The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is once again facing accusations of corruption and possible violations of the tax-exempt organization. At the center of the new report is an antitrust lawsuit filed by Norwegian journalist and HFPA member Kjersti Flaa, who accused the organization of allowing a “culture of corruption” and claimed “the tax-exempt organization operated as a kind of cartel, barring qualified applicants — including herself — and monopolizing all-important press access while improperly subsidizing its members’ income.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Norwegian entertainment reporter on Monday sued the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that gives out the Golden Globe Awards, alleging that it acts as […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the annual award show, said films that are first released on television or a streaming service will be eligible for January’s Globes. Usually, the Globes mandate that a film play for a week in a Los Angeles theater or on pay-per-view, as well as have an official screening for its voting members.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger said he has a hard time saying anything positive about President Donald Trump when he hosted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards will introduce a new TV special achievement trophy at next month’s telecast and name it after its first recipient — comedic icon […]
FX is closing its chapter as a 21st Century Fox network on a high note, edging awards juggernauts HBO and Netflix to top the list of networks with most Golden Globes nominations, 10. It was a very tight race, reflecting the increased competition, with HBO and Amazon’s Prime Video tied for second with 9 noms apiece and Netflix right behind in fourth with 8, followed by Showtime with 6.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg will share host duties at the Golden Globe Awards. Producers on Wednesday announced the co-hosts for the Jan. 6 ceremony. The […]
The Golden Globes may be on the move as its longtime TV home NBC failed to close a new deal for the highly rated awards franchise within its exclusive negotiation window.
The Golden Globes will be live-streamed for the first time this year. NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reached a deal that allows the network to stream the awards show in a variety of ways, including through its own website, nbc.com/live, or via its NBC mobile app to pay TV subscribers.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As the host of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants dinner, Chelsea Handler said she relished the chance to leave political talk aside for […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The group behind the Golden Globes shared $1.6 million of its annual awards-show spoils with 40 nonprofit arts organizations Tuesday, but its cast of celebrity […]
The judge had to determine whether a 1993 agreement between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions gave the production company the right to work on the Golden Globe Awards perpetually, provided it airs on NBC. U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz ruled it did.
Testimony Ends In Globes Broadcast Trial
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz warned attorneys for the Globes’ organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and its longtime producers that he would declare a clear winner, which could result in the Globes being tangled up on appeal for another awards season.
HFPA’s Berk Testimony Contradicts Moonves
Philip Berk, the current chairman and former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and a key witness in the organization’s legal battle against Dick Clark Productions over who controls the television rights to the Golden Globes said in court Thursday that he’s “never really been interested in contracts.”
Moonves: CBS Might Have Bid $25 Million
A video of CBS chief Leslie Moonves giving his testimony in the trial over the broadcast rights to the Golden Globes between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions, accompanied by a transcript, was made public Tuesday after it was filed late Monday. Moonves says in his video that he might have bid at least $25 million for the rights to the awards telecast, but that was only the opening of negotiations.
Graboff: NBC Overpaid For Golden Globes
Marc Graboff, who until recently was NBC’s president of West Coast business operations, testified Friday that he warned his bosses at the network that the price tag for the Golden Globes, which ended up being an average of $21.5 million per show, was too high. Graboff was testifying in the legal battle over who controls the TV rights for the Golden Globes between the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which owns the Globes, and Dick Clark Productions, the longtime producer of the awards show.
When it comes to getting a television deal done, the rule is that there are no rules. That was the takeaway from Day 3 of the legal battle over who controls the television rights to the Golden Globe Awards show. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and Dick Clark Productions — partners on the Golden Globes for almost 30 years — are fighting in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz will decide whether the awards show’s television rights will be controlled by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association or by Dick Clark Productions. The decision will alter the future of the glitzy gala and whether it will remain on NBC or, for the first time in 17 years, appear on another network.
Because the Golden Globes are held in January, the voters of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association get first crack at assessing new shows from the fall season. That often makes the results a bellwether.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced through Twitter on Wednesday that Gervais will take his third turn as Globes host on Jan. 15.
The request by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a trial to decide who owns the show’s broadcast rights during the first week of January is opposed by the show’s longtime producer, Dick Clark Productions.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A trial to resolve a dispute over broadcast rights to the Golden Globe Awards has been delayed for at least a month. Opening statements in the […]
Dick Clark Productions and the show’s organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are locked in a federal lawsuit over who owns broadcast rights to the glitzy awards show, which draws in millions of viewers each year. The HFPA sued the production company last year claiming that it sold the broadcast rights to the show through 2018 without proper permission.
Tuesday’s ruling follows the court’s denial Monday of a motion by Dick Clark Prods. to dismiss the breach of contract suit lodged by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Just a few weeks before the Golden Globe ceremony, tension is soaring between Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as the telecast producer’s contract is about to expire and a lawsuit stands between the parties and a new agreement.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s suit against Dick Clark Productions, which produces the Golden Globes show, and its parent company alleges trademark infringement and breach of contract.
