In 2023, UCLA highlighted that Black actors make up 14.8% and 16.2% of all theatrical and streaming roles, respectively. However, we’ve seen many success stories that have inspired multiple generations. Black people in the entertainment industry have seen great strides in advancement in the creative arts that have helped evolve our everyday reality. From “What’s Love Got To Do With It” with Angela Bassett to “The Holdovers” with Da’Vine Joy Randolph, these significant achievements have validated black actors for their unparalleled talents and have created opportunities to portray the Black experience authentically.

During Black History Month, we praise these icons who have shared timeless stories, broken box offices and created new worlds to imagine filled with hope and inspiration.

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The Golden Globes has been a cornerstone of the film and television industry for decades. The awards have become a global symbol of artistic achievement, known for recognizing the ability to honor excellence in national and international entertainment.

The application submission deadline is 6 pm PST, Friday, March 8, 2024. Applications submitted after that deadline will not be considered. To be eligible as a Golden Globe voter, you must be an entertainment journalist working for an internationally-based media outlet. To verify your journalistic work, submit at least five (5) examples of your published or aired work within the past 12 months.

Interested individuals can visit the application portal to access the new voter application. The application form includes sections for personal and professional information. For more information and to apply, visit here.

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The Breakthrough Awards highlight the next generation of exceptional talents in front of the camera. This year’s recipients included Normani, the singer-turned-actress who stars in Sundance opener “Freaky Tales”; Dylan O’Brien, star of “Ponyboi”; Maddie Ziegler, “My Old Ass”; and Justice Smith, who toplines two Sundance entries, “I Saw the TV Glow” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes.”

Jane Schoenbrun received the Breakthrough Director Award presented by Adobe for A24’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” The acceptance speeches were emotional and often funny. Normani thanked her co-workers, saying working with vets like Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn was a “masterclass in acting … I showed up every day feeling valued and equaled throughout my entire experience.”

O’Brien praised his film’s costar, writer, and director, River Gallo, saying the award “means a lot because of the light it shines on this project. There hasn’t been anything like it… there’s never been a feature film starring an intersex performer as a lead intersex character.”

Schoenbrun continued that theme, saying, “I’m proud of trying to negotiate this weird tightrope of art and commerce as a trans person.” The filmmaker added, “…there aren’t many people like me, but (change is) inevitable.” Talking to classes of young people, “…all those moth***ers are trans. So they’re coming!”

Ziegler got emotional talking about her friendship since age 10 with costar Maisy Stella, when they used to dream about appearing in movies together. Smith discussed acting in his room as a child and requested that this award be added to his IMDb profile since the only thing there so far is a nomination for a Razzie Award. He ended sincerely, saying it was his first time at Sundance: “I rarely get awards, so I’m grateful.”

One or two of the honorees’ colleagues presented each award, including Jack Champion, Gallo & Victoria Pedretti, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Megan Park & Stella, and Austin Abrams. Ramin Setoodeh and Tim Gray opened the program, with Setoodeh pointing out that Sundance continued the Variety-Golden Globes alliance, awarding breakthrough acting awards at film festivals around the world, including Venice and Cannes.

Gray added, “The Golden Globes have a tradition of recognizing up-and-coming talent dating back to our first ceremony in 1944.” Heather Freeland, chief brand officer at Adobe, said the company “has been proud to support and celebrate independent and emerging filmmakers at Sundance” for 13 years, including its roles as presenting sponsor and official editing platform. “In a world where technology connects us in unprecedented ways, film remains a universal language that transcends cultural barriers,” she added. “Tonight, we come together not only to recognize the incredible talent showcased at Sundance but also to celebrate the profound importance of film on the world stage.”

Sundance runs from Jan. 18-28.

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As Hollywood continues to enjoy the current ‘Golden Age’ of television, let’s take time out to acknowledge Norman Lear, the man largely responsible for TV’s original Golden Age, as he turns 100^–years-old on July 27!
At one point in the ‘70s, Lear had seven shows in the Top Ten ratings – All in the Family (1968-79), Good Times (1974-79), Maude (1972-78), The Jeffersons (1975-85), Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976-77), Sanford and Son (1972-77) and One Day at a Time (1975-84). Over 120 million people were watching his content on a weekly basis and not only were his shows popular, but Lear also used the opportunity to push boundaries and give voice to underrepresented parts of society long before it was a popular cause taken on by the rest of Hollywood.

