What’s Up With the Golden Globes This Year? - The New York Times

Friday: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under fresh scrutiny ahead of its big awards show.

It’s the film and television awards show where the winners always thank that group, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, that — does what, exactly.

This year, ahead of the show on Sunday, that question has gotten more scrutiny after a Los Angeles Times investigation digging into its finances.

wields outsize power over the entertainment industry, and the Golden Globes are the mechanism for that.

Can you explain a little bit why the Globes have power.

The Globes happen every year right around the time that voting begins for the Academy Awards, so the thinking goes that if you’re seen on television accepting a major award, it can only help your campaign for the more prestigious trophy.

Do you think this year — given the uprisings over systemic racism, the pandemic and now the new light on the association’s self-dealing — could be the end of the Golden Globes in any real way.