<p class="title"><em>Avatar: The Way of Water</em> and <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em> were named among the contenders for Golden Globe awards next month when the ceremony returns to television after a year off following a diversity and ethics scandal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dark comedy film <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> led all movies with eight nominations on Monday from members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the Globes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Globes have been known as a glitzy, booze-fueled ceremony that kicks off Hollywood's awards season and helps propel nominees and winners in their quest for Oscars.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the Globes where tainted after a 2021 <em>Los Angeles Times</em> investigation probed the association's practices and revealed the organization had no Black members. Tom Cruise returned his Golden Globe statues in protest, and longtime broadcaster NBC dropped the 2022 telecast.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Comcast-owned network agreed to air the Globes again in 2023 after the organization made reforms. The ceremony will take place Jan. 10 and will also stream on Peacock.</p>
<p class="title"><em>Avatar: The Way of Water</em> and <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em> were named among the contenders for Golden Globe awards next month when the ceremony returns to television after a year off following a diversity and ethics scandal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dark comedy film <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> led all movies with eight nominations on Monday from members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the Globes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Globes have been known as a glitzy, booze-fueled ceremony that kicks off Hollywood's awards season and helps propel nominees and winners in their quest for Oscars.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the Globes where tainted after a 2021 <em>Los Angeles Times</em> investigation probed the association's practices and revealed the organization had no Black members. Tom Cruise returned his Golden Globe statues in protest, and longtime broadcaster NBC dropped the 2022 telecast.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Comcast-owned network agreed to air the Globes again in 2023 after the organization made reforms. The ceremony will take place Jan. 10 and will also stream on Peacock.</p>