Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facing heightened scrutiny arounds its membership and practices, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards says that it is committed to immediate “transformational change” and reforms. The group outlined initial steps that it will take over the next 60 days, including hiring independent experts to audit its bylaws and membership requirements, engaging in outreach to add Black professionals to the organization and hiring an independent law firm to review its policies and to set up a confidential way for individuals to report violations. In the lead up to the 2021 Golden Globes last weekend, a series of exposes in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times gave the group an unflattering spotlight for its lack of Black members and financial practices, leading to widespread criticism from those in the entertainment industry.

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Golden Globes 2025: Emilia Perez, Shogun and host Nikki Glaser come out on top
4 days, 4 hours ago

Golden Globes 2025: Emilia Perez, Shogun and host Nikki Glaser come out on top

The Independent  

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Golden Globes tap Nikki Glaser to be the telecast's next host
4 months, 1 week ago

Golden Globes tap Nikki Glaser to be the telecast's next host

The Independent  

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Golden Globes get five-year TV deal after rocky patch
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Golden Globes get five-year TV deal after rocky patch

Hindustan Times  

The Golden Globes has inked a five-year broadcast deal with a US TV network, organizers said Monday, after a troubled few years for the awards show. HT Image A new deal will see the gala a major staging post for movies on the way to the Oscars airing on CBS, and livestreamed on Paramount, starting next year. CBS carried this …

How the Golden Globes became too big to fail
1 year ago

How the Golden Globes became too big to fail

LA Times  

There are few things Hollywood loves more than an awards-season comeback narrative — think of Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser at last year’s Oscars completing zero-to-hero career resurrections to cheers and tears. I don’t think people at home really care about what happened in the past at this point.” Adds an awards consultant, not authorized to speak on the …

Golden Globes telecast draws near record-low audience
1 year, 11 months ago

Golden Globes telecast draws near record-low audience

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — NBC’s telecast for the 80th Golden Globes on Tuesday averaged a near-record low of 6.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen, the second-smallest audience for the annual ceremony and only slightly better than the viewership garnered by the Globes press conference held during the 2008 writers’ strike. After a diversity and ethics scandal caused NBC to take the …

With scant viewing for its TV return, what’s next for the Golden Globes?
1 year, 11 months ago

With scant viewing for its TV return, what’s next for the Golden Globes?

LA Times  

America did not miss the Golden Globe Awards. NBC did not air the Golden Globes last year after a February 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation raised concerns about the HFPA’s ethics and financial practices and revealed that not one of its then-87 members was Black. The small audience for the 80th Golden Globes is more likely due to the ongoing …

How the HFPA faced its controversies during Golden Globes broadcast
2 years ago

How the HFPA faced its controversies during Golden Globes broadcast

LA Times  

HFPA President Helen Hoehne speaks onstage at the 80th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills. “We will continue to support groups that amplify a variety of voices and continue to add representation to our organization from around the world as we did this past year.” At the last televised Globes ceremony …

Golden Globes are back on TV, but are reform efforts enough?
2 years ago

Golden Globes are back on TV, but are reform efforts enough?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Without a TV show, starry red carpet, host, press or even a livestream, the Golden Globe Awards were in chaos last year after scandal broke over lack of diversity, accusations of sexism, and ethical and financial lapses among members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. “It’s, by far, not over,” said German journalist Helen Hoehne, who took …

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce noms
2 years ago

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce noms

Firstpost  

In bringing the Globes back the air, NBC praised the HFPA for its ongoing reforms but also reworked its contract. After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked the Golden Globes broadcast off television for a year, the annual film and television awards are set to announce nominations Monday. Nominations to the 80th Golden …

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce noms
2 years ago

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce noms

The Independent  

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Golden Globes to return to NBC in January after year off-air
2 years, 3 months ago

Golden Globes to return to NBC in January after year off-air

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After a year spent off-air, the Golden Globe Awards are returning to NBC in January, as the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association seeks a primetime comeback after more than a year of turmoil. NBC, the Hollywood Press Association and dick clark productions on Tuesday made the Globes’ return official. “We recognize the HFPA’s commitment to ongoing change …

NBC brings back the Golden Globes after reforms sparked by L.A. Times investigation
2 years, 3 months ago

