Tickets to the Golden Globes are being sold to the public online for $25,000 EACH
>
Tickets for the invitation-only Golden Globe Awards are available online for purchase for more than $25,000 after the latest ceremony was boycotted and not televised.
In yet another blow to the scandal-hit Globes, DailyMail.com may reveal that a British concierge service is offering the tickets for sale to the general public.
It’s unclear who placed them there, but the Cornucopia events company says it has “very limited” tickets available for £19,999 – $24,500 – for the January 10 ceremony.
Those willing to pay will get all-access including ‘dinner and awards, sitting down with the celebrities’, even though tickets are strictly reserved for the nominees, their guests and members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (HFPA), which sponsors the event.
The HFPA has already come under fire in a series of scandals over its lack of diversity, alleged sexual misconduct among its leaders and accusations of an endemic culture of gong giveaways.
Best actor winner Brendan Fraser has announced he will be boycotting the event and sources have told DailyMail.com that stars Daniel Craig and Olivia Colman will also be leaving.
DailyMail.com can reveal that tickets for the January 10 Golden Globes ceremony will sell online for £19,999 – $24,500
HFPA members allegedly accepted ‘bribes’ in the form of free trips, with 30 of the then 87 members spending two nights in a $1,400-a-night hotel in Paris at the expense of the creators of the Emily In Paris show. 2022 awards show shown
Brendan Fraser, who is up for best actor for his performance in The Whale, has said he will not attend the January ceremony if he is invited.
A Globes source tells DailyMail.com: ‘Buyer beware because it’s highly unlikely that tickets will be bought and sold. There are very few tickets and they are given to named and nominated people and you cannot enter if you are not that person. We are aware that tickets are sometimes offered, but we believe it may simply be a scam.
Brendan Fraser claimed that former HFPA President Philip Berk (pictured) assaulted him at an HFPA luncheon in 2003 by grabbing his buttocks. Berk called the story ‘a total fabrication’
HFPA members allegedly accepted ‘bribes’ in the form of free trips, with 30 of the then 87 members spending two nights in a $1,400-a-night hotel in Paris at the expense of the creators of the Emily In Paris show.
The show received two Golden Globe nominations.
More than 100 talent agencies have signed an open letter threatening to deny HFPA access to their clients without substantial reform.
An investigation by the LA Times last year found that the HFPA regularly paid its members more than $1 million a year to serve on various committees.
It was also learned that the organization did not have a single black member. This has since been addressed through a large membership drive targeting ‘underrepresented groups’.
A Globes source said the total voting body for the Golden Globes is now 52% female; and 51.5% ‘racially and ethnically diverse’ with 19.5% Latino, 12% Asian, 10% Black, and 10% Middle Easterners, making it ‘Hollywood’s Most Diverse Top Award’.
The total number of voters is now 200 and includes people who identify themselves as LGBTQIA+.
In addition, the HFPA has announced a program of reforms and new policies aimed at eliminating ‘ethical conflicts’. All members are now required to sign a code of conduct.
Which might please actress Scarlett Johansson, who complained last year about being the subject of “sexist questions and comments” from HFPA members.
The 80th Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 10 and will air on both NBC and Peacock. There was a complete celebrity boycott of the 2022 Globes, with the ceremony taking place without being televised.
Sources tell DailyMail.com that British actors Daniel Craig and Olivia Colman will also not be attending.
There was a complete celebrity boycott of the 2022 Globes, and the ceremony was held without television with rapper Snoop Dogg hosting, to mixed reviews.
And already, Brendan Fraser, who is up for Best Actor for his performance in The Whale, has said he won’t attend the January ceremony if he’s invited.
The actor accused former HFPA president Philip Berk of groping him in 2003. Berk denied the allegations and dismissed Fraser’s version of the story as a “total fabrication.”
In an interview with GQ last month, Fraser stated that he “will not be participating” in the Golden Globes in January. “I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.”
He attributed his decision to ‘the history I have with them. And my mother did not raise a hypocrite. You can call me many things, but not that.
Berk was kicked out of the organization for allegedly calling Black Lives Matter a “racist hate movement” in an email.
Tom Cruise has returned all three of his awards and Avengers star Mark Ruffalo has said he is not “proud or happy” to have received a nomination.
Tom Cruise returned the Globes he won for Jerry Maguire in 1997 and Magnolia in 2000
In 2019, the nonprofit organization was criticized for failing to nominate any female directors for the awards despite the critical and box office success of Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.
In 2020, a Norwegian journalist sued the HFPA over a “culture of corruption” in which members accepted “thousands of dollars in emoluments” from the very studios they awarded gongs to. A federal judge dismissed the case ruling that plaintiff Kjersti Flaa suffered no harm.
Adding to the Globes’ woes, a host announcement, which is usually made in September, appears to have been delayed.
A Hollywood source says: “I hear they’re having trouble finding someone to direct it.”
The Golden Globes are seen as a barometer for the Academy Awards that follow.
The HFPA will announce their nominations on December 12.