Print Although the freewheeling Golden Globes has long been billed as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” the 78th edition of the awards telecast held Sunday proved to be something very different — and decidedly less festive. The virtual ceremony’s usual razzle-dazzle was dimmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the red carpet nearly barren and boozy bonhomie replaced by Zoom glitches. Adding to the sense of somewhat forced cheer, the show followed a week of mounting controversy sparked by a Times investigation into the membership and ethics of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the 87-member group of international journalists that doles out the awards.