What is HFPA and who are members? Golden Globes’ controversy explored
Controversy explained: What is HFPA and who are members? Following news that NBC won’t air the Golden Globes next year, media attention turned on HFPA, the organisation behind the annual awards.
NBC has recently issued a statement, saying that the network won’t air the 2022 Golden Globe Awards unless HFPA makes changes to its membership.
As reported by Variety, the organisation has continued to face criticism after being questioned on its diversity and equal representation.
But what is HFPA and who are the organisation’s members?
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Ava DuVernay and Mark Ruffalo have praised NBC officials for cancelling the 2022 broadcast of the Golden Globes amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). On Monday, bosses the TV network announced that they would not air the 2022 ceremony in order to give the HFPA, which organises the Globes, the time to enact meaningful reform over the lack of diversity in its membership. In response to the surprise news, Selma filmmaker DuVernay applauded NBC on social media for taking a stand. Everything matters. Even this. The ripple effects echo through our industry, especially for Black artists and artists of color, she wrote on Twitter. Kudos to all the activists, artists, publicists and executives who took a stand to make this so.
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