Sunday’s pared-down and glamour-free Golden Globes ceremony is still on — but it what form remains unknown.
Despite being plagued by controversy and no NBC broadcast, the HFPA/dick clark productions event is still trying to figure out what will actually happen at the Beverly Hilton ballroom on Jan 9. As Variety reported today, this year’s Globes will lack any significant celebrity presence. The event will not feature any celebrity presenters, nominees, winners or other A-list talent.
In fact, the 2002 Golden Globes won’t have media nor guests, with the exception of representatives of organizations that the HFPA has donated to or supported over the years, Deadline has learned. Individuals from these recipient groups will announce the nominees on Sunday night. HFPA members and executives will be the only ones present. All attendees will need to have been vaccinated, boosted, and show a negative Covid test.
Coming off a year of scandal and consistent stumbles, this year’s mini-Globes might or might not be livestreamed, we hear. Additionally, it is still under discussion whether winners will be announced by the Golden Globes’ social media feeds as they are revealed at the ceremony. Sources tell us all that remains under discussion among the HFPA’s upper echelon, mere days before the event.
One thing that does seem to be set in stone is that at some point during the roughly 90-minute ceremony, HFPA chief diversity officer Neil Phillips will take the stage to detail the organization’s efforts to be more inclusive in both its growing membership and its approach to Hollywood creatives and content. The five-year deal the HFPA recently inked with the NAACP perhaps will play a role in Phillips’ presentation.
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Of course, with Covid cases breaking records daily due to the Omicron surge, this all could change at a moment’s notice. Already, others like the Critics Choice Awards — which also was set for Sunday — have hit pause on their ceremony, and other live events like Sundance are in the process of reconsidering their options, so to speak.
Representatives for the HFPA had no comment on the shape or scope of this weekend’s potential ceremony.
Erik Pedersen contributed to the report.