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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which during the past eight months has been reforming its organization in the wake of criticism over a lack of diverse membership, questionable standards and conduct, announced nominations for its 2022 Golden Globes on Monday. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast from Focus Features and…

My good colleague Pete Hammond tells us the film awards season is in full swing, live and in-person. Screenings. Panels. Parties. Lunch with the stars. Just like 2019. Now, if the audience would only catch up. This weekend, an extremely important connection got missed, as Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, meant to…

"Honestly, when I look across our country and see what diversity, equity and inclusion is demanding of organizations across the country, there's so much of how the HFPA has been approaching this that I think is really wonderful," new Hollywood Foreign Press Association chief diversity officer Neil Phillips says of the…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced the hiring of Neil Phillips as its first Chief Diversity Officer, in keeping with a promise made last spring, surrounding the introduction of a new, permanent leadership position at the embattled Golden Globes organization. In his new role, Phillips will play an…

“This is a petty and vindictive move. It is actually an insult to the industry,” said Critics Choice Awards President Joey Berlin of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s rescheduled January 9 date for its show. That happens to be the same night of the annual Critics Choice event which, unlike the Globes this…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is moving forward with plans to bestow Golden Globe honors this movie season, even in the absence of the typical awards ceremony broadcast on NBC, Deadline has confirmed. A source said Monday that “the HFPA plans to recognize the performances of 2021 to celebrate the great work…

The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association has added five new people to its nine-member Credentials Committee. The group helps select new members, a key element in the Golden Globes organization’s efforts to address an admitted lack of diversity among the once-insular group. The new committee members are…

UPDATED with selection of non-member to board of directors: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Tuesday said its newly elected board of directors has selected the three non-members — Jeff Harris, Dr. Joanna Dodd Massey and Sharlette Hambrick to join the board. The new board now has a total of 15 directors per…

Fighting to stay alive, the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association has elected a nearly 20-year veteran to lead the group into what may or may not be better days. Helen Hoehne will be the next President of the HFPA, it was revealed today. The elevation of the group's VP to the top job of the 80-member-plus…

(UPDATED with NBC & dick clark production statements) The 2022 Golden Globes remain canceled, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is praying its latest set of self-described reforms can finally turn things around with Tinseltown. “Three months ago, we made a promise to commit to transformational change and…

EXCLUSIVE: A deep-pocketed effort to send members of the addled and reform-promising Hollywood Foreign Press Association to the Venice Film Festival this year has been kiboshed due to a resurgence of the coronavirus. Expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars out of diminishing HFPA coffers, the Golden Globes…

The besieged Hollywood Foreign Press Association has responded to new calls for deeper reforms by putting “several more key pieces in place,” its board said today. The HFPA updated its Code of Conduct and hired a diversity consultant in May after taking flak from many sides for weeks over the lack of diversity in its…