The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has recruited another 128 journalists to join the voting body that selects the nominees and winners of the annual Golden Globe Awards. The new recruits bring…
The new recruits bring the number of people set to vote for the 2024 Globe kudos to 310, representing journalists from 76 countries around the world. The HFPA had publicly committed to significantly expanding the voting base for the Globes after facing scandal and upheaval for the lack of diversity among its membership base and for its internal practices.
With the new voters included, the racial and ethnic breakdown of the voters determining the Globe awards will be “25% Latinx, 14% Asian, 10% Black, 9% Middle Eastern and 42% white,” according to the HFPA’s news release. “At least 17% of the voting body self-identifies as LGBTQIA+.” excited at the unprecedented achievement in building a truly global voting body where 58% self-identifyThe HFPA is also in the process of expanding the core membership of that organization. The new voters for the Globes will not be full-fledged members of the association but they will be subject to the HFPA’s Golden Globes Code of Conduct rules. According to its bylaws, the HFPA’s window for recruiting new members comes in the summer time. The HFPA added 21 new members in October 2021.
After the Times report, major Hollywood publicity firms vowed to boycott the Globes until the HFPA made fundamental changes to the organization that had previously been insular and opaque. The new Globe voters bring in representation from such countries Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Serbia and Tanzania.
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