Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe group behind the Golden Globe Awards introduced a plan on Monday to increase the number of Black members and people of color within its organization, as well as proposed restrictions on the gifts its voters can accept and the payment they receive for their work on committees.The moves come as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small group of journalists who award the annual honors, finds itself in a public relations and organizational crisis.
It’s one that threatens to destroy the group’s relationship with the A-list talent that makes its telecast “appointment viewing,” which, in turn, secures the non-profit a lucrative television contract courtesy of NBC and Dick Clark.
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