By FactsWow Team
Posted on: 09 Jan, 2023
One of the well-renowned red-carpet feasts is the Annual Golden Globe Awards, which honor the past year's best movies and television shows.
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Since its inception in 1944, the award function has been run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and has hit the headlines for numerous controversies surrounding the event.
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Based on a 2021 publication informing its readers, the award show doesn't hire any black journalists among its 87 members and gives freebies.
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Another outlet pointed out that in addition to bringing in corruption, bigotry, and snubs, it also questioned the morality of strong ties between the HFPA and movie studios that may influence the choice of Golden Globe candidates and winners.
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Another outlet pointed out that in addition to bringing in corruption, bigotry, and snubs, it also questioned the morality of strong ties between the HFPA and movie studios that may influence the choice of Golden Globe candidates and winners.
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Actors like Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson boycotted the event and urged others to do the same. The Mission Impossible star even gave back the three prizes he had collected previously.
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Along with Cruise, the NBC network, which has previously broadcast the awards, refrained from telecasting the 2022 Golden Globes.
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After appointing a new strategic diversity advisor in March 2021, the HFPA committed to having at least 13% Black members.
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However, shortly after, sources claimed that former eight-term president and HFPA member Philip Berk had called Black Lives Matter a 'racist hate movement' in an email. Berk and other group members were kicked out.
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The upcoming 2023 Golden Globes ceremony will happen on January 10 at 8 p.m. and will air on NBC. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will host this year's award function.
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