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This year’s Golden Globes ceremony was muted. Instead of a celebrity-filled evening, broadcast on NBC, the results were live tweeted from a room in the Beverly Hilton.
It was the culmination of years of controversy for the awards and for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind them.
Accusations of corruption and a lack of diversity led to NBC dropping the broadcast of the show and Hollywood P.R. firms, major studios and stars boycotting the awards.
Who are the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and how did one of the biggest awards shows get to this point?
On today’s episode
Kyle Buchanan, a pop culture reporter and the awards season columnist for The New York Times.
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With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association mired in controversy, the 2022 awards ceremony was devoid of stars or cameras. Winners were announced via Twitter, and social media had a field day.
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Last year, the association, seen as colorful, generally harmless and not necessarily journalistically productive, faced a lawsuit and questions about its voting group.
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Kyle Buchanan contributed reporting.
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