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Barbie and Ken will seemingly grace the stage on the Golden Globes subsequent month, however the present’s organizers have had a tough time discovering somebody with the “Kenthusiasm” to host the occasion.
With Globe nominations being introduced Monday morning, a seek for the host continues to be underway, CNN has discovered. Two-time Oscar host Chris Rock is amongst these to say no presents to host the January 7 ceremony, a supply with data of the conversations advised CNN, as have at the very least 4 different A-list comedic actors.
A consultant for Rock declined to remark.
Rock, who was additionally requested to host the earlier Golden Globes, final attended a significant award present in 2022, when he was famously slapped on the Oscars by Will Smith for telling a joke that referenced Jada Pinkett Smith’s battle with alopecia. Rock will seemingly be a nominee on the upcoming ceremony within the new class of greatest efficiency in stand-up comedy on tv for his Netflix particular, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.”
One other potential nominee for her efficiency within the Netflix sequence “Beef,” Ali Wong, was additionally approached to host the Globes, a supply with data of the matter advised CNN. As first reported by Puck, Wong declined the gig, the supply stated.
A consultant for Wong declined to remark.
Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman, who co-host the podcast “SmartLess,” turned down a joint provide to emcee the Globes, two sources conscious of the deal advised CNN.
A consultant for “SmartLess” declined to remark.
Had the trio stated sure, it might have marked the primary time the Globes had three hosts since Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Nielsen and Jane Seymour co-helmed the present in 1993. A majority of the annual boozy feast’s 81 ceremonies have really gone with no host, however the Globes appear to attract extra chatter once they have one… or two.
There’s little hope Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who co-hosted the Globes 4 instances to essential acclaim, would return. The 2 have previously promised they’re carried out with the gig.
Apparently, they meant it.
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A spokesperson for the Golden Globes declined to remark, however a supply accustomed to the search stated there are “three very critical conversations” happening with potential hosts.
This 12 months, the Globes strikes to a brand new broadcast house at CBS. One attainable consequence is, after all, that CBS casts one in all its personal stars within the function for 3 hours of free promotion. It’s an strategy NBC took a number of instances because the earlier broadcast house of the Globes, casting community comedic expertise like Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg as hosts of the occasion. At ABC, community star Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars in March for his fourth time.
Expertise turning down the job to host a significant awards present shouldn’t be uncommon and definitely shouldn’t be distinctive to the Globes. For an up-and-coming comic, the gig could be the alternative of a lifetime, however for a seasoned veteran, with all the preparation and rapid – typically adverse – suggestions, the juice shouldn’t be definitely worth the squeeze.
“It’s a thankless job,” one movie star publicist advised CNN.
“It’s not price it,” one other prime publicist stated of internet hosting award reveals. “There are quite a lot of politics. It’s not straightforward and it’s not enjoyable anymore.”
Whereas a number for the weeks-away Globes stays in query, the Beverly Hilton ballroom may function appearances by seemingly nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorsese, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez, Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Aniston and Quinta Brunson. The Golden Globes will function the kickoff to a jam-packed award season wherein the leisure trade goals to convey glitz, glamour and celebration again to Hollywood after double strikes shut down most productions for a lot of 2023.
The Golden Globes are additionally nonetheless working to beat a scandal that surfaced in 2021, when the Los Angeles Times documented the dearth of Black members inside the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, which introduced the awards, and potential moral transgressions associated to the outsized affect of its then-roster of 87 worldwide journalists.
A group of publicists referred to as upon the HFPA to implement “profound and lasting change” for its “pervasive apply of discriminatory habits, unprofessionalism, moral impropriety and alleged monetary corruption.” In addition they suggested their expertise to boycott the occasion and NBC declined to air the printed in 2022.
The HFPA has since been disbanded and the Golden Globes has new possession with Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries buying the present. The adjustments have quieted calls of protest this time round, in keeping with a number of Hollywood publicists who spoke with CNN and stated their movie star shoppers are excited to attend the Globes subsequent month.
The actual fact stays, the ceremony this previous January on NBC (hosted by Jerrod Carmichael) suffered the second-lowest ratings of all time with 6.3 million whole viewers, a 26% drop from the earlier Globes that had been telecast. The occasion may most likely use the assistance of a giant title host to enhance on that… if organizers can discover one.