Today In Entertainment

MARCH 01, 2021

What's news: Winners and snubs from the 78th Golden Globe Awards, the HFPA addresses the diversity and inclusion controversy, Time's Up responds that it "is not a solution," Nomadland in the drivers seat, why the Globes could be a harbinger for the Oscars, memorable moments from Jane Fonda, Norman Lear, and Simone Ledward Boseman. Plus: Globes review, more notable moments including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's monologue, history-making wins. Also: Tom & Jerry's strong weekend, why the European Film Market is a litmus test for the indie biz, the latest from Berlin, more on WarnerMedia vs. Ray Fisher. --Alex Weprin

 The Golden Globes...

The 78th Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday in New York and Beverly Hills, featuring a dramatically different format and approach as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to shake up the entertainment industry. It also came amid a firestorm of controversy involving the organization behind the Globes: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Those issues were addressed during the show...

Globes by the numbers...

+Film winners: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Soul, Nomadland: 2 Globes each... I Care a Lot, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Life Ahead, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Mauritanian, Minari, The Trial of the Chicago 7, The United States vs. Billie Holiday: 1 Globe each...

+By distributor: Netflix: 4 Globes... Disney+, Searchlight Pictures, Amazon Studios: 2 Globes each... A24, Hulu, STXFilms, Warner Bros.: 1 Globe each...

+Television winners: The Crown: 4 Globes... The Queen's Gambit, Schitt's Creek: 2 Globes each... I Know This Much Is True, Ted Lasso, Small Axe: 1 Globe each...

+By network/streamer: Netflix: 6 Globes... Pop TV: 2 Globes... Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, HBO: 1 Globe each...

The complete list of Golden Globe winners...

►Addressing the diversity and inclusion questions: The HFPA addressed the controversy head-on, with three of its members taking the stage. "We recognize we have our own work to do," said vice president Helen Hoehne of Germany. "Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital. We must have Black journalists in our organization." Board chair Meher Tatna of India agreed. "We must also ensure everyone from all underrepresented communities gets a seat at our table," said the former HFPA president.

--The controversy nearly overshadowed a couple of long-overdue milestones in the actual results: In addition to winning the big award of the night, best drama motion picture, Nomadland's Chloe Zhao became just the second woman (after Barbra Streisand in 1984) and first Asian woman to win best director (previously, Ang Lee was the only Asian helmer to earn the accolade, in both 2001 and 2006). Lee Isaac Chung, whose American film Minari was shunted off to the foreign-language category, was the other Asian winner of the night. And The United States vs. Billie Holiday's first-time leading lady Andra Day was a surprise winner for best actress in a motion picture, drama, becoming only the second non-white woman to win in the category (Whoopi Goldberg was the first, 35 years ago). Here's Rebecca Sun's story.

+Minutes after the Globes wrapped, Time's Up president and CEO Tina Tchen released a pair of letters to the HFPA and its network sponsor NBC, demanding a more substantive response to its lack of a diverse membership. "The HFPA's statements tonight and over the last several days indicate a fundamental lack of understanding of the depth of the problems at hand," Tchen wrote in a letter to HFPA leaders Meher Tatna (board chair), Ali Sar (president) and Helen Hoehne (vice president). "Your stated version of change is cosmetic—find Black people. That is not a solution." The story.

►Film award roundup: "At a surreal 78th Golden Globe Awards, Searchlight's Nomadland drove home with the top two honors, landing the best motion picture drama award and best director prize for Chloe Zhao," Tatiana Siegel writes. "The wins put the film, a modern-day odyssey of the dispossessed surviving on the edges of the American dream, in the driver's seat as it continues to dominate this awards season." The story.

►TV award roundup: "Unlike in film, TV's Golden Globes results tend to matter little in the broader awards landscape," Michael O'Connell writes. "For reasons recently addressed, and some not easily diagnosed, a HFPA TV nod is often more of an outlier than an indication of future kudos. But Sunday night's TV wins seemed to say more than usual." The story.

 Globes Analysis and Review...

►Analysis: Plenty of wins and controversy to go around. "It's always hard to gauge the relevance of the Globes to the Oscars. Skeptics point to the fact that the HFPA is comprised of 87 journalists, while the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences includes nearly 10,000 people who actually work on films, and there is only one overlapping member, actress/journalist Lisa Lu," Scott Feinberg writes.

--"But this year, it must be noted, Oscar nomination voting doesn't even begin until Friday (it's usually already in-progress when the Globes are handed out), and Academy members appear to be more impressionable than ever (having had few opportunities to gather in-person and form an early consensus), so the picks of the Globes — as witnessed on TV or read about afterwards — could really shape their viewing preferences and overall thinking in the homestretch." The analysis.

