Big changes in the much-contested Hollywood Foreign Press Association: 103 new voters added

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association The HFPA has added 103 new voters to the group that oversees and votes the Golden Globe Awards.

These new additions mean a doubling of the voting body, with a higher level of diversity. So, the institution tries to silence the scandals that have affected the organization in recent years.

the new plan

The HFPA has announced a plan to add more members to the voting body, although new voters will not join as permanent members of the HFPA. In fact, this is the first time the HFPA has welcomed non-members who can vote at the Golden Globes.

As the president of the HFPA stated, Helen HohneThe move is part of the organization’s plan to “transform” and introduce a wider range of perspectives before reaching the 2023 awards ceremony.

Although this decision aims to improve the situation of the organization, it is still unclear where that ceremony will air, as the NBC network ceased to take charge of the broadcast of the ceremony of these awards, in May 2021 due to the problems posed. the lack of diversity among HFPA members, plus some controversial financial practices.

The official statement

In a statement seeking to clarify and improve the situation, the HFPA provided demographics of new voters: 22.3% are Latin, 13.6% are black, 11.7% are Asian, 10.7% are Middle Eastern and 41.7% are white. However, 58.3% of the members self-identify as “ethnically different”.

In the new diagram, the overall voting body is now made up of 200 members of which 52% are women while 51.5% present themselves as “racial and ethnic diversity”

Among them, there are 19.5% Latino members, 12% Asian, 10% black and another 10% Middle Eastern members. The statement says the voting body also includes people who identify as LGBTQIA +, although no specific numbers on sexual orientation have been provided.

Furthermore, the voting body now represents a wider geographical range, with 43.5% of the voters coming from Europe, 18.5% from Latin America, 17% from Asia, 9% from the Middle East and 7% from Asia.% From Africa.

Ensure diversification

“After expanding our membership last year with 21 more, it was clear that we needed to find new opportunities to add more voters to ensure continued diversification and growth in the voting body,” said Hoehne.

He added: “The entry of new non-member voters from international markets gives us the opportunity to increase voter turnout more rapidly, preserving our international identity and keeping a commitment to engage skilled and experienced entertainment journalists.” .

For his part, Neil Phillips, who has served as HFPA’s first director of diversity since November 2021, said: “Our work is not complete as we will continue to identify and recruit additional members and non-member voters to expand, diversify and strengthen the Golden Globe Awards and thus maintain its unique international line, ”he said.

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