There was a brief dust-up earlier today when the NYT reported that a legal skirmish between the HFPA and Dick Clark Productions might keep 2012’s Golden Globes ceremony off the air, saying “In a little-noticed court filing on Tuesday, lawyers for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Globes, said there might not be time to find a new producer, a network and advertisers for next January’s show if the association’s legal dispute with its longtime producer, Dick Clark Productions, continued at the current pace.”
That doesn’t seem to be the case however, as Deadline brings us word – directly from the HFPA – that “Dick Clark can suck a dick and the Globes are a Go.” They didn’t actually say that. Here’s what they DID say:
“Regardless of the legal proceedings with Red Zone and Dick Clark Productions, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present the Sixty-Ninth Annual Golden Globe Awards Show as scheduled in January 2012. The show will go on, with or without dcp.”
The whole thing was brought on by a lawsuit filed by the HFPA that said, in essence, that DCP had renewed the show’s license with NBC through 2018 without consulting the HFPA, among other things. With the trial set to start on December of this year, it did look a little shaky for next year’s broadcast, but there you have it.
In related gilded-awards news, with the Oscar noms getting released tomorrow, the Razzie noms hit today. I personally think the Razzies are kinda ridiculous and boring and obvious, but people seem to dig ’em. So, if you’re one of those people, then this is for you:
WORST PICTURE
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
WORST ACTOR
Jack Black – Gulliver’s Travels
Gerard Butler – The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher – Killers and Valentine’s Day
Taylor Lautner – Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine’s Day
Robert Pattinson – Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston – The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Mylie Cyrus – The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon – Sex & the City 2
Megan Fox – Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Alba – The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine’s Day
Cher – Burlesque
Liza Minnelli – Sex & the City 2
Nicola Peltz – The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand – Little Fockers
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Billy Ray Cyrus – The Spy Next Door
George Lopez – Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel – The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone – The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider – Grown Ups
WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE Of 3-D
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D (aka Saw VII)
WORST SCREEN COUPLE / WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler – The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent – Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex & The City 2
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST DIRECTOR
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer – Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King – Sex & The City 2
M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender
David Slade – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone – The Expendables
WORST SCREENPLAY
The Last Airbender, Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex & the City 2, Written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Clash Of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck