Hollywood hungry for Golden Globes return: ‘I could be out $30K a year’
24.08.2022 - 01:01
/ nypost.com
banished by NBC — over a lack of diversity as well as alleged ethical mis-steps — Hollywood is now buzzing that it might be back in 2023. And some insiders are thrilled.“I do make a bonus if our project wins,” said an awards campaigner for a top streaming platform. “If the Globes go by the wayside, I could be out thirty grand a year.”Indeed, finances are the main factor driving the Globes’ possible return“For our purposes, it would help to have themback on the air.
If your client wins, they get press, more money, we make more money, the project makes more money. It sets you up for Oscar and Emmy attention,” a talent agency pro told The Post. But, that same source pointed out, there is squeamishness about letting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group behind the awards, off the hook too easily and looking like a hypocrite.
“[The HFPA] cornered the market on political incorrectness. They rarely nominated Black projects or actors,” the talent agency pro said. “Maybe they can pull their s–t together intime and meet industry demands.
No one wants to be associated with lack of diversity, corruption, payola, bribery. Not that the rest of Hollywood isn’t full of that, too.”The difference, of course, is that the HFPA was publicly called to the red carpet on it.Tom Cruise returned three Golden Globes after the HFPA’s dirty laundry was exposed by the LA Times in February 2021. The paper reported that the group had zero Black members and a poor track record of nominating actors and directors of color.
The HFPA was accused of shady payments to members that could run afoul of the IRS. Past president Philip Berk was accused of racism and sexual assault. And celebrity publicists complained of shoddy behavior at actor
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