When Norman joined me on stage in 2017 as I moderated the “HFPA TV Game Changers panel” (alongside other great TV creators: David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams, Ryan Murphy, Joey Soloway and Shonda Rhimes – all of whom openly gushed about him from the stage), the spritely then-nonagenarian initially tried to downplay those extraordinary achievements. “The fact of life is you work your ass off doing this and then the rest of the world tells you what you did,” he insisted. “I am not seeking to minimize it, but there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said about it all. Am I wrong?”
Probably the most famous of all his creations, All in the Family, was a groundbreaking and often controversial series that laid waste to the sitcom mold by tackling taboo issues like racism, gender roles and the war in Vietnam, while managing to still remain one of the funniest and most well-written shows in television history. Though Lear wore his liberal views on his sleeve, All in the Family was strangely also embraced by conservative America, which largely agreed with his creation’s curmudgeonly main character, who wanted a return to the ‘good old days’.

One we get talking, Lear eventually warms up to reflect on his brilliant career and the anecdotes spill out. There are moments in his life he instantly remembers as sharply as a teenager. They stood for something as far as the artist was concerned. But they also tell us more about who Norman Lear was by looking at what his work stands for.
Asked about how difficult it was to get some of his shows on air, Lear thoughtfully responds, “one anecdote tells it all. On the very first episode of All in the Family, we told a little plotline that it was Archie and Edith’s 25^th Wedding Anniversary and it was a Sunday, and they were at church, so Mike and Gloria were making a surprise brunch for them and found themselves alone in the house which happened rarely. Mike induces her to go upstairs with him, closes the bedroom door and no sooner than they do that, the front door opens, and Archie and Edith walk in because he hated the sermon, and they left church early. They see balloons, they smell food cooking, they realize what’s going on and Mike and Gloria also heard the door, and they are rushing down the stairs while they are buttoning up,” he recounts.
“Archie has the first line, which was, ‘11:30 on a Sunday morning?’ and everyone laughed,” Lear adds, “but the network said the line had to come out because of the audience thinking about exactly what was going on up there and Archie’s words putting their mind to work, and they didn’t like that. I don’t want to sound brave,” he immediately continues back in the mode of downplaying his achievements, “but I already had a three-picture deal as a result of a film called Cold Turkey that I was saying no to in order to make All in the Family, so I was going to be all right anyway. I knew if I gave into what I thought was silly, it would ruin all the weeks or years to come of the show so I said no and told them if they took out the line when the show aired that night, I wouldn’t be there tomorrow morning. That night I got a call that they left the line in, but that’s how close we came to not having the show – and over nothing!”
On stage at that event, it was the current kind of TV’s Golden Age, Ryan Murphy, who reveals that Lear sought him out early in his career that includes Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, and The Normal Heart. “Now I feel a responsibility to find who is the next person who is different from the mainstream, and I try and bring those people and work with them on those shows and train them and talk to them as Norman did with me when I was first starting out. He was one of the first people that reached out to me and said, ‘keep being unusual, keep being different and that is how you change the world.’ It meant the world to me.”
Born on July 27, 1922, in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear was raised in a middle-class home and went to a local high school, where he landed a full scholarship to Emerson College after winning first prize in the American Legion Oratorical Contest for his take on what the U.S. Constitution meant to him. In 1942, he left college to join the U.S. Army Air Force as a radio operator and gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress. After flying over 50 missions, he was discharged in 1945 and moved to New York City, where he attempted to establish himself in public relations. After struggling, he moved to Los Angeles with his first wife, Charlotte, and their firstborn, Ellen and immediately formed a comedy writing team with his cousin, Ed Simmons. A gutsy, blind telephone call to comedian Danny Thomas resulted in their first real entertainment job and the rest is history.
After years of writing and producing comedy-variety specials, he created his first TV show, The Deputy (1959-61), a half-hour Western starring Henry Fonda as a U.S. Marshal and he also launched his film career writing the film adaptation of Neil Simon’s Broadway hit Come Blow Your Horn, starring Frank Sinatra, and Divorce American Style (1967), starring Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
After making his directorial debut with the hit film Cold Turkey, starring Dick Van Dyke, he acquired the rights to the British series Till Death Do Us Part (1965-75) in which Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor), a racist, anti-socialist working stiff clashes with his socialist son-in-law nicknamed Meathead (Rob Reiner), who lives in his house. After tweaking the characters for American audiences, All in the Family arrived with record-breaking ratings, numerous awards and a special place in TV history.
Having already won four Golden Globes for Best TV Series Comedy/Musical All in the Family, Norman Lear became only the third person to win the newly established Carol Burnett Golden Globe Award for Achievement in Television in 2019. The new centenarian is an indefatigable creative who shows no signs of slowing down. He arrived on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in 2018 on a motorized red scooter with Oscar-winning West Side Story star Rita Moreno to help promote the reboot of his series One Day at a Time, which Netflix commissioned with a new Latino cast including Moreno. “I’ve never done anything that I am prouder of than the Latino version of this show we did a long time ago,” Lear says with pride. “I am also working on another show I’ve wanted to do for 40 years about aging, so look out for it.”

