(Los Angeles) Racism, sexism, corruption… Splashed by a series of scandals, the Golden Globes announced on Tuesday their return to television in 2023, where they will try to regain their former glory after a last edition largely shunned by Hollywood.
Updated yesterday at 1:07 p.m.
“We are pleased to announce the return of the Golden Globes to [la chaîne] NBC,” said Helen Hoehne, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which serves as the jury for these awards, in a statement.
By early 2022, the ceremony had gone ahead without an audience or television. Their usual partner, NBC, had given up broadcasting the event, because the HFPA was targeted by accusations that seriously undermined its reputation.
More than 100 officers had written to the HFPA in the spring of 2021 asking it to end “discriminatory and unprofessional behavior, ethical lapses, and accusations of corruption.”
Faced with this scandal, the organization quickly announced a series of reforms, including an unprecedented recruitment of new members to improve the representation of minorities within it.
“The HFPA is committed to meaningful change and to supporting programs that put diversity, inclusion and transparency first,” the organization insisted on Tuesday.
In 2021, the Los Angeles Times had investigated its operation and had revealed in particular that it did not have any black people within it.
Since then, the organization has notably renewed its members, including 103 new ones.
But critics, such as stars Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo, publicly denounced these reforms as insufficient, while Tom Cruise returned the organization its three Golden Globes in protest.