Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWith the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. mired in a scandal over its lack of Black members and shoddy ethical practices, many in show business are wondering if the Golden Globes have permanently lost their luster.According to top film executives, agents and celebrity wranglers, studios and stars aren’t quite ready to tell the HFPA to take a hike.In the days leading up to last February’s broadcast, two major film studios considered an outright boycott of the nearly 80-year-old franchise, following two damning reports about financial irregularities and the questionable influence wielded by the notoriously lean group of journalists (almost 90 members, as opposed to the nearly 10,000-member Academy).
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