Golden Globes award to proceed despite pandemic

The Golden Globes kicks off a pandemic-era Hollywood awards season on Sunday February 28, after a year that upended the entertainment industry and saw celebrities on red carpets replaced with webcams on sofas.

However, the show is going on without the chummy gala dinners, hordes of photographers, and designer gowns associated with the celebration of the year’s best films and TV shows.

Sunday’s ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC television and will take place for the first time on two coasts, with comedians Tina Fey hosting from New York and Amy Poehler hosting from Beverly Hills, California. Some of the presenters, including Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, will appear in person, but the nominees will attend from their homes or other locations around the world.

The coronavirus pandemic not only closed movie theaters and prompted studios to shift dozens of releases into late 2021 or 2022, it also led to the postponement of awards shows and turned them into socially distanced affairs.

The Oscars don’t take place until April 25, but organizers have said it will be an in-person show from multiple locations