Lots of areas of the media are getting excited about the annual Golden Globes handed out by an organisation called the “Hollywood Foreign Press Association”. I’ve written about this self-appointed, self-elected organisation before – and the fact that it has very little if anything to do with, well, the foreign press.
Now everyone loves a prize, and I suppose that if I was up for one, I wouldn’t say no. At the very least, you get a nice dinner out of it. I believe that they raise money for charity too, which is a fine thing.
But, frankly, the awards might just as well be handed out by the Hollywood Nanny’s Association and they’d mean as much to me. While the Oscars are voted for by around 6,000 individuals (categories vary), the Golden Globes are voted for by 90 individuals.
At least the forthcoming BAFTAs are handed out by industry peers like the Oscars, and not a self-serving organisation that’s not even representative of the industry it claims to represent.