►Review: "Well, the BET Awards, Emmys, NBA Draft, NFL Draft, MTV Music Awards, Super Bowl, Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and at least a dozen other major live award shows and televised events from the past year all walked so that Sunday night's 78th Golden Globe Awards could fall flat on its face," Daniel Fienberg writes. "Nobody here is so naive as to think the Golden Globes producers had it easy. However, I've watched most of those live predecessors and none were as full of rudimentary blunders as this telecast." The review.

►Snubs: Mank, Promising Young Woman Among top film nominees shut out. Five-time film nominee The Trial of the Chicago 7 only won one award out of the five for which it was nominated, with Ozark and The Undoing among the TV series with multiple nominations that failed to win a single award. The snubs list.

►Notable and memorable moments: Chadwick Boseman's wife Simone Ledward Boseman accepted the award for her late husband... Norman Lear's acceptance speech for the Carol Burnett Award and Jane Fonda's speech accepting the Cecil B. Demille Award... The full monologue from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler... Here's THR's full list of the most memorable moments... Chloe Zhao talks about her win...

+More storylines: Pixar's Soul won Best Animated Feature — but is Kemp Powers one of winners?... The best-dressed stars from this year's Globes... The tech glitch that hit the first award... The fashion trends and looks... Law Roach on styling Anya Taylor-Joy and Tiffany Haddish...

 The rest of the day's news...

►Box office: Tom & Jerry opened with a North American debut of $13.7 million from 2,475 theaters and a global total of $38.8 million through Sunday. Domestically, the feature film about the iconic alley cat and pesky mouse who are frenemies scored the second-best three-day launch of the pandemic behind fellow Warner Bros. release Wonder Woman 1984 ($16.7 million), and of 2021, as more cinemas reopen across the country.

--The strong debut of the family pic — at least in the COVID-19 era — is a good sign for Hollywood as New York City theaters prepare to open on March 5 (Los Angeles remains closed). It's also a win, at least in the short term, for Warners' policy of opening its 2021 titles simultaneously in theaters on HBO Max. Roughly half of the country's cinemas remain closed, according to best estimates. The story.

Berlin roundup...

►Why the European Film Market is a litmus test for the indie biz. A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, independent buyers are "cautious and wary" as Berlin's virtual market kicks off, Scott Roxborough reports: "They have a backlog and they are reluctant to buy anything new until they've cleared that." The story.

+International buyers up in arms over buy-back proposals post-Coda. With streamers paying big for global rights to films already pre-sold to the foreign buyers — see Apple's $25 million deal for Sundance hit Coda —international distributors are worried sales companies could introduce mandatory 'kill fees' to force them to sell back hits. The story.

+Nick Jonas will not be The Blacksmith. The actor-singer, who was attached to star in the new action-thriller from Taken director Pierre Morel, has exited the project after scheduling problems had delayed the start of shooting. More.

+Berlin reviews: Boss Level... Memory Box... The Affair...

►Allen v. Farrow: Woody Allen sexual assault claim supported in never-before-seen Dylan Farrow videos. The second episode of HBO's four-part docuseries features phone calls — between Mia Farrow and Allen, discussing Allen's relationship with Soon-Yi Previn — and videotapes of a young Dylan Farrow discussing having been abused, allegedly by Allen. More.

►Justice League investigator backs DC Films' Walter Hamada after Ray Fisher claims. On Saturday, actor Ray Fisher once again accused DC Films president Walter Hamada of attempting to interfere with an investigation into accusations of misconduct of the set of reshoots for Justice League. WarnerMedia responded with a statement backing Hamada, and also released a separate statement from a retired federal judge who oversaw one of the investigations into the Justice League reshoots. The story.

In other news...

--The Bachelor has filled Chris Harrison's hosting chair for its live finale. Emmanuel Acho is set to host this season's After the Final Rose special with Bachelor Matt James, which airs March 15 following the pre-taped finale of the current 25th cycle. The on-air personality and bestselling author is being called in to replace Harrison amid an ongoing racism controversy for the franchise.

--Saturday Night Live's cold open featured Kate McKinnon's Anthony Fauci hosting a pandemic-themed game show called "So You Think You Can Get a Vaccine," touching on the confusion over who can currently receive a vaccine.

--Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who shattered a color barrier as the first African American to appear as a full-time TV sports analyst before co-hosting CBS' The NFL Today for 14 years, has died. He was 81.

--CBS dropped first looks and teaser trailers of Oprah Winfrey's much-anticipated interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

What else we're reading...

--"Rupert Murdoch at 90: Fox, succession and 'one more big play'" [Financial Times]

--"Forget Succession. You can watch 90 Day Fiancé for 100 hours straight" [NY Times]

--"How Reddit renegades helped AMC avoid a tragic ending" [Wall Street Journal]

--"If only saving AMC were as easy as buying stock" [Bloomberg]

Today's birthdays: Justin Bieber, 27, Lupita Nyong'o, 38, Zack Snyder, 55, Javier Bardem, 52, Kesha, 34.

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