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Actress says Golden Globes organization “was legitimized by the likes of Harvey Weinstein”
Jennifer Maas | May 8, 2021 @ 10:48 AM
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Scarlett Johansson urged her peers in Hollywood to “step back” from the widely scrutinized Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Saturday, “unless there is necessary fundamental reform within” the organization behind the Golden Globe awards.
“As an actor promoting a film, one is expected to participate in awards season by attending press conferences as well as awards shows. In the past, this has often meant facing sexist questions and remarks by certain HFPA members that bordered on sexual harassment,” the actress said in a statement to TheWrap. “It is the exact reason why I, for many years, refused to participate in their conferences. The HFPA is an organization that was legitimized by the likes of Harvey Weinstein to amass momentum for Academy recognition and the industry followed suit.”
Netflix to Cease Working With HFPA Without a ‘Clear Roadmap for Change’
“We don’t believe these proposed new policies…will tackle the HFPA’s systemic diversity and inclusion challenges,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says
Diane Haithman | May 7, 2021 @ 6:29 PM
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Netflix says it will no longer work with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) until the beleaguered organization undergoes significant changes, according to a letter sent Thursday to HFPA by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.
“Like many in our industry, we’ve been waiting for today’s announcement in the hope that you would acknowledge the breadth of issues facing the HFPA and provide a clear roadmap for change,” Sarandos wrote.
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As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced plans to reform itself, streaming giant Netflix has declared that it will no longer be working with the Golden Globes group until it sorts it out.
However, we don’t believe these proposed new policies – particularly around the size and speed of membership growth – will tackle the HFPA’s systemic diversity and inclusion challenges
Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-chief executive
“Like many in our industry, we’ve been waiting for today’s announcement in the hope that you would acknowledge the breadth of issues facing the HFPA and provide a clear roadmap for change,” the streamer’s co-chief executive Ted Sarandos wrote in a letter on Thursday to the HFPA’s leadership committee.