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Golden Globes organisers expel former president Philip Berk over race article

20th April 202122nd April 2021Jason Korsner

The beleaguered organisation that runs the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has moved quickly to expel its eight-time former president, Philip [click for more...]

Golden Globes organisers pledge to admit 13 black members in race row

17th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

“Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press,” the British star Sacha Baron Cohen said as he accepted his Golden Globe, when Borat [click for more...]

Nomadland and Borat dominate diverse, virtual Golden Globes ceremony

1st March 20212nd March 2021Jason Korsner

What is certain to be the most unconventional awards season in living memory has got underway in earnest with the Golden Globes giving [click for more...]

Netflix dominates Brit-heavy Golden Globe nominations

3rd February 20217th February 2021Jason Korsner

The most nominated film and TV series at this year’s Covid-delayed Golden Globes are Netflix productions, with both the biopic Mank and drama [click for more...]

Marriage Story and Irishman lead Golden Globes nominations for Netflix

9th December 201923rd December 2019Jason Korsner

The Golden Globes have fired the starting pistol for the 2020 Oscar race, as the first of the major film awards of the [click for more...]

Cannes 2019 – The Only Sunday

20th May 201920th May 2019Jason Korsner

Somehow, despite there being more opportunities to see films for the press than ever, it’s not proving to make things any easier, particularly [click for more...]

A good night for Britain at a diverse Golden Globes

7th January 20197th January 2019Jason Korsner

The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has confounded some critics by winning what’s widely regarded as the top award at the Golden Globe Awards [click for more...]

Bohemian Rhapsody challenges A Star Is Born for Best Drama at Golden Globes

6th December 20187th December 2018Jason Korsner

Two films about musicians that are bursting with songs are among the nominees for the top Golden Globe awards – in the drama [click for more...]

Cannes 2018 – The Only Sunday

13th May 201813th May 2019Jason Korsner

My day started with a sobering experience; I found out what it was like to be part of a minority in the film [click for more...]

Three Billboards and Big Little Lies dominate Golden Globes, under shadow of Weinstein

8th January 201812th February 2018Jason Korsner

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has set itself up as the film to beat this Awards Season, winning four Golden Globes in the [click for more...]

Christopher Plummer up for Golden Globe a month after replacing Kevin Spacey

11th December 201714th December 2017Jason Korsner

Already the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar, Christopher Plummer could be on his way to securing that honour after receiving a [click for more...]

La La Land and The Night Manager dominate Golden Globes

9th January 201714th January 2017Jason Korsner

The Oscar-tipped musical love-letter to Los Angeles, La La Land, has become the most successful film ever at the Golden Globes, winning all seven of the categories in which it was nominated. [click for more...]

Globes set up La La Land and Moonlight as Oscar front-runners

12th December 201612th December 2016Jason Korsner

The 2017 Awards Season has kicked off in earnest with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announcing a plethora of nominations covering film and [click for more...]

Kate Winslet leads British awards charge at a Golden Globes dominated by The Revenant

11th January 201616th January 2016Jason Korsner

The nineteenth century frontier survival story The Revenant has set itself up as the one to beat for the Oscars, taking three of [click for more...]

Golden Globes offer a mix of usual suspects and surprises

11th December 20159th May 2019Jason Korsner

Often seen as the curtain raiser to Awards Season, the Golden Globes have delivered their usual blend of safe and quirky nominees in [click for more...]

EXCLUSIVE: HFPA suspends Russian member over ‘extortion’ scandal

23rd August 201516th October 2015Jason Korsner

The organisation behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has suspended a member for bullying a journalist applying to join the [click for more...]

Boyhood is the biggest Globes winner as honours are split

12th January 201523rd April 2016Jason Korsner

With so many categories at the Golden Globes, not least the split between dramas on the one side and comedies and musicals on [click for more...]

Do journalists make good guests at the Globes?

13th January 201425th April 2016Jason Korsner

My film journalism usually involves reviewing films and reporting on festivals and awards from around the world. But courtesy of Hollywood Foreign Press [click for more...]

Experience Golden Globes week 2013

21st January 20132nd September 2017Jason Korsner

Wednesday 9th January 2013: Arrived in LA in time to have dinner at a quaint Santa Monica Italian restaurant, Bruno’s, with Sam Asi, [click for more...]

Ricky Gervais tamed by the Golden Globes

16th January 20127th October 2016Jason Korsner

The first people you encounter on arriving at the Golden Globes as a guest are not the stars. They aren’t even the security. [click for more...]