The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has finally worked out how to announce this year's Golden Globes, less than three days before they're meant to be announced. The HFPA announced in a hastily published statement on Thursday afternoon that it will not be providing any kind of webcast or update from the Beverly Hilton ballroom. Instead, it will reveal winners on social media and on its website as they are announced.
"This year's event will be a private affair and will not be livestreamed," the organization basically says in this curt, brief statement. The Golden Globes website and social media will provide real-time information on winners."
Instead, the event, which will begin at 6 p.m. PT and will be free of food and drink, will focus on announcing this year's honorees as well as the HFPA's charitable efforts. Only a few HFPA members and philanthropic grantees will be in the room; there will be no audience. According to the organization, there will be no red carpet and no requests for media credentials for the event will be processed.
The HFPA is currently deciding if a livestream will be available and how winners will be announced on social media.
The Globes talent booker was sent to various publicity firms requesting about their clients' participation in the show, as Variety revealed earlier today. According to Variety, no celebrities have consented to participate, and it now appears that the show will go on without a celebrity, with grant honorees assisting in the announcement of this year's Globes winners.
"Over the last 25 years, the HFPA has donated $50 million to more than 70 entertainment-related charities, film restoration, scholarship programs, and humanitarian efforts; incredibly impactful organizations, many of whom have been hit hard in the last two years as a result of the pandemic," according to the organization.
Kyle Bowser, senior vice president of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, will also speak on the "Reimagine Coalition," a joint five-year campaign launched in 2021 to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the global entertainment business. The HFPA and the NAACP Hollywood Bureau plan to fund and support a series of initiatives each year with the overall goal of increasing visibility of projects by artists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as increasing diverse representation in the industry and inclusion for young artists and journalists of color, according to the HFPA.
For the few participants who will be in the Beverly Hilton ballroom, evidence of vaccination and booster injection, as well as a negative PCR test within 48 hours, is essential because to the current pandemic spike. While inside the ballroom, all visitors will be veiled and socially isolated at all times.
