Sunday’s Golden Globes is taking place without a red carpet, an audience or even a televised broadcast following a year of widespread criticism about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity and ethics issues.
The HFPA’s tussle with diversity and ethics issues came to a head last year after a shocking lack of nominations for Black talent. Aalso revealed unethical behavior and that its 87 voting members didn’t include one Black journalist.
Studios said they would boycott the Globes and more than 100 PR films said their clients wouldn’t participate until the HFPA swiftly implemented "profound and lasting change." Tom Cruise returned his three Globes to the group’s headquarters. "HFPA 2.0," recently elected president Helen Hoehne has called it. The group
, including adding a chief diversity officer; overhauling its board; inducting 21 new members, including six Black journalists; bringing in the NAACP on a five-year partnership; and updating its code of conduct.NBC, the Globes’ longtime telecaster, said it won’t air the 2022 Globes because "change of this magnitude takes time and work.
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