Full coverage from Golden Globes 2021 — and the #TimesUpGlobes controversy
The 78th Golden Globes arrive this evening after a difficult week for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the organization behind the event. A Times investigation has brought new scrutiny to the 87-member group, whose nominations this year featured even more head-scratchers than usual.
The investigation — which landed as the HFPA has increased its charitable donations and attempted to shake the perception that its voters can be swayed by gifts and high-priced junkets in exotic locales — revealed dissent within the group, with some members raising concerns about escalating payments from the nonprofit to its own members.
The Times reporting also highlighted the fact that the group currently has no Black members, further fueling criticism over this year’s Globes picks, which didn’t include any of this year’s Black-led awards contenders, such as “Da 5 Bloods,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami,” in nominations for the group’s best picture award. The story also prompted Time’s Up to launch #TimesUpGlobes, a social media campaign demanding that the HFPA diversify.
In a statement to the Times on Thursday, an HFPA representative said, in part, “We understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well as members from other underrepresented backgrounds, and we will immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible.”
The Golden Globes, usually a boozy, star-packed ceremony, remains one of the highest-rated award shows in Hollywood — one of the few whose television audience has not declined precipitously in recent years — and is the public kickoff of Oscar season, as the group’s selections drive attention among other awards voters and audiences at home. Tune in with us tonight to see how the HFPA addresses the controversy, what the stars on stage have to say, and who takes home Hollywood’s most controversial trophy.
Track our developing coverage of the Globes, the HFPA and the work being honored below.
Here are the six highlights from Sunday’s 78th Golden Globes, including Jane Fonda’s inspiring speech and Chadwick Boseman’s posthumous win.
Despite the best efforts of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, their generation’s Hope and Crosby, the 2021 telecast couldn’t shake its limitations.
The Golden Globes were engulfed in controversy. You would never have known that if you watched the show. How will the Oscars react?
A brief onstage pledge to change by three HFPA members during Sunday’s Golden Globes did not impress critics of the organization, including Time’s Up.
Netflix led the studios and networks in wins at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, a fitting coda to a year when streaming dominated the entertainment industry conversation, as much of the audience was stuck at home.
Time’s Up sends letters to the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and NBCUniversal telling it that statements made at Sunday’s Golden Globes weren’t enough.
Capping a week of mounting controversy over its membership and ethics, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. held its 78th Golden Globe Awards.
Andra Day won the Golden Globe for best actress, drama for her performance in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”
Renowned actress and activist Jane Fonda adds the Cecil B. DeMille Award to her previous seven honors from the Golden Globes.
The 2021 Golden Globe award for best director goes to Chloé Zhao for ‘Nomadland.’
Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous Golden Globe for his role in Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.’
American drama “Minari” wins the best foreign language film Golden Globe over contenders from Denmark, France, Guatemala and Italy.
Norman Lear receives the Golden Globes’ highest award for television, the Carol Burnett Award
The virtual Golden Globes hit an early technical snag when winner Daniel Kaluuya initially accepted his award while muted.
After criticism, HFPA had three representatives stand onstage to say six sentences about diversity and inclusion during Golden Globes telecast.
The hosts returned to the ceremony with a set that took on the controversy around the group’s lack of Black members and poked fun at the awards’ film/TV divide.
After the HFPA snubbed his work this year and appointed his kids Golden Globe Ambassadors, Spike Lee urged the organization to recruit Black members.
After Times reporting detailed ethical lapses, zero Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., criticism — though muted — came to the Golden Globes.
“Judas and the Black Messiah” star Daniel Kaluuya took home the trophy for his supporting turn.
The 2021 Golden Globe Awards winners, which include Chloe Zhao, “Ted Lasso” and Anya Taylor-Joy, were awarded in a bicoastal ceremony.
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Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild and Directors Guild all speak out against the lack of Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
After a Times report exposing the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s use of the Globes as a cash and perks cow, it’s hard to know how to cover the awards.
Come pandemic or a bombshell Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. investigation, the 2021 Golden Globes will go on Sunday. Here’s how to watch and what to expect.
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The fallout over the HFPA’s lack of Black members continues publicly and behind the scenes.
Watch some of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s most memorable hosting moments from previous Golden Globes, Emmys and Oscars ceremonies and “SNL.”
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A Times report highlighting ethical lapses and the lack of Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has drawn widespread attention. Now Time’s Up is joining those calling for more action.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association members put on a fun show — the Golden Globes — but they have problems with their credibility as journalists. They should fix that if they want to be taken (somewhat) seriously.
After the Times investigation and mounting criticism in Hollywood, how will the HFPA and the Golden Globes move forward?
The organization said the perception that many members are not serious journalists is “outdated and unfair” and that it is committed to addressing the lack of Black members.
A Times investigation finds that the nonprofit HFPA regularly issues substantial payments to its members in ways that some experts say could skirt IRS guidelines.
