Golden Globes fallout: HFPA members voted not to hire a diversity consultant last summer Stacy Perman © (Todd Williamson / NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) HFPA board Chair Meher Tatna, left, HFPA President Ali Sar and HFPA Vice President Helen Hoehne attend the 78th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 28 (Todd Williamson / NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Last July, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests that erupted across the country, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., Lorenzo Soria, brought a motion to the membership to vote on hiring a diversity consultant. He recommended Pam Jackson, a former vice president of international distribution publicity at 20th Century Fox.
HFPA members voted not to hire a diversity consultant
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Golden Globes fallout: HFPA members voted not to hire a diversity consultant last summer
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Print On the eve of Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. continues to face a backlash over its response to criticism that the voting body does not have a single Black member.
Following a Times investigation that raised fresh questions about the HFPA and the makeup of its membership, several industry figures and organizations including directors Ava DuVernay and J.J. Abrams, actors Ellen Pompeo and Sterling K. Brown, comedian Amy Schumer, Time’s Up and the Directors Guild of America have called on the organization to cultivate inclusivity and address diversity in its ranks.
The organization’s official response to the calls for reform have also drawn fire from some of its own members.
Inside the HFPA, fallout continues over lack of Black Golden Globes voters Stacy Perman © (Alberto E. Rodriguez / WireImage ) The 77th Golden Globe Awards in 2020. (Alberto E. Rodriguez / Wire Image ) On the eve of Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. continues to face a backlash over its response to criticism that the voting body does not have a single Black member.
Following a Times investigation that raised fresh questions about the HFPA and the makeup of its membership, several industry figures and organizations including directors Ava DuVernay and J.J. Abrams, actors Ellen Pompeo and Sterling K. Brown, comedian Amy Schumer, Time’s Up and the Directors Guild of America have called on the organization to cultivate inclusivity and address diversity in its ranks.