{"id":165502,"date":"2021-02-23T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165502"},"modified":"2021-02-23T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:43:57","slug":"hollywood-foreign-press-association-accused-of-ethical-violations-ahead-of-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-foreign-press-association-accused-of-ethical-violations-ahead-of-golden-globes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Accused Of Ethical Violations Ahead Of Golden Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-foreign-press-association-accused-of-ethical-violations-ahead-of-golden-globes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A54338E3-D2FF-4E23-8959-31DE17D44584_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new report and investigation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-02-21\/hfpa-golden-globes-2021\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> details how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hosts the Golden Globe Awards each year, is facing allegations of ethical failures.<\/p>\n<p>The Times conducted an investigation, including \u201cinterviews with more than 50 people \u2014 including studio publicists, entertainment executives and seven current and former members \u2014 as well as court filings and internal financial documents and communications,\u201d which it claims shows the organization fighting to rid itself of the negative reputation it has accrued.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reports,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Times\u2019 investigation also found that the nonprofit HFPA regularly issues substantial payments to its own members in ways that some experts say could run afoul of Internal Revenue Service guidelines. HFPA members collected nearly $2 million in payments from the group in its fiscal year ending in June 2020 for serving on various committees and performing other tasks \u2014 more than double the level three years earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An HFPA representative told The Times, \u201cNone of these allegations has ever been proven in court or in any investigation, [and they] simply repeat old tropes about the HFPA and reflect unconscious bias against the HFPA\u2019s diverse membership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The association also said that \u201call active members have to present clippings every year as part of the robust reaccreditation process\u201d that is reviewed by Ernst &#038; Young.<\/p>\n<p>The Times also questioned the representative about the findings regarding increases in payments to HFPA members.\u00a0The HFPA representative responded, \u201cOur compensation decisions are based on an evaluation of compensation practices by similar nonprofit organizations and market rates for such services\u201d and are \u201cvetted by a professional nonprofit compensation consultant and outside counsel, where appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the organization was sued by a Norwegian entertainment journalist who had not been given membership into the group. In November, a federal judge sided with the HFPA over the journalist, Kjersti Flaa, who accused the group of institutionalizing a \u201cculture of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times, Flaa claimed that \u201cthe tax-exempt organization operated as a kind of cartel, barring qualified applicants \u2014 including herself \u2014 and monopolizing all-important press access while improperly subsidizing its members\u2019 income.\u201d Flaa also contended that the organization had many ethical conflicts, saying that members would accept \u201cthousands of dollars in emoluments\u201d from the studios, networks and celebrities to whom they gave awards.<\/p>\n<p>The judge dismissed the suit \u201cpartly on the grounds that Flaa didn\u2019t suffer economic or professional hardship as a result of her exclusion from the association,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times spoke to current HFPA members who declined to be identified, reportedly out of fear of retribution from other members. One such member was disappointed with the suit\u2019s dismissal, saying, \u201cI thought it would shake things up\u2026. We are an archaic organization. I still think the HFPA needs outside pressure to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The HFPA has had issues in the past, from lawsuits to scandals, but the most recent criticism came from its nomination of Netflix\u2019s new series, \u201cEmily in Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, The Times reports that more than 30 HFPA members flew to France in order to visit the set. Paramount Network reportedly paid for two nights at the five-star Peninsula Paris hotel and a news conference and lunch at the private museum, Mus\u00e9e des Arts Forains, where the show was filming.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThey treated us like kings and queens,\u201d said one member who participated in the set visit. (Other non-HFPA media also separately visited the show\u2019s set, including a freelance contributor to The Times who interviewed the show\u2019s creator, Darren Star).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEmily in Paris\u201d ended up getting two Golden Globes nominations this year \u2014 best television musical or comedy series and best actress for the show\u2019s star, Lily Collins. Speculation arose amidst some television insiders who didn\u2019t think the series was worthy of an award.<\/p>\n<p>One of the show\u2019s writers, Deborah Copaken, wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/feb\/03\/emily-in-paris-writer-on-i-may-destroy-you-snub-golden-globes\">op-ed<\/a> saying she was surprised by the nomination. \u201cIt never occurred to me that our show would be nominated,\u201d Copaken wrote, taking issue with the fact that \u201cI May Destroy You,\u201d a drama about sexual assault, was not nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Paramount Network and Netflix declined to comment to The Times.<\/p>\n<p>Some argue that the HFPA needs to change in order to survive, but others told The Times that the awards are desired by those in Hollywood and the industry gains an advantage from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the studios wanted to kill the Golden Globes, they could overnight,\u201d said one source who has worked closely with the HFPA. \u201cBut everybody likes getting an award, and with the money and everything that comes with a show of that magnitude, it\u2019s like a snowball you can\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 78th Golden Globe Awards are set to air on February 28. The HFPA is a non-profit organization that has been around since the early 1940s and currently consists of only 87 international journalists as its members.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report and investigation by The Los Angeles Times details how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hosts the Golden Globe Awards each year, is facing allegations of ethical &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274075,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A54338E3-D2FF-4E23-8959-31DE17D44584_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Accused Of Ethical Violations Ahead Of Golden Globes","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A54338E3-D2FF-4E23-8959-31DE17D44584_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Accused Of Ethical Violations Ahead Of Golden Globes","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}