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It was a Golden Globes like no other, for better (the winners’ backdrops!) and worse (the technical glitches!). The challenges of putting on an awards ceremony in the midst of a pandemic were evident in ways large and small Sunday night, while a series of exposés about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the awards, set the tone for the show. Here are the evening’s highs and lows as we saw them.
Biggest challenge: How the ceremony grappled with diversity
Going into the night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association faced intense criticism over its membership’s lack of diversity and a nomination list that omitted some of the most decorated Black-led shows and movies of the season. And yet: many of the night’s trophies went to Black talent and stories, and an Asian woman made Golden Globes history.
Every Golden Globes Best Drama Winner Since 1952
By Joseph Bien-Kahn, Stacker News
On 3/1/21 at 8:00 PM EST
This year s Golden Globes were unlike any other in its storied history, which began in 1944 when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gathered at the studios of Twentieth Century-Fox to celebrate the filmmaking achievements of 1943. Seventy-plus years later, the Golden Globes Awards show is the first to kick off the awards calendar, and after being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 78th Golden Globe Awards aired remotely, with hosts Amy Poehler emceeing from L.A. and Tina Fey from New York City. Winners tuned in from their own homes, some in the traditional ball gowns and tuxes, others in their pajamas.
Jane Fonda urges Hollywood to be leaders with diversity and inclusion as she accepts her Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes
By Heather Cichowski
March 01, 2021
Jane Fonda is a legend in every sense of the word, and she was honoured at the 2021
Golden Globes with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award in recognition of more than 60 years of incredible acting and activism work.
As Jane does, she used her platform to bring greater attention to causes dear to her heart, and highlighted how the importance of storytelling in film and television can help lead the way, as she called for greater diversity in filmmaking.
“nomadland” made Golden Globes history on Sunday as Chloe Zhao became the first female director to win the awards’ top prize for best drama, putting her film about marginalized Americans roaming the West