Golden Globe Awards

In a special episode of our new series  Golden Globes Around the World podcast, we invited new HFPA members Kelley Carter and Kimberly Reyes, along with veteran HFPA member Scott Orlin, to talk about not just the emotional Golden Globes announcement event on January 9 and the surprises on the night, but also a freewheeling conversation about the future of the 79-year-old organization. “For me, the experience of the Golden Globes wasn’t just about the night of presentation but everything leading up to it.

In an evening packed with numerous emotional, impactful, and celebratory moments, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented a unique blending of its two major yearly endeavors - the Golden Globes and the Grants Banquet. Normally a grand event, the 79th edition of the Golden Globes, inside the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, took on a distinctly intimate atmosphere, respectfully following strict LA County Covid protocol.

Sidney Poitier received his first nomination for a Golden Globe in 1959 (for The Defiant Ones).  Two Black actors joined the trailblazing team.