There is not going to be a Golden Globes next year because the HFPA still hasn’t fixed their racism problem.

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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Racial Justice

Last week, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association released a “How We Will Be Less Racist and Generally Corrupt and Awful” plan which included adding more members, especially Black ones, hold new board elections, and limiting the kinds of gifts members could receive from studios and other groups. NBC took a look at the plan and was like, “Cool. You pass this, and we won’t cancel the Golden Globes. Probably.” So on Thursday of last week, a bunch of members of the HFPA approved the plan and set it for a vote in the summer. All good! Racism solved, right?

WRONG.

After the vote on Thursday, Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix, released a letter to the HFPA saying basically, “Not good enough,” and vowing that the streaming service will no longer be working with the HFPA until they do something bigger and faster. For instance, increasing the membership by 20 people is not going to cut it — Netflix wants to see the organization increase its membership by over 300, and do so in a matter of months, not over the course of a year and a half as proposed.

Netflix’s statement was then followed by denouncements of the HFPA’s proposal by 2021 Golden Globe winner Mark Ruffalo, GLAAD, Scarlett Johansson, Time’s Up, a group of more than 100 Hollywood publicists, and Amazon and WarnerMedia followed Netflix’s example and announced they, too, would no longer be working with the organization until they did better. And then! Tom Cruise, over here, he returned three of his Golden Globes.

All of this basically forced NBC to announce that they are canceling the 2022 Golden Globes after all, issuing a statement that read: “We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes.” But there’s still hope! “Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”

Though the exact language of the contract that the HFPA has with NBC in regards to broadcasting the awards ceremony isn’t public, it’s unlikely the organization will be able to shop the ceremony to another network for 2022, according to some entertainment lawyers. But even if they were free to go to another network, considering how many A-list actors and media companies are refusing to do business with them under these conditions — you ain’t gonna have a Golden Globes without HBO — it’s unclear that a ceremony could really even be held.

In response to the cancelation of the ceremony, HFPA put out its own statement promising to change as quickly as possible, and they included a timeline of actions. But even they seem to know a 2022 Golden Globes ain’t happening.

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Girl.

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And we have the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ new taglines. It returns next week and there’s no way I’m catching up but I’m going to try, dammit.

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Going Viral

We’ve dipped below 40,000 new cases yesterday, and we are at 46% of the total population who has received at least one shot, and 57% of the eligible population.

Today’s big news is that kids 12-15 are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine. This is fantastic news that will help get those high schools and middle schools back open in the fall. Get those needles in arms, y’all! It’s safe, I promise!

Speaking of the vaccine, hey Tuck? Have you been vaccinated? Why won’t you answer the question, Tuck? Because you’re out here scaring people about the vaccine and lying to folks that Dr. Fauci created the virus, and maybe your viewers should know whether or not you put your money — and your health — where your mouth is.

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE SIX DOSES OF THE VACCINE, THAT IS UNNECESSARY.

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Update on that fight Nielsen is having with the TV networks over how ratings were calculated during the pandemic: yeah, they were undercounting people.

Renewals

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Cancellations

  • Prodigal Son has been canceled at Fox after two seasons. So I guess casting Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alan Cumming was stunt casting to try to attract viewers? Huh.

In Development

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Mark Your Calendars

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  • Cartel Crew will return on VH1 on June 7.
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3 thoughts on “There is not going to be a Golden Globes next year because the HFPA still hasn’t fixed their racism problem.”

  1. I’ve already got appointments for my 2 boys, 12 and 15. Makes me feel a lot better about some of our summer plans.

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    1. Oh, I’m so happy to hear that! My 20-year-old who is another state and therefore can avoid my nagging got his today, and I’ve never felt such relief.

      -T

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