If anyone can write a hit show on aging, our bet is on Norman Lear. Happy 100th Birthday Norman!

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The Live Ceremony Will Take Place on Sunday, January 7, 2024

Awards Timetable, Rules and Categories HERE.

The Golden Globes® announced two new categories recognizing Cinematic and Box Office Achievement in Motion Pictures, and Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television. Winners will be announced live at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

The Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement will include nominees from among the year’s highest-earning and/or most-viewed films that have gained extensive global audience support and produced exceptional creative content. The Award for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television recognizes outstanding work by a comedic performer.

“The Golden Globes has a rich history of supporting and celebrating the work of comedians, and we’re thrilled to honor their brilliance alongside outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year,” said Helen Hoehne, Golden Globes President. “Additionally, we are proud to recognize the hard work and innovation that goes into making a film that is both a blockbuster and artistically exceptional.”

“The new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award is more than just rewarding the year’s top-earning and most viewed motion pictures,” said Tim Gray, Golden Globes Executive Vice President. “These films have typically not been recognized among industry awards, but they should be.”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

The Cinematic and Box Office Achievement includes nominees from the year’s most acclaimed, highest-earning and/or most viewed films that have garnered extensive global audience support and attained cinematic excellence.

Eligibility:

● Motion pictures are eligible for the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award if they achieve a box office receipt total/gross of $150 million, of which $100 million must come from the U.S. domestic box office, and/or obtain commensurate digital streaming viewership recognized by trusted industry sources.

● Films that are released after November 22 may qualify based on projected box office performance and/or streaming views from recognized industry sources.

● Cinematic and Box Office Achievement contenders can also be considered for Best Motion Picture in their respective categories, i.e., Drama, Comedy or Musical, Animated or Non-English Language if they meet the eligibility requirements for each of those awards.

● Box office and streaming views will determine eligibility; once a film meets the box office-related qualifying criteria or streaming criteria, Golden Globes voters will determine the nominees and winner based on excellence. ​

● A total of 8 nominees will be named for this category.

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television (also known as Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television)

This new category gives standups a dedicated award for an individual performance or as part of a comedy group/ensemble.

Eligibility:

● Traditional stand-up comedy performances of at least 30 minutes, other than roles in Television Series, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Pictures Made for Television, are eligible for this award.

● Television includes works released by broadcast, basic and premium cable, streaming, and pay-per-view cable. To be eligible for Golden Globe awards, television programs must be released on a recognized media platform (individual social media accounts do not qualify).

● Only programs first aired (or made available for viewing on demand) in the United States during the qualifying calendar year are eligible.

● A total of 6 nominees will be named for this category.

The Golden Globe Awards timetable, rules and categories can be found HERE, and nominations are set to be announced on Monday, December 11, 2023. The submission website for motion picture and television entries will open on October 2, 2023.

Multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) will serve as executive producing showrunners for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, with Weiss also set to direct. Dick Clark Productions will plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards, which has been viewed in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and are one of the few awards ceremonies to include both motion picture and television achievements.

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Nominations will be Unveiled on Monday, December 11, 2023; Awards Timetable HERE

Today, the Golden Globes® announced that multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) will serve as executive producing showrunners for the 81^st Golden Globe Awards, with Weiss also set to direct the live show on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

“We’re so thrilled to have Glenn and Ricky helm this year’s Golden Globe Awards,” said Jay Penske, CEO, Chairman and Founder, Penske Media, and CEO of Dick Clark Productions. “Their vision, creativity, unparalleled track record and masterful skillsets make them ideal partners as we endeavor to create our most vibrant and memorable show yet.”

“With an incomparable body of work in live event production that spans decades, Glenn and Ricky bring with them an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Golden Globes,” said Helen Hoehne, President, Golden Globes. “Their professionalism and innovation are revered throughout the industry, and we look forward to seeing their creative vision come to life on January 7.”

“We look forward to raising the bar for the awards season right out of the gate!” said Weiss and Kirshner.

Fresh from overseeing the most recent “Academy Awards®,” fourteen-time Emmy Award winner Weiss and nine-time Emmy Award winner Kirshner formed boutique production company WCE in 1999 and have since produced dozens of critically acclaimed live television specials. In addition to the Oscars, their credits include “The Primetime Emmy Awards,” Super Bowl Halftime Shows, “Tony Awards,” “Kennedy Center Honors,” and presidential inaugurations. Weiss has a longtime alliance with Dick Clark Productions serving as director for the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” and “American Music Awards.”

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Live Ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024

For the Awards Timetable, please click HERE

Today, the Golden Globes® announced its newly formed Membership Board of Directors responsible for selecting, ratifying and accrediting journalists as voting members for the 81st Annual Golden Globe® Awards. The Membership Board of Directors will uphold and enforce rigorous standards and practices for the voting body, and is composed of nine in total, of which five are appointed independent entertainment or media professionals and four others elected from within the Golden Globe Association membership. Helmed by Golden Globes President Helen Hoehne, the newly implemented Board reflects a diverse group of distinguished leaders across the entertainment industry with a range of subject matter expertise and backgrounds. Tim Gray, former awards editor and Senior Vice President for Variety, joins the Board and Golden Globes organization as Executive Vice President effective immediately.

In addition to Hoehne, the list of Board Members can be found below. An additional member will be announced in the coming weeks.

●  Tim Gray, former awards editor and Senior Vice President for Variety, has been named Executive Vice President of the Golden Globes, with oversight of the Membership Board of Directors. In 2021, he was named Print Journalist of the Year by the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. In his 40-plus years at Variety, he held a number of positions including Editor in Chief and wrote extensively about awards, including the Golden Globes. He has overseen special reports on important issues such as an 80-page study of Hollywood and violence, marriage equality, and criminal justice reform. He also is the author of the Rizzoli book, “Variety: An Illustrated History of the World,” about world events and their connection, or disconnect, to entertainment, and he wrote “75 Years of the Golden Globe Awards,” to honor their diamond anniversary.

●  Judy Lung, Vice President, Public Relations & Communications, Toronto International Film Festival, has spent more than 20 years creating innovative and award-winning PR, marketing, and social media campaigns for leading entertainment companies including TIFF, Cineplex, Corus Entertainment, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and eOne. Known for fostering strategic partnerships, and with a commitment to building a more inclusive and equitable screen sector, Lung is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events. Most recently, she was a member of the Board of Directors of BIPOC TV & FILM, an organization committed to increasing representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in front of and behind the camera.

●  Neil Phillips is an innovative speaker and entrepreneur who focuses on creating opportunities that elevate human value in education, business, and the public and private sector. A sought-after inspirational speaker on topics of diversity, education, and culture, Phillips is a Harvard University graduate and former professional basketball player whose early career was spent in youth sports and character development at One On One Basketball and Positive Coaching Alliance. Phillips later spent ten years serving in administrative leadership roles at his alma mater, Landon School. Motivated to do more to address the national crisis of boys of color, Phillips co-founded Visible Men Academy (VMA). He continues to work with educators, leaders, and media partners who are committed to the elevation of black male achievement, fulfillment, and societal contribution. Currently, Phillips is working on a documentary film with The Nantucket Project, focusing on race and human value.

