Should We Care About the Golden Globes?

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 26, 2021

This Sunday’s Golden Globes arrive in the midst of controversy surrounding the lack of diversity in nominations, and among the Hollywood Foreign Press themselves. Plus new reporting by the Los Angeles Times has cast further doubt on the integrity of the nomination process. Kyle Buchanan, awards columnist for The New York Times, joins us to break down the controversies, make predictions, and answer the question... should we even care about the Golden Globes?

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