The 79th Golden Globe Awards take place on Sunday 9th January at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California. The awards this year are not without controversy.
The Golden Globes usual U.S. broadcaster NBC, together with various media outlets, actors, and other creative types say that they will shun the ceremony over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s failure to increase the diversity of the organisation’s membership.
Most notably Tom Cruise handed back the Golden Globes he achieved for Magnolia, Jerry Maguire and Born on the Fourth of July.
In response to this and other criticisms, in early May 2021, the HFPA announced a plan to increase membership with a ‘specific focus on recruiting Black members’ and resolving assorted ‘ethical lapses’. Sounds a tall order, but although the plan was generally welcomed as a first step, the boycott currently continues.
2021’s ceremony was hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, but this year’s bash will go ahead without any celebrity presenters.
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