●  Javier Porta Fouz is the Artistic Director of BAFICI (Buenos Aires  International Festival of Independent Cinema) and a critic professor at the University of Cinema. He is also content curator for the VOD platform Qubit.tv and a  film columnist and critic with La Nación newspaper and Hipercrítico. He spent fifteen years as a writer and editor at El Amante-Cine magazine, and has collaborated with publications such as Clarín, Rolling Stone and Le Monde Diplomatique, among others. He wrote the book “Estudio Crítico Sobre El Aura,” published the book “Buenos Aires Sin Mapa” in 2022, and is working on his first novel.

●  Gerardo Prat is an Argentine-American journalist and author, specializing in broadcasting as a reporter and producer. A member of the Golden Globes for two years, Prat currently reports from Hollywood for Hispanic media outlets worldwide, including Hola TV, MSN Latino, ATB, Teleantillas, Cronica.com.ar, and BAE Negocios. Prat began his career as a radio news announcer and journalist in Argentina at the age of 17. As a media entrepreneur, he founded two news companies in Hollywood (Media2air/News2air and SucoPress, Inc). He established production, administration, and strategic alliances to create and distribute news content worldwide. Gerardo was an invited fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and in that capacity, has delivered dozens of lectures throughout Latin America related to the study and critique of the media.

●  Elisabeth Sereda is an accomplished print, radio and TV journalist in news and entertainment with an emphasis in music and film. A Golden Globes member since 1994, her reporting has appeared in German Cosmopolitan, ORF, and in Austrian radio and national public service broadcaster Ö3. Currently, Sereda writes for the Austrian daily Kurier, the magazine OOOM, and reports for various Austrian TV broadcasters. She is the author of two non-fiction books “Starporträt” and “Hollywood Backstage,” and has been nominated for the International Media Award by the Publicists Guild numerous times. Her first English-language novel “Casket Girls” is slated to be released at the end of 2023.

●  Barbaros Tapan has been a member of the Golden Globes since 2016 and is the founder and president of the Hollywood Turkish Film and Drama Days. Tapan’s sports and entertainment reporting has appeared in a variety of media outlets from the Turkish daily sports news publication Fanatik, CNNTurk, to Turkish TV network TRT and Kanal D. Tapan became the U.S. representative of Turkey’s biggest media company, the Demiroren Media Group in 2000. He currently writes for Demiroren Media’s daily newspaper Hurriyet, produces TV shows for BeIN Media-Turkey, and currently serves as the U.S. editor of the Turkish Airlines magazine Skylife. Frequently recognized for his outstanding coverage in film, Tapan was honored every year from 2018-2020 by the Entertainment Journalists Association of Turkey.

“We are proud of how the Golden Globes has evolved over the past two years and where the organization is headed,” said Hoehne. “With its unique international footprint and global perspective on the entertainment world, this esteemed and trusted board truly sets the Golden Globes apart as an organization intent on recognizing achievements in film and television with superior credibility and integrity.”

“I spent 42 years of my life at Variety, so it would take a special job opportunity to get me to leave. This is definitely it,” said Gray. “Major changes are already underway at the Golden Globes and I think people in Hollywood, and around the world, will be pleased when they see integrity restored while the sense of fun remains. I’m impressed with each person on the board – their experience, reputation, and their high standards.”

This year, Ernst & Young LLP, a trusted global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, marks its 51st consecutive year overseeing the voting, balloting and tabulation process for the Golden Globes, as well as safeguarding results and maintaining control of the ballots throughout the live telecast. The firm will ensure voting procedures continue to meet strict standards that support the integrity and security of the voting results.

The awards timetable was also released, with nominations set to be announced on Monday, December 11, 2023, and the Golden Globe Awards taking place on Sunday, January 7, 2024. The full list of the new voting body and distribution partner will be shared by October 2, 2023.

81st Annual Golden Globe Awards Timetable

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