The Globes are in year two of a revamp, following a Los Angeles Times expose in 2021 that showed that the awards’ voting body — the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — had no Black members.
Now under new ownership, and with the HFPA disbanded, organizers are hoping to capitalize on a ratings bump registered last January, and perhaps even burnish the gala’s status as a predictor of Oscars success.
Hammond says the reorganization shines through with nominees like “The Brutalist,” starring Oscar winner Adrien Brody as a Hungarian Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and emigrates to the United States.
The Globes are “definitely more international. They’re more open to different kinds of movies,” he said, citing “The Brutalist” — which earned seven nominations, behind “Emilia Perez” — as an example.
It will do battle with papal drama “Conclave,” a fictionalized account of high-stakes Holy See horse-trading, depicting how the death of a pope sends the church’s various factions into battle for its future. It is based on a novel by Robert Harris.
