The Golden Globes returns to NBC tonight after years of controversy and scandals, beginning forward of the 2022 ceremony when the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, the group behind the awards, was accused of missing variety.
A damning Occasions investigation of the organisation discovered that of the 87 folks within the voting physique, there have been no black members and solely a handful labored for notable international publications.
The revelation got here after the 2021 nominees have been introduced with numerous followers and A-list stars alike voicing their disdain that many black-led initiatives have been seemingly neglected.
Following the backlash, the HFPA voted to approve main adjustments throughout the group however this didn’t shift public opinion a lot as quite a few celebrities spoke out towards the awards.
Tom Cruise returned the three Golden Globe statuettes he had acquired over his profession and Scarlett Johanson accused some HFPA members of behaviour that “bordered on sexual harassment” in line with an announcement obtained by Deadline on the time.
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NBC, who dwell streams the present to audiences at house, introduced the awards wouldn’t be televised in January 2022 as anticipated however nonetheless voiced help for the HFPA amid its reforms.
The earlier 12 months noticed the Golden Globes, like many different awards reveals, struggling to adapt through the pandemic as many winners shared their acceptance speeches over video calls from their very own houses.
With the HFPA reforms and lockdown laws now within the rearview mirror, viewers believed they’d take pleasure in a clean crusing awards ceremony in the beginning of 2023.
Nevertheless, when beloved Hollywood star Brendan Fraser made his sensational return to mainstream cinema in The Whale final 12 months he additionally dropped one other bombshell accusation towards the HFPA.
The Mummy star accused the previous HFPA president, Philip Berk, of sexually assaulting him in 2003. Philip has since denied the allegations.
Brendan boycotted the awards final January regardless of incomes his first-ever nomination for Finest Actor in a Movement Image Drama.
The Hollywood star brutally declared throughout a dialog with GQ forward of the awards present that he could be skipping it “due to the historical past that I’ve with them. And my mom did not increase a hypocrite.”