Yesterday Netflix, which dominated the most recent Golden Globes, announced it was not satisfied with recently announced plans for reform by the HFPA, and would not be working with them anymore until more changes were made.
This is on top of an announcement the same day that 100 global PR firms would “continue to refrain from any HFPA sanctioned events, including press conferences.” No doubt a number of big stars want to avoid having to associate and take photos with HFPA members when their racism is increasingly visible. But Deadline reports that also at issue is the informal, corruption-friendly policies that govern HFPA activities. It does seem that if the Golden Globes are to continue in any viable form, they are going to have to be based on significant change to the organization, making it more diverse and less corrupt. Of course, if studios and publicists can no longer buy and schmooze their way to nominations and wins, it will remain to be seen what value the GG add to the Emmys and Oscars (themselves of course somewhat embattled for somewhat different reasons). https://deadline.com/2021/05/netflix-hollywood-foreign-press-ultimatum-ted-sarandos-diversity-inclusion-controversy-1234752218/ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLoSkryMm9VRc-dQz9c_a3XycrFRSZ2HbVtgd8t%2BZOD0g%40mail.gmail.com.
