Sunday night was intended to mark a new era for the Golden Globes. The Globes have long been positioned as the chaotic, boozier cousin of the Oscars—the former hasn’t always been a useful precursor for the rest of awards season, but it tends to make up for it by packing a bunch of A-listers together with an open bar. (Drunk Globes acceptance speeches are their own kind of category.) Starting this year, however, the Globes are under new management. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—a small, select group of international entertainment journalists—was finally dissolved after years of being mired in scandal over corruption and an appalling lack of diversity within its ranks. In the HFPA’s place, the Globes were acquired by Eldridge Industries, a holding company whose properties include trade magazines like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. As for the Globes’ new voting body—which includes some overlap with the old HFPA—it’s now made up of 300 international journalists representing 75 countries, with a greater emphasis on diversity.
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