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Review: The tarnished Golden Globes regain some luster. Just don't call it a comeback

Jennifer Coolidge backstage at the 80th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California.

LOS ANGELES — Returning for the first time in nearly two years, the awards show long billed as "Hollywood's Party of the Year" felt more like a humble comeback than a cork-popping spectacle when the Golden Globes aired Tuesday night.

"I'll tell you why I'm here," said host Jerrod Carmichael in his opening monologue from the Beverly Hilton ballroom stage. "I'm here because I'm Black. … This show did not air last year because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, I won't say they were a racist organization, but they didn't have a single Black member until George Floyd

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