NBC brings back the Golden Globes after reforms sparked by L.A. Times investigation

LA Times  

Golden Globe statuettes on display at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 6, 2009, in Beverly Hills. Last year, NBC dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes, a contingent of powerful publicists boycotted the organization and studios including Netflix and WarnerMedia cut ties after a Los Angeles Times investigation raised questions about the group’s ethical and financial lapses and revealed …

Ricky Gervais was right – how the ‘worthless’ Golden Globes lost their sheen
2 years, 11 months ago

Ricky Gervais was right – how the ‘worthless’ Golden Globes lost their sheen

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “For any of you who don’t know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, …

Golden Globes boycott: Why is the ceremony so controversial?
3 years ago

Golden Globes boycott: Why is the ceremony so controversial?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Golden Globes’s parent organisation, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been embroiled in controversy …

This is what happened inside the Golden Globes show that wasn’t televised
3 years ago

This is what happened inside the Golden Globes show that wasn’t televised

LA Times  

Dropped by NBC, shunned by Hollywood and hampered by the pandemic, this year’s Golden Globes ceremony was a small, private and somber affair. “When I was still a member, I totally opposed this idea,” said Wenting Xu, a former member from China, who resigned from the HFPA in protest last June, calling the group “toxic” and its reform efforts “window …

Golden Globes are back, announces nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
3 years ago

Golden Globes are back, announces nominations to a skeptical Hollywood

Firstpost  

Just as it’s done for many years, the HFPA gathered reporters at the Beverly Hilton to announce its picks for the 79th Golden Globes. After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nevertheless went ahead announcing nominees for film and television …

The Golden Globes want to make a comeback this year. Hollywood isn’t buying it
3 years, 2 months ago

The Golden Globes want to make a comeback this year. Hollywood isn’t buying it

LA Times  

If the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Following the predictable uproar, Peele himself weighed in on Twitter, writing, “‘Get Out’ is a documentary.” One veteran awards consultant said the response from studios and publicists was inevitable, given the controversy the HFPA has weathered this year. “They’ll sit out this year, regroup and try to get back to normal in 2023.” On …

Editorial: Give the Golden Globes a chance to reform
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Give the Golden Globes a chance to reform

LA Times  

This image released by NBC shows Jesse Armstrong, third from left, and cast members accepting the award for best drama TV series for “Succession” at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Powerful publicists stopped making actors and filmmakers available for HFPA members’ news conferences. A representative …

It’s time for the Golden Globes to step out of the bubble, says Anupama Chopra
3 years, 7 months ago

It’s time for the Golden Globes to step out of the bubble, says Anupama Chopra

Hindustan Times  

In February, the Los Angeles Times published a report on the many dubious practices of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that ended with a source saying: “If the studios wanted to kill the Golden Globes, they could overnight.” That seems to have happened. In one of its most enduring scandals, Pia Zadora won New Star of the Year in 1982 …

Golden Globes: Mark Ruffalo and Ava DuVernay praise NBC for dropping award show amid voter diversity backlash
3 years, 7 months ago

Golden Globes: Mark Ruffalo and Ava DuVernay praise NBC for dropping award show amid voter diversity backlash

The Independent  

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Tom Cruise returns three awards over HFPA diversity row; NBC announces it won't air Golden Globes 2022
3 years, 7 months ago

Tom Cruise returns three awards over HFPA diversity row; NBC announces it won't air Golden Globes 2022

Firstpost  

“Assuming the HFPA executes its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023,” NBC said in a statement about the Golden Globes Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from studios, stars and large swaths of the film industry, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes …

Golden Globes approves changes on diversity, ethics
3 years, 8 months ago

Golden Globes approves changes on diversity, ethics

The Hindu  

The membership of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the annual Golden Globe awards for television and film, on Thursday approved widespread changes designed to diversify its ranks and address ethics complaints. The board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association proposed the changes earlier this week and its membership approved them on Thursday. The newspaper also …

Golden Globes group faces mounting pressure from Netflix, Amazon and publicists to reform
3 years, 8 months ago

Golden Globes group faces mounting pressure from Netflix, Amazon and publicists to reform

