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With questions swirling about the future of the Golden Globe Awards, influential studios continued to back away from the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association, with WarnerMedia joining Netflix and Amazon Studios in cutting ties with the organization until sweeping reforms are enacted. In a letter sent Sunday to HFPA president Ali Sar, top WarnerMedia executives said the company is putting all activities with the organization on hold, suggesting that its proposed reforms — designed to address a sweeping range of issues raised in a Feb. 21 Los Angeles Times investigation — are...

WarnerMedia Joins HFPA and Golden Globes Boycott, Regrets Industry 'Tolerated' Members' Behavior Michael Schneider, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail WarnerMedia is joining Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in any more events related to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association until the org demonstrates real, lasting reform and change, according to a letter that has been sent to HFPA president Ali Sar. In the letter, signed by key WarnerMedia execs and shared with reporters on Monday morning, the conglomerate writes that its leaders don’t believe that the HFPA’s plans f...

Golden Globes cancelled on NBC; Tom Cruise returns awards May 10, 2021 by: UPDATE: The Golden Globes fallout is hitting hard this afternoon, with none other than Tom Cruise reportedly returning his Golden Globes for Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire and Magnolia. More on this to come, but it seems highly unlikely the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will ever bounce back from this. I expect many past winners to follow suit. More on this to come...  NBC has announced that it will not be airing the 2022 Golden Globe Awards. “We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to m...

NBC announced a short time later it wouldn’t host the annual awards show, citing HFPA’s “lack of diversity” — and not its lowest ratings ever — as the reason. “We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform,” a statement from NBC to CNN read. “However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes.” HBO and Warner Media have cut ties with the organization until sweeping reforms are enacted, LA Times reported. Netflix and Amazon have taken ...

Netflix and Amazon have also said they would cease working with the beleaguered group Tim Baysinger | May 10, 2021 @ 9:31 AM Frazer Harrison/Getty Images WarnerMedia is the latest company to join the chorus of those refusing to work with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), arguing the beleaguered organization’s planned reforms are both too little and are being implemented too slowly. “While we commend the HFPA membership’s approval of the plan to move towards radical reform, we don’t believe the plan goes far enough in addressing the breadth of our concerns, nor does you...