highly publicized telecast, none of that is happening this year. and it makes sense. this group has always been criticized for the fact that they re so few in number. before the scandal, there were less than 90 of them. they had a tremendous amount of power in hollywood. there was a sense that they encouraged the celebrities to schmooze them and a lot of concerns about how they wielded their power and once the diversity angle came out and it was realized that they didn t have black people as members of their group, hollywood hit a pause button, nbc stepped away and now a lot of publicists and a lot of outlet studios are not even using the golden globe nominations in their press. so interesting. there s a question of whether the golden globes will even be a part of the normal award show ramp up that leads to the oscars. so there s a lot going on with them and the pandemic has
we shouldn t care, but we do. what do you think went on behind the scenes before that statement went up and what goes into crafting a high profile apology? publicists usually, can t say for sure, but usually heavily involved, probably several rounds, you ve got to say it this way might take this word up with her. hey, here, a period there, et cetera and et cetera. understand this is an effort for, what, in most cases? is it that they are sincere and apologetic or is it to keep their career intact and be able to make more movies and more money? i will let you decide. i know what goes on behind the scenes in most cases, i do like to give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to apologies. look at your screen. will smith actually slapped another guy about ten years ago in moscow.
and taraji p henson announcing the nominations from home, and before that, of course, you had the normal globe nominations who were big celebrities, a list celebrities and their publicists would show up early in the morning, like 5:00am or 6:00am, in los angeles. it was a lot of pomp and circumstance in announcing the golden globe nominations. none of that this year. i was there live at around 5:00am in beverly hills, at the beverly hills inn and the only celebrity on hand was the rapper, snoop dogg, surprisingly. he did some of the nominations and he was followed by the president of the hollywood foreign press association, helen hoehne, who did the rest of the nominations so quite a different tone. much more i would say sombre, much more respectful, not a lot of pomp and circumstance. considering you are inside the tent now and we really want to find out from you notjust whether you have been
they have admitted 21 people which brings the total to 100 total members of the holywood foreign press association which is the organisation that puts on the annual golden globes telecasts and the right six black members total now in the holywood foreign press association and overall, out of the new membership, there is nearly half of them who are women. they are moving much more towards diversity. they have not reached the goal yet but they are moving in the right direction and today was a very different tone for the golden globe nominations. last year, it was all virtual so you had actress cedric adjustor parker and others announcing nominations. sarahjessica nominations. sarah jessica parker. nominations. sarahjessica parker. big celebrities, a list celebrities and publicists would show up early in the
since october and during that time they have admitted 21 people which brings the total to a little bit over 100 total members of the hollywood foreign press association which is the organisation that puts on the annual golden globes telecast and, yes, you re right, there are six black members total now in the hollywood foreign press association and overall, out of the new membership, there is nearly half of them are women. they are moving much more towards diversity. they have not reached the goal yet but they are definitely moving in the right direction and today was a very different tone for the golden globe nominations. i don t know if you remember but last year, it was all virtual so you had actress sarahjessica parker and taraji p henson announcing the nominations from home, and before that, of course, you had the normal globe nominations who were big celebrities, a list celebrities and their publicists would show up early in the morning, like 5:00am or 6:00am,