{"id":184390,"date":"2021-03-01T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184390"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:00:43","slug":"golden-globe-committee-under-fire-for-lack-of-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golden-globe-committee-under-fire-for-lack-of-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globe Committee Under Fire For Lack Of Diversity"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgolden-globe-committee-under-fire-for-lack-of-diversity%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=184390&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\/03\/GettyImages-1304620623-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the committee that determines who wins Golden Globe awards, is under fire for its lack of a single black member and comments made in internal emails regarding the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-02-27\/hfpa-fallout-black-golden-globes-voters-hollywood\">investigated<\/a> the HFPA and published emails from members discussing the lack of diversity. Previously, HFPA President Theo Kingma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2021-02-26\/golden-globes-diversity-times-up\">told<\/a> the Times that the organization was working to change its voting body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that we should give a serious look at; times have changed, but sadly our bylaws don\u2019t change as quickly,\u201d he told the outlet Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>That interview irked some other HFPA members, including Dierk Sindermann, who is Austria, Germany, and Switzerland\u2019s representative in the committee. Sindermann wrote an email to Kingma decrying his interview, writing, \u201cMaybe I misunderstood you as the HFPA counsel but to my recollection you urged members not to comment publicly on internal affairs. Does this rule not apply any more?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his interview with the Times last week, Kingma said that the black woman who was denied a place in the HFPA in 2013, British-based Samantha Ofole-Prince, was denied a place because \u201cshe didn\u2019t fulfill the [bylaws] requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer publications paid her less than European publications, and she couldn\u2019t make a living here, which was more the reason to accept her. HFPA access would have really helped her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sindermann wrote in his email, however, that Ofole-Prince was rejected by the HFPA because she didn\u2019t have \u201csufficient votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of members are probably unaware that in 2013 there was a controversy in regards of black applicant Samantha Ofole-Prince,\u201d Sindermann wrote, adding that Kingma\u2019s comments on the situation were \u201cat best tone deaf and simply false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HFPA COO and General Counsel Gregory Goeckner replied to Sindermann\u2019s email by saying, \u201cPlease let\u2019s not discuss this on email.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane Fonda, the left-wing actress who received the HFPA\u2019s Cecil B. DeMill award, told the committee during a Zoom call that they needed to \u201cget more women\u201d and black members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must say, get more women. I\u2019m only the 17th time that a woman has won [the career achievement award]. And also, we need to help you get more Black members,\u201d Fonda said, according to a transcript reviewed by the Times.<\/p>\n<p>One member claimed that \u201cThey haven\u2019t applied and nobody wrote about that,\u201d adding that the HFPA is \u201copen to anybody as long as you\u2019re based in Southern California and write for an international magazine. The press never picked up on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worse, the HFPA\u2019s president, Meher Tatna, couldn\u2019t even recall the name of the last black member on the committee. It has been 20 years, which \u201cwas before my time, but I don\u2019t remember what country he came from,\u201d Tatna <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/awards\/awards\/golden-globes-no-black-members-hfpa-1234916590\/\">told<\/a> Variety.<\/p>\n<p>The HFPA also released an official statement on the committee\u2019s need for black members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully committed to ensuring our membership is reflective of the communities around the world who love film, TV and the artists inspiring and educating them,\u201d a representative told the Times. \u201cWe understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well as members from other underrepresented backgrounds, and we will immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest controversy facing the HFPA. As The Daily Wire\u2019s Charlotte Pence Bond previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hollywood-foreign-press-association-accused-of-ethical-violations-ahead-of-golden-globes\">reported<\/a>, the organization was accused of ethical violations the week before the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p><em><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">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<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the committee that determines who wins Golden Globe awards, is under fire for its lack of a single black member and comments made in internal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274447,"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\/03\/GettyImages-1304620623-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Golden Globe Committee Under Fire For Lack Of Diversity","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1304620623-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Golden Globe Committee Under Fire For Lack Of Diversity","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184390","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=184390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}