LA Times  

One day after the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. “Instead, these measures ensure that the current membership of the HFPA will remain in the majority and that the next Golden Globes will be decided with the same fundamental problems that have existed for years.” In approving the reforms, the HFPA had hoped to move on from months of controversy that have …

Golden Globes group floats changes to address diversity, ethics complaints
3 years, 8 months ago

Golden Globes group floats changes to address diversity, ethics complaints

The Hindu  

The board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the annual Golden Globe awards for television and film, proposed several changes on Monday to address criticism over its membership’s diversity and ethics. In a letter to members, the HFPA board suggested several steps to diversify its roster, including hiring a chief diversity officer, putting emphasis on …

Golden Globes board floats changes to address diversity, ethics complaints
3 years, 8 months ago

Golden Globes board floats changes to address diversity, ethics complaints

ABC  

The board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the annual Golden Globe awards for television and film, is proposing several changes to address criticism over the diversity and ethics of its membership. Key points: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been accused of not being diverse An investigation found no black people were part of …

Golden Globes organization vowed to change. Then came turmoil. What went wrong?
3 years, 8 months ago

Golden Globes organization vowed to change. Then came turmoil. What went wrong?

LA Times  

“D-day,” as some in the entertainment industry were calling it, was looming. We can no longer just shake our heads in disbelief.” One publicist recounted the time their client, a mature male actor, was asked during an HFPA news conference, “’At your age do you still have sex?’ I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.” Last week, HFPA member Margaret …

PR firms: Golden Globes must reform or stars will boycott
3 years, 9 months ago

PR firms: Golden Globes must reform or stars will boycott

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More than 100 Hollywood publicity firms that collectively represent the majority of stars in film and television said they will advise their clients to skip the Golden Globes if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does not commit to “transformational change.” In a letter sent late Monday to the HFPA, the PR companies said the press association, which …

Golden Globes fallout: HFPA leadership hires diversity consultant, outside law firm
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes fallout: HFPA leadership hires diversity consultant, outside law firm

LA Times  

More than two weeks after a Times investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., and days after the group pledged “transformational change,” the HFPA leadership announced it was retaining a strategic diversity advisor and an outside law firm to “guard against any exclusionary practices,” audit bylaws and membership requirements, and review and monitor its policies. We just listened to Greg …

Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity

Associated Press  

Facing heightened scrutiny arounds its membership and practices, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards says that it is committed to immediate “transformational change” and reforms. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said in a statement Saturday that it would focus on adding Black and other underrepresented members to its organization in addition to increasing transparency around its operations. The group …

Golden Globes fallout: HFPA member says lack of Black members ‘was not really anything we focused on’
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes fallout: HFPA member says lack of Black members ‘was not really anything we focused on’

LA Times  

Two days after a Golden Globes marked by controversy, The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. In a new interview with the Australian morning show Today conducted after the awards show, Australian HFPA member Jenny Cooney acknowledged that for years the lack of Black members “was not really anything we focused on,” saying that because the group includes people of color from …

Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried
3 years, 10 months ago

Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried

Associated Press  

Tina Fey asked the tough question 10 minutes into the three-hour Golden Globes broadcast Sunday: Could this whole night have been an email? We wouldn’t have gotten to see the awkwardness of Daniel Kaluuya’s acceptance speech cut before it began, Don Cheadle giving a tie-dyed sweatshirt clad Jason Sudeikis the wrap-up signal, or Catherine O’Hara’s husband playing her off with …

Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried
3 years, 10 months ago

Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried

The Independent  

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Golden Globes 2021: Diversity row addressed during live ceremony as nominees rail against HFPA
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes 2021: Diversity row addressed during live ceremony as nominees rail against HFPA

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many high-profile figures spoke out against the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the …

Jane Fonda Delivers Better Speech On Inclusion, Diversity Than Golden Globes Did
3 years, 10 months ago

Jane Fonda Delivers Better Speech On Inclusion, Diversity Than Golden Globes Did

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Jane Fonda received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday and powerfully addressed the need for diversity in storytelling in her acceptance speech. Beautiful Message on Diversity & Inclusiveness by Jane Fonda 🌹 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/R226SsKOaX — Dr. Liliana N. Fargo March 1, 2021 Fonda’s speech continued an ongoing plea to the …

