When in
Casablanca
Captain Renault cynically gloated over his betting in Rick's cafe while being handed his winnings, he unwittingly created the best definition of Hollywood.
When the attacks on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association began, the industry became the perfect Renault.
What a scandal!
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Winners of the Golden Globes 2023: the list with all the winners
Two years later, the redemption of the Golden Globes has arrived, in one of those
emotional
journeys that the film industry loves so much.
And that this transition, which the president of a club that has 96 members and that is looking for new members from various minorities described as a "year of disruption", has been promoted by Eldridge Industries, the company that also owns
The Hollywood Reporter
that has bought the awards, and that it is turning the gala from a non-profit organization into a commercial enterprise.
So there will be no doubts: everything can be bought and sold.
Although it must be recognized that the association (HFPA, for its acronym in English) has been successful in almost all its awards after some shameful nominations (another house brand).
that
the fabelmans
and
Inisherin's Banshee
won the main awards, giving a quality patina to a film record that allowed itself some horrendous decision, such as the best actor in a drama for Austin Butler for
Elvis.
By the way, in his transformation into the Memphis singer, Butler has appropriated his tone of voice, and at the press conference, award in hand, he didn't even blush when he recognized it.
Colin Farrell and Martin McDonagh pose at the end of the Golden Globes ceremony. CAROLINE BREHMAN (EFE)
In this double path drama / comedy and musical in which the Golden Globes move, the almost 200 voters (to the 96 members of the HFPA have been added 103 international voters "to increase their diversity", they say) have played well the tricks.
If
The Fabelmans,
the fresco that Steven Spielberg has painted from his adolescence, won best drama film, his creator also received the award for best direction.
If
souls in pain of Inisherin,
another curious inquiry into friendship sculpted by the talented Martin McDonagh, won in comedy and musical, McDonagh himself won the award for best screenplay, and one of his performers, Colin Farrell —another example of redemption and overcoming of vital errors that has gone , on the other hand, little by little confirming his quality in a devastating resume—, the best comedy and musical actor.
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'Argentina 1985' wins the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
Santiago Miter and Ricardo Darín thank the Golden Globe for best non-English language film for 'Argentina, 1985'. Photo: AP |
Video: NBC
The rest of the awards, beyond Butler's slip, were meticulously timed to recognize minority, quality,
indie
and major studio work, and international creators.
It wouldn't even have turned out better.
All at once everywhere,
a comic and cosmic rush of delirious science fiction, won actress in comedy and musical (Michelle Yeoh) and supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan, the boy from
The Goonies
and
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
turned in fifty with march);
for Disney/Marvel there was an award with Angela Bassett as secondary in
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever;
for Netflix, best song for
RRR
and best animated film,
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro.
And finally, due to the quality of the film and the hard work of two of its producers, Axel Kuschevatzky and Victoria Alonso (Marvel's provost),
Argentina, 1985,
by Santiago Mitre, won the Golden Globe for best foreign language film. english.
If even the tribute went to Eddie Murphy, who will never win his long-awaited Oscar, but who received the fervent applause of the attendees with a self-laudatory speech about his seniority that ended with a sharp joke about the risk of mentioning "the wife of Will Smith ”.
The other debatable statuette was the one for best soundtrack, for Justin Hurwitz for
Babylon,
whose score is born from the leftovers of
La La Land.
absences
There were conspicuous absences of artists.
When the nominations were made public, few of the candidates celebrated;
Not so the studios, which taunted them in the advertisements for their films.
The industry wants vigorous Golden Globes in which its stars walk with their hearts of palm (there are no technical awards).
Even the pregala was left in the hands of
Variety,
which broadcast it
online.
And since the actors' union awards —the SAGs do serve as a thermometer prior to the Oscars— are not televised and the Critics Choice (which takes place next Monday) is a brothel similar to the Globes, Hollywood played a retreat, and a
The Beverly Hilton hotel lounge was almost all the stars... except Tom Cruise and Brendan Fraser, as was already known, and a handful of winners: Cate Blanchett (best drama actress for
Tár)
, Amanda Seyfried, Zendaya or Kevin Costner.
Only Costner had a defensible excuse: the brutal storm that hit part of California last night hit Santa Barbara, where the actor lives, especially.
The rest may have cautious advertisers.
Or that you don't believe in sponsored redemptions.
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