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Why the HFPA Must Clean Up Its Act After This Year’s Golden Globes

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Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefI think it’s safe to assume that the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. is not exactly overflowing with excitement over its Golden Globes extravaganza this coming weekend.

Rather, the group is scrambling to play damage control in response to a scathing exposé by the Los Angeles Times published this week.Throughout the decades, the scandal-ridden HFPA has been sued and widely criticized for its questionable ethics and the bona fides of its journalist members, who are known to accept extravagant trips and gifts from those hoping to sway their voting.

As the Times’ deeply reported piece points out, the HFPA has been “struggling to shake its reputation as a group whose awards or nominations can be influenced with.

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