Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift and More
variety.comGolden Globes took the first step into its future on Monday morning with the announcement of the nominees for the 81st edition of the awards ceremony — but if anyone expected the Globes to completely abandon its did-not-see-that-coming reputation, they were sorely disappointed.
No musicals were nominated for best musical or comedy, but “May December” — a melodrama with a deliberately confrontational score — was nominated in that category.
Several past TV winners and nominees (Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tyler James Williams) were overlooked. And the two new categories at the Globes this year — for blockbuster movies and TV stand-up specials — also provided some novelty, as well as some surprising omissions, like John Mulaney and “Sound of Freedom.” The Globes nearly disappeared entirely after a series of Los Angeles Times investigations in 2021 uncovered ethical lapses and a total lack of Black members within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group of international journalists who had been the voting body for the Globes since its inception in 1943.
The fallout reached its climax in June with the dissolution of the HFPA and the acquisition of the Globes by Dick Clark Prods.
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