to say: they also said: in a statement, the hfpa said: here's our la correspondent, david willis. this has been a terrible year for the hollywood foreign press association, no question about that. it has long been the butt ofjokes, portrayed as a group of about 85 starstruck journalists, many of whom work for obscure overseas publications. even then, part time rather than full—time in many cases. but those jokes became a lot more serious this year, following the publication of an expose in the los angeles