The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under fire right now. Here's why
A report last week by the Los Angeles Times revealed just how much money the HFPA was earning from TV network NBC and, despite it being a tax-exempt, not-for-profit group, how much it was paying its members.
Unlike the film and television academies behind the Oscars or the Emmys that have up to tens of thousands of voting members, the HFPA is only made up of 87 people.
The LA Times spoke to some of those members who even accused the HFPA of self dealing and ethical lapses, including $2 million in annual payments to members.
Here's an excerpt from that report:
"Last fiscal year, the organization pulled in $27.4 million from the network [NBC] up from $3.64 million in fiscal 2016-2017, according to a budget document. As of the end of October, the HFPA had just over $50 million in cash on hand, internal financial documents show."
The association has been paying members hefty fees for things like archival work, travel allowances and pandemic payments.
And this bit is particularly interesting...
The article also mentioned situations where the HFPA would nominate a production after being lavished by the studio behind that production.
About that Emily in Paris nomination, the article said:
"In 2019, more than 30 HFPA members flew to France to visit the set of the new series "Emily in Paris." While there, Paramount Network treated the group to a two-night stay at the five-star Peninsula Paris hotel, where rooms currently start at about $1,400 a night, and a news conference and lunch at the Musee des Arts Forains, a private museum filled with amusement rides dating to 1850 where the show was shooting."
To summarise, the LA times article, citing various media reports, said:
"In the years since, HFPA members have frequently been portrayed as celebrity-obsessed freeloaders, exchanging votes for perks and access and undermining any notion of journalistic credibility."
You can read that LA Times report here.
https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMibmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFiYy5uZXQuYXUvbmV3cy8yMDIxLTAzLTAxLzIwMjEtZ29sZGVuLWdsb2Jlcy1saXZlLXJlZC1jYXJwZXQtbG9va3MtYW5kLXdpbm5lcnMtYW5ub3VuY2VkLzEzMTk2MjE00gEA?oc=5
2021-03-01 00:26:00Z
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