“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” eagerly awaited Monday at the Golden Globes nominations reformed after a series of controversies

The announcement of the nominations is scheduled for Monday across the Atlantic from 1:30 p.m. GMT, or 2:30 p.m. French time, on the show “CBS Mornings”.

With the American box office triumphs of the films barbie And Oppenheimernew owners, a change of television channel and a reshuffled jury, the Golden Globes awards unveil their nominations on Monday, December 11, hoping to boost the audience and put aside the controversies of the past.

Brought together by social networks as “Barbenheimer”, the two feature films released at the same time by Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan should garner several nominations for these cinematographic and television awards, in the “best dramatic film” and “best comedy” categories. Announcement expected Monday afternoon on the show “CBS Mornings”. The national network CBS, owned by cinema giant Paramount, replaced its competitor NBC for the Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, on January 7.

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Audiences at half mast

In January 2023, the Globes – a time just behind the Oscars in terms of audience – had only gathered 6.3 million viewers, an audience at the lowest in the history of the prize, after 18 million at the start of 2020, just before the Covid pandemic. A collapse despite the presence of heavyweights in the film industry like Steven Spielberg, Colin Farrell, Brad Pitt and Michelle Yeoh.
This year, other big names – Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr and Ryan Gosling – are expected. We could also see stars Paul Giamatti, Bradley Cooper, Timothée Chalamet and Natalie Portman. Last January, Cate Blanchett shunned the ceremony.

The Golden Globes will also honor the television series Succession and The Last Of Us . These first awards of the season in the United States have lost their luster due to accusations of racism and corruption, and some critics in Hollywood believe that the reforms initiated raise new ethical questions. For decades, the Golden Globes were owned, operated and awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). An eclectic group of around a hundred journalists covering the entertainment section for international media, often criticized by industry professionals for its amateurism and opacity. These behind-the-scenes barbs came to light in 2021, when the Los Angeles Times had revealed that the organization had no black people and that its members accepted incredible gifts.

In search of redemption

The ceremony was then boycotted the following year by Hollywood and remains in search of redemption.
The Golden Globes were bought in June 2023 by investors, including American billionaire Todd Boehly. The HFPA was disbanded and a new plan adopted to try to restore its former prestige. Members of the old HFPA are now employees of the new Golden Globes corporation, paid to watch films, vote and write articles for the organization’s website. A situation potentially leading to conflicts of interest. Especially since some of the new owners are essential players in the industry. Like the production company Penske Media, which owns the magazines Variety And The Hollywood Reporteror the Eldridge company, which owns a stake in the A24 film studio, regularly in the running for Hollywood awards.

“There is something inappropriate about a Globes voter being paid to write on the Globes website about an actor he might nominate for a Golden Globe being brought back to the stage. a ceremony at the company he works for”recently pointed out the LA Times in an editorial. For the newspaper, “the new model seems to be a gigantic public relations machine.”

The new Golden Globes defend themselves

According to the organization, paying a salary of $75,000 to voters in Hollywood puts an end to a flawed system, where precarious journalists, often independent, accepted sumptuous gifts and luxurious all-expense-paid press trips from the studios. More than 200 non-member, and therefore unpaid, voters from around the world were also appointed for greater impartiality. And the new board includes respected industry veterans, like the ex-editor of Variety, Tim Gray.