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Hollywood is known as the place where the streets are paved with gold. However, the Golden Globe has been quite tarnished in the past several weeks. It definitely doesn’t shine the way it did back in the day or perhaps its shine was always an illusion.
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The HFPA came under fire right before it was to broadcast its 78th Golden Globes ceremony after it was reported that it didn’t have any Black members, and things got worse once it was later reported that its former president sent a racist email to organization members and that HFPA journalists would reject Black-led projects during press conferences.
After decades of glitzy, boozy Golden Globes affairs that kicked off awards season in style, the real story behind the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is one heck of a buzzkill. And after Tom Cruise mailed his trophies back Monday, the HFPA may need to start clearing out its lobby for more incoming mail.
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Golden Globes won t air on NBC for first time in 25 years amid diversity row Mirror 11/05/2021 Molly Pike
NBC has announced it won t host the Golden Globes for the first time in 25 years after an ongoing row about diversity.
The body that runs the awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a small group of international journalists that votes on who gets given the gongs, has faced criticism about its lack of diversity. The Los Angeles Time s reported allegations of corruption and impropriety as well as a lack of any black members back in February.
And NBC, which has hosted the ceremony since 1996, has said while it believes the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform , it will not air next years ceremony.
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