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So, that happened. It’s always happening.
Working in the entertainment industry means awards season is akin to the Super Bowl. Using that same Super Bowl analogy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) committed a significant fumble during the 4th quarter just one week prior to their awards ceremony, the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In a scathing report, it was revealed that the HFPA did not have any Black members.
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An array of A-list stars including Ava DuVernay, Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett, Gina Prince-Bythewood and more joined an initiative called #TimesUpGlobes to call out the lack of representation accompanied by copy noting, “a cosmetic fix just isn’t enough.” On the eve of the ceremony, yet another report resurfaced that a Black applicant from the UK named Samantha Ofole-Prince had been rejected from the association in 2013 because she didn’t fulfill the bylaws requirements, a decision which caused some internal controversy (with another member claiming it was actually because she didn’t receive “sufficient votes”).