Golden Globes: Chrissy Teigen shares hilarious drunken throwback
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes: Chrissy Teigen shares hilarious drunken throwback

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chrissy Teigen has shared the only Golden Globes throwback that matters …

Golden Globes 2021: Here’s everything the HFPA said about its lack of Black voters
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes 2021: Here’s everything the HFPA said about its lack of Black voters

LA Times  

In a 43-second address during the Golden Globes telecast, leaders of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. “Tonight, while we celebrate the work of artists from around the globe, we recognize we have our own work to do,” said Helen Hoehne, the HFPA’s vice president. We must have Black journalists in our organization.” Meher Tatna, a former president of the organization, …

Golden Globes Hollywood party became tepid Zoom call in 2021
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes Hollywood party became tepid Zoom call in 2021

LA Times  

Sunday night saw the telecast of the 78th Golden Globe Awards. Given that their historical raison d’etre is as a simulacrum of a “Hollywood party,” one question going in was how the producers would represent a party in a time of no parties? might acknowledge recent L.A. Times articles and the ensuing wider discussion, regarding the complete lack of Black …

Full coverage from Golden Globes 2021 — and the #TimesUpGlobes controversy
3 years, 10 months ago

Full coverage from Golden Globes 2021 — and the #TimesUpGlobes controversy

LA Times  

The 78th Golden Globes arrive this evening after a difficult week for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the organization behind the event. The investigation — which landed as the HFPA has increased its charitable donations and attempted to shake the perception that its voters can be swayed by gifts and high-priced junkets in exotic locales — revealed dissent within the …

Time’s Up slams Golden Globes response to diversity crisis in new letters to NBC, HFPA
3 years, 10 months ago

Time’s Up slams Golden Globes response to diversity crisis in new letters to NBC, HFPA

LA Times  

Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. In the note to NBC, Tchen said that her organization wished the HFPA would have “responded tonight with some awareness that the industry-wide discontent with its practices goes far beyond the embarrassing disclosure that they cannot recall the last time it had a Black member.” A close-up of Emma Watson’s “Times Up” tattoo. During the Globes, …

Why hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be the best part of the 2021 Golden Globes
3 years, 10 months ago

Why hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be the best part of the 2021 Golden Globes

LA Times  

Let’s face it: The best part of the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday will probably be the return of comedic duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who are cohosting the televised shindig for the fourth time. Fey declared that “‘The Hunger Games’ was one of the biggest films of the year.” But not without self-deprecating humor: “And also what I …

Golden Globes voters vow to ‘bring in Black members’ after HFPA investigation
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes voters vow to ‘bring in Black members’ after HFPA investigation

Firstpost  

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association got embroiled in a controversy because none from the 87-member panel were Black journalists As the Golden Globes ceremony draws close, the buzz around the annual show should be at a peak with celebrities fitting themselves for their outfits, practising their red carpet sound bites. There are 87 members who get to vote for the …

Time’s Up slams lack of Black voters for Golden Globes, calls for reforms
3 years, 10 months ago

Time’s Up slams lack of Black voters for Golden Globes, calls for reforms

LA Times  

Days before Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast, in the wake of a Times investigation that highlighted ethical lapses and the lack of any Black members in the voting body that hands out the awards, Time’s Up on Friday joined those calling for further reforms to the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. New energy,” DuVernay wrote, while Rhimes and others wrote, “A cosmetic …

Editorial: The group behind the Golden Globes needs a shakeup
3 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: The group behind the Golden Globes needs a shakeup

LA Times  

At its best, the Golden Globes awards show is a romp, a chummy, gossipy version of the far more serious Oscars. It pays its members to sit on its numerous committees — it spent about $1.9 million that way in the fiscal year ending June 2020, according to The Times’ report. Granted, HFPA members are earning less from their work …

Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses
3 years, 10 months ago

Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses

LA Times  

It appeared to be a moment of triumph in the long, tumultuous story of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. It’s outrageous.” As the HFPA grapples with thorny internal issues, this member described the group’s monthly membership meetings as “a war zone.” In response to questions posed by The Times, an HFPA representative said, “None of these allegations has ever been …

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