WASHINGTON, DC Early this morning, the Senate passed a historic $3.5 trillion budget resolution with the potential to provide transformative investments in climate action as well as care, jobs, and justice priorities in the United States.
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After the Academy and BAFTA implemented systemic changes resulting in their most diverse awards nominees yet, this year’s Golden Globe awards looked even worse than usual. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was heavily criticized, yet again, for its lack of diversity both in its voting body and nominees. Paired with last month’s damning exposé in the
Los Angeles Times, which investigated the organization’s questionable ethics and revealed that there is not a single Black member among the 87 journalists who make up the HFPA, time was well beyond up for the Golden Globes. That sentiment was underscored yesterday by the publication of an open letter signed by over 100 publicity firms, demanding the HFPA “swiftly manifest profound and lasting change to eradicate the longstanding exclusionary ethos and pervasive practice of discriminatory behavior, unprofessionalism, ethical impropriety and alleged financial corruption endemic”
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So, that happened. It’s always happening.
Working in the entertainment industry means awards season is akin to the Super Bowl. Using that same Super Bowl analogy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) committed a significant fumble during the 4th quarter just one week prior to their awards ceremony, the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In a scathing report, it was revealed that the HFPA did not have any Black members.
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