classical music, and the rock and roll biopic ‘Elvis’ might additionally carry surprises.
Their respective stars, Cate Blanchett, taking part in a ruthless driver, and Austin Butler, donning Presley’s blue suede pumps, are favorites for dramatic efficiency awards.
However “The Whale” nominee Brendan Fraser, who alleges he was as soon as sexually assaulted by a former HFPA president, dominated out attending Tuesday’s gala.
‘Prime Gun: Maverick’ producer Cruise is unlikely to attend, after he returned his three Globes to the HFPA in 2021 in protest of his behaviour.
“The Banshees of Inisherin” has probably the most nominations at this yr’s Globes, with eight, and is a favourite to win finest comedy in addition to finest actor in a comedy for Colin Farrell.
The movie a couple of damaged friendship on a distant Irish island will compete with the surreal sci-fi movie “All the pieces In every single place All At As soon as,” which is searching for appearing awards for Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan.
In years previous, success on the Globes was a possible benchmark for movies hoping to win an Oscar and served as a precious advertising device.
In truth, Academy voters will start voting for Oscar nominations on Thursday, simply days after the Globes.
However latest controversies have muddied the waters.
The addition of greater than 100 new, extra racially numerous Globes voters, who usually are not full members of the HFPA, has made it much more troublesome to foretell who the enigmatic group of international journalists will reward.
Whereas film billboards and commercials bragging about Globes nominations have made a comeback after final yr’s conspicuous absence, few nominees have publicly thanked the HFPA.
In line with Hammond, some within the trade privately lengthy for the outdated Globes to return as a result of the present is a “main cog within the awards season wheel” that “has been in Hollywood for 80 years.”
“You possibly can’t purchase custom,” he stated.
However disputes over range, alleged corruption and lack of professionalism have “dimmed” the Globes’ luster with regards to influencing the Oscars, Hammond stated.
“When each (Globes) story talks concerning the scandal…it does not make it as credible, I feel, to Oscar voters,” he stated.