The Golden Globes award 'The Power of the Dog' and 'West Side Story' in an unusual non-televised ceremony

The Golden Globes crowned the films

and the Steven Spielberg-directed remake

on Sunday night as best drama and best comedy of the year, in an unusual ceremony that was not televised and was not attended either. of no star.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the controversial organization that presents these awards, has been weathering a deep crisis for months due to criticism for multiple ethical failures and a lack of diversity among its members.

All this led to the fact that no television network broadcast the gala live this year, once the starting signal for the awards season in Hollywood with one of the most spectacular red carpets, and that the winners were announced through social networks.

In this way it was learned that Will Smith and Nicole Kidman won for their lead performances in the dramas

and

respectively, while Andrew Garfield and Rachel Zegler each took statuettes by

”And

.

Jane Campion won best director for

, a haunting western set in 1925 Montana, and Kenneth Branagh was recognized for best screenplay for writing

, a coming of age story set in the riots in the British city in La who was born.

[Actor Bob Saget found dead in Florida hotel room]

Latino culture received three important awards on this strange evening.

Ariana DeBose, a self-described Afro-Latino, won the best supporting actress for

while MJ Rodríguez, with a Puerto Rican father, became the first transgender woman to win a Golden Globe thanks to her performance in the television series

. .

On the other hand,

, a Disney tribute to Colombian culture, was named best animated film.

The Japanese drama

was awarded Best Foreign Language Film.

On the television side,

and

triumphed as best drama and comedy respectively.

The HFPA's decision to go ahead with the event without any of the usual components like red carpet, host, press and nominees, surprised many people in the entertainment industry.

The organization has faced severe public scrutiny since the Los Angeles Times published an investigation last year that detailed its ethical deficiencies and revealed that none of the fewer than 90 voting members at the time were black.

[Sidney Poitier, film legend and Hollywood pioneer as the first black actor to win an Oscar, dies]

In response, major studios turned their backs on the Golden Globes, and our sister network NBC, which regularly broadcasts the ceremony, announced that it would not do so this year.

HFPA leaders pledged to review its practices, added 21 members - 6 of whom are black journalists -, modified its code of conduct, and made other changes.

"We are writing a new script," the organization tweeted in December from the Golden Globes account.

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