A ceremony without television, public, or carpet, but with winners all the same. The Power of the Dog and West Side Story won the main awards on Sunday at a Golden Globe ceremony largely ignored by Hollywood, the winners of which were revealed online.
Jane Campion’s dark western, The Power of the Dog, becomes the second female-directed film to win the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Feature. He also won the awards for Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Stars with absent subscribers
New West Side Story by Steven Spielberg was honored with the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical, with Rachel Zegler for Best Actress in a Comedy, and Ariana DeBose for Best Supporting Actress. Will Smith and Nicole Kidman received the Globes for Outstanding Actor and Actress in a Drama Film for their roles in The Williams Method and Being the Ricardos.
But none of the winners were present at the ceremony, which was held behind closed doors. Usually run by all the gratin of the entertainment industry, the Golden Globes, which opens the film awards season, have been deserted this year by Hollywood stars, who criticize their lack of diversity and transparency.
The event did not take off on social networks
The NBC television channel had even given up broadcasting the ceremony, yet followed in recent years by millions of viewers, and the event did not take off on Twitter, where fans were more concerned about the death, announced in the evening , by American actor Bob Saget.
“This year, the Golden Globes are not going to be like any Golden Globes we have seen so far,” warned Marc Malkin, culture editor of Variety. And really, we’re not going to see much ”. Officially, the organizers invoked the pandemic. But, according to Marc Malkin, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which is the jury for these awards, “tried to bring in celebrities to announce the winners of this year’s Golden Globes. And no celebrity – none – said yes. The HFPA, made up of around 100 people with links to foreign publications, has long been privately accused in Hollywood circles of a series of failings, ranging from corruption to racism.
Ongoing reforms
The newspaper Los Angeles Times has thus shown that the association did not count any black person among its members, opening the valve of reproaches last year. Tom Cruise returned his awards in a gesture of protest. Since the outbreak of the scandal, the association has hastened to launch reforms, in particular to diversify its members. It also prohibited them from accepting luxury gifts or stays in hotels from studios wooing them for their votes.
Despite this leaden atmosphere, the three Globes attributed to The Power of the Dog and of West Side Story confirm their status as contenders for the awards season, which culminates in March with the Oscars. The Power of the Dog, which questions male stereotypes in 1920s Montana with Benedict Cumberbatch as a toxic cowboy, aired on Netflix with limited theatrical release and received rave reviews. The remake of West Side Story by Steven Spielberg, flopped at the box office but was also critically acclaimed.
“Succession”, big winner among the series
Considered one of the big favorites, Belfast, inspired by the Northern Irish childhood of Kenneth Branagh, leaves with only the prize for best screenplay. Andrew Garfield won the Globe for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in Tick, tick, … Boom !
Series side, Succession won Best Drama Series, as well as Best Actor for Jeremy Strong and Best Supporting Actress for Sarah Snook. Hacks, on HBO Max, was voted best comedy series.