Lack of diversity, domination of streamers, “ music ” – Deadline

Last year, the Golden Globes came under fire for completely ignoring women in her Director category, and this year they made up for that with three out of five nominees (Emerald Fennell, Chloe Zhao, Regina King), and on top of that. this he nominated Sia’s Weird Directorial Debut The music for Best Film – Musical / Comedy, but more on this curiosity below.

Yet the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s track record of diversity in other areas, such as portraying the black film community, has done nothing to improve with the two categories Best Picture – Drama and Best Picture – Comedy / Musical, including not a single film by a Negro. filmmaker this year despite a list of possibilities more abundant than ever. AFI’s prestigious top 10 list, for example, included four: Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s black background, a night in Miami and Judas and the the black Messiah. Neither of those made the cut in both Globes marquee categories this morning, even after Lee Da 5 bloods topped the National Board of Review winners for Best Picture and Best Director. It was completely ignored by the HFPA, including Delroy Lindo and the late Chadwick Boseman in the acting categories. All of the nominees for Best Picture in both categories were from white directors except Zhao’s of Chinese descent. Nomadland. King, for his debut behind the camera with One night in Miami and best known as an award-winning actress, was the only black filmmaker named individually in the directing or writing categories.

It was a bit better in the actor categories of films with Viola Davis and Boseman nominated for My Rainey, Andra Day takes two nods for Actress (Drama) and Song for United States Vs Billie Holiday, and Daniel Kaluuya and Leslie Odom Jr. land in a supporting role among the 30 interim nominees. It was even worse on the TV side with only Don Cheadle in TV Comedy Actor for Black monday and John Boyega in Supporting TV Actor for Small ax land on one of the 40 head-acting TV globes.

This being Hollywood Foreign In the press, there was a better international representation on the cinema side with personalities like Zhao, Riz Ahmed (Sound of metal), Bulgaria Maria Bakalova (COM)Next Borat movie) and Dev Patel (David Copperfield’s personal story), but this is an overwhelmingly white list in one year in which the films presented plenty of opportunities for a diverse group to come to the ‘party of the year’ as NBC likes to announce its Globes telecast.

For this 2021 edition airing on February 28, that party atmosphere is deeply affected by the continuing coronavirus pandemic, with NBC announcing that the show will be split on both coasts with Amy Poehler hosted in Los Angeles and Tina Fey in New York. What it’s going to look like is everyone’s guess, because one of the main things the Globes have to offer is all the star power in the Beverly Hilton hotel ballroom. With potential nominees like George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep and other snubs this year, even this component seems problematic for the show. It’s probably the strangest Golden Globes since 2008, when the writers’ strike turned it into a press conference revealing the winners in an empty Hilton ballroom.

As for what they made nominated, this year’s list must be a first as the names of major studios Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount and Sony do not represent all nominees for Best Picture in Drama, and only Disney gets a mention in Comedy / Musical for their play filmed on Broadway Hamilton. The latter, not Oscar-eligible and qualifying as a TV entry on other awards shows, needs a big asterisk because this was truly a Disney + streaming attraction, so you might as well point it out. for the overwhelming success of streamers this year. The large traditional studios are only really represented in these highly sought-after Best Pic categories by their specialized divisions (Sony Pictures Classics for The father, Projector for Nomadland, Debugging features for Promising young woman). Otherwise, the glory today belongs to names like Amazon, Hulu, Apple and especially Netflix, wowing the rest of the pack with 22 film-side nominations, followed by Amazon’s seven. But you knew it was going to be a season that would shake up conventional thinking, right?

Never in the history of the Globes, there can be a real scraper among the nominees (remember The tourist?), but with two key nominations for the directorial debut of Sia about to be unleashed The music you have to wonder what they smoke. This film managed to secure one of those coveted nominations for Best Picture (Comedy / Musical) as well as lead actress Kate Hudson (who does her best to give credibility), her hair completely cut for the role. The film was shown to me in private at the beginning of December in the hopes of interviewing Sia and saying nice things about her film; I politely declined after seeing it, finding it was lacking in almost all areas. I searched for him online where he was outright criticized by the autistic community and a petition was distributed to have the film’s release canceled, hence the concern of its managers over its ultimate reception.

The lead role is a character named Music, an autistic woman who constantly listens to tunes on her headphones. She is played by Maddie Ziegler, an actress-dancer whose credits are almost all for Sia’s music videos. The movie was actually made four years ago as a drama, but Warner Music offered Sia about $ 10 million more for her production budget if she put new songs in it so she could make an album. ; these musical sequences are filed as disconnected, albeit colorful, videos that seem to come out of Willy Wonka, completely stopping the film in its tracks. I have to hand it over to the PR team for this movie in order to name it somehow. a lot more worthy suitors like Sofia Coppola On the rocks and for Hudson more Rocks star Rashida Jones or Prom Meryl Streep. Lordy. It will play overnight on Imax screens next Wednesday, then go on VOD on February 12. Watch it at your own peril, but mysteriously, they have Globes voters on their side. This movie was not screened or screened at all for the Critics Choice Awards, whose nominations arrive on Monday, so it appears, as far as I can see, to be this weird duck campaigning strictly with the Hollywood Foreign Press.

As for Netflix, if it ever had a chance to dominate Oscar season, this is it, and the Globes have clearly and correctly warmed up to the formidable David Fincher. Mank with six nominations (including a posthumous one for the screenplay by his father Jack Fincher) and still relevant and sensational by Aaron Sorkin The Chicago 7 trial who caught five. Reviews of favorite bands like First cow and Never Rarely Sometimes Always were excluded. I was also happy to see injustice criticized Hillbilly Elegy always recognized for the magnificent performance of Glenn Close. Critics be damned on this. Well done, Globes.

And there is also joy in Mudville for the widespread love for Sacha Baron Cohen in both Next Borat movie and Chicago 7 trial, personally grab three nominations. These two films had something important to say about that time and the voters of the Globe heard it. His love for the fantastic Promising young woman is also promising, as are the names of Bill Murray in On the rocks and Jared Leto in The small things, two great performances that I hoped not to be overlooked, and for Michelle Pfeiffer, so good in French release, landed her a name in the Best Actress / Musical / Comedy category. And also for the brilliant Sam Cooke of Leslie Odom Jr. One night in Miami, which earned him two nominations (he is also unfortunately in the film Sia). In the Best Film – Foreign Language category, I was happy to see Edoardo Ponti Life to come from Italy nominated (and for Diane Warren’s song “Seen” too) but sad that her mother, the great Sophia Loren, was neglected. This category of Best Dramatic Actress is a killer this year.

It remains to be seen whether this morning’s Globe nominations mean anything to the Oscars this year, because without the awards night and the screening circuit in action, it’s hard to have a real rhythm. The five nominees for Best Dramatic Film appear to be locks for the corresponding Oscar nominations Best Pic with only Borat in the Globes Comedy category probably doing it with the Academy as well. That leaves up to four more movies jockeying for these slots and probably giving Oscar a more diverse picture. Tomorrow’s SAG Awards announcement will bring more clarity, or perhaps confusion, to the contest as this weirdest awards season continues to heat up. Stay tuned.