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The Golden Globes 2022 nominees have been announced amid controversy from recent years. Despite the upcoming ceremony being dropped by American broadcaster NBC, there have been conversations around the awards that have continued to ramp up over the last few years.
This year saw the Hollywood Foreign Press Association heavily criticised, who are the group who decide on the winners. The LA times ran an investigation that alleged the group had conflicts of interest, favoured shows with a weighty financial backing that were able to splurge on the group, and also highlighted the fact that there were no Black members in the group and hadn’t been for twenty years.
The response that followed was one of outrage, with many in the industry speaking out and demanding better. Prior to the 2021 ceremony, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) released a statement that read:
“We are fully committed to ensuring our membership is reflective of the communities around the world who love film, TV and the artists inspiring and educating them. We understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well as members from other underrepresented backgrounds, and we will immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible.”
The ceremony for 2022 is scheduled for 9th January, however it is not clear if or how this will be broadcast and who may be involved due to the controversy, boycott and shunning of the awards following a lack of meaningful change – in fact, things continued to deteriorate for the HFPA throughout 2021.
In April, Philip Berk who was a member of the group and the former eight-term president had an email shared in which he described Black Lives Matter as a “racist hate movement.” Berk was removed, however the damage had been done. Media and streamers announced their boycott of the Golden Globes, with NBC announcing they too would be dropping the ceremony for 2022:
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. Assuming the organisation executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”
While it may be uncomfortable and uncertain for those who are nominated in 2022, the list has been publicly announced in the mainstream press, with the full named nominees as follows:
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Jean Smart (Hacks)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Omar Sy (Lupin)
Uzo Aduba (In Treatment)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
Christine Baranski (The Good Fight)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Mj Rodriguez (Pose)
Paul Bettany (WandaVision)
Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)
Michael Keaton (Dopesick)
Ewan McGregor (Halston)
Tahar Rahim (The Serpent)
Jessica Chastain (Scenes From a Marriage)
Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha)
Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision)
Margaret Qualley (Maid)
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)
Lupin (Netflix)
The Morning Show (Apple TV Plus)
Pose (FX)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)
Dopesick (Hulu)
Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
Maid (Netflix)
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)
Jennifer Coolidge (White Lotus)
Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)
Andie MacDowell (Maid)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)
The Great (Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)
Cyrano (MGM)
Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Licorice Pizza (MGM)
Tick, Tick … Boom! (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Belfast (Focus Features)
CODA (Apple)
Dune (Warner Bros.)
King Richard (Warner Bros.)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Compartment No. 6 (Sony Pictures Classics) – Finland, Russia, Germany
Drive My Car (Janus Films) – Japan
The Hand of God (Netflix) – Italy
A Hero (Amazon Studios) – France, Iran
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) – Spain
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Adam McKay – Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
“Be Alive” from King Richard (Warner Bros.) – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
“Dos Orugitas” from Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures) – Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” from Belfast (Focus Features) – Van Morrison
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)
Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)
Anthony Ramos (In the Heights)
Encanto (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Flee (Neon)
Luca (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
My Sunny Maad (Totem Films)
Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)
Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Marion Cotillard (Annette)
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Jennifer Lawrence (Don’t Look Up)
Emma Stone (Cruella)
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures) – Alexandre Desplat
Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures) – Germaine Franco
The Power of the Dog (Netflix) – Jonny Greenwood
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classic) – Alberto Iglesias
Dune (Warner Bros.) – Hans Zimmer
We hope the HFPA reforms in a much more representative and positive way going forward, and so far it is reported that the group has welcomed 21 new members which includes six Black voters, although it is unclear how diverse the entirety of the group is overall at present.
Additionally, it appears there are stricter rules enforced on the group regarding accepting gifts, and that journalists from across the USA will now be eligible to become members. If all goes well, perhaps the 2023 Golden Globes can resume with the necessary improvements that make it more equitable and meaningful to those working in the industry.
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