The Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party that regularly drew 18 million television viewers, was reduced to a live-blog Sunday night for its 79th edition.
The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with its film awards Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream. Instead, members of the HFPA and some recipients of the group’s philanthropic grants gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for a 90-minute private event, announcing the names of the film and television winners on the organization’s social media feeds.
Film winners included Will Smith for “King Richard,” Kodi Smit-McPhee for “The Power of the Dog,” Ariana DeBose for “West Side Story” and Andrew Garfield for “tick, tick…BOOM!”
The Japanese film “Drive My Car,” also a critics’ group darling, got best non-English language motion picture, while “Encanto” won for animation.
But those following along on Twitter only might have been somewhat confused. The tweets often left out exactly which project a person had won for.
To announce the winner for best actor, motion picture musical or comedy, the organization tweeted, “It takes 43 minutes to smile. Thanks for the workout Andrew Garfield and congratulations for taking home the Golden Globe for Best Actor — Motion Picture — Musical/Comedy,” failing to mention that the award was for his turn in “tick, tick…BOOM!”
The Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party that regularly drew 18 million television viewers, was reduced to a live-blog Sunday night for its 79th edition.
The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with its film awards Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream. Instead, members of the HFPA and some recipients of the group’s philanthropic grants gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for a 90-minute private event, announcing the names of the film and television winners on the organization’s social media feeds.
Film winners included Will Smith for “King Richard,” Kodi Smit-McPhee for “The Power of the Dog,” Ariana DeBose for “West Side Story” and Andrew Garfield for “tick, tick…BOOM!”
The Japanese film “Drive My Car,” also a critics’ group darling, got best non-English language motion picture, while “Encanto” won for animation.
But those following along on Twitter only might have been somewhat confused. The tweets often left out exactly which project a person had won for.
To announce the winner for best actor, motion picture musical or comedy, the organization tweeted, “It takes 43 minutes to smile. Thanks for the workout Andrew Garfield and congratulations for taking home the Golden Globe for Best Actor — Motion Picture — Musical/Comedy,” failing to mention that the award was for his turn in “tick, tick…BOOM!”
