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The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has voted to adopt Todd Boehly's plan to transform the nonprofit into a for-profit venture under his corporate umbrella Eldridge Industries.
“D-day,” as some in the entertainment industry were calling it, was looming.
It was just two weeks before May 6, the date when the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. the group that puts on the Golden Globes had promised to unveil a slate of reforms aimed at “transformational change.” The pledge had come after a Times investigation highlighted allegations of financial and ethical lapses by the group and pointed out that not one of its 86 members is Black, spurring outrage in Hollywood.
On that April Tuesday, a handful of consultants for the embattled association met with a group of activists and publicists who’d been vocal in their criticism. The publicists represented a contingent of more than 100 powerful firms who’d declared that their clients would boycott the HFPA refusing to participate in screenings, interviews or award shows until the organization reformed. The activists included representatives from Color of Change and Time’s Up, including director Ava DuVe