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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the embattled organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, has been methodically courting support from key Hollywood constituencies — studios and networks, publicists and philanthropic causes related to the entertainment industry — ahead of a return to NBC in 2023, possibly on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
In recent weeks, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, the leadership of the HFPA, an organization comprised of journalists and photographers for non-American media outlets, has been making the case to top officials at major studios and networks that the organization today no longer even resembles the one that was at the center of a firestorm just ahead of the 2021 Golden Globes, when a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the HFPA at that time included zero Black people among its then 87 members and had engaged in unethical conduct and suspect financial practices.
In the nearly year-and-a-half since,...
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the embattled organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, has been methodically courting support from key Hollywood constituencies — studios and networks, publicists and philanthropic causes related to the entertainment industry — ahead of a return to NBC in 2023, possibly on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
In recent weeks, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, the leadership of the HFPA, an organization comprised of journalists and photographers for non-American media outlets, has been making the case to top officials at major studios and networks that the organization today no longer even resembles the one that was at the center of a firestorm just ahead of the 2021 Golden Globes, when a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the HFPA at that time included zero Black people among its then 87 members and had engaged in unethical conduct and suspect financial practices.
In the nearly year-and-a-half since,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A funny thing happened on the way to reforming the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The entertainment industry started imagining the permanent demise of the corrupt 79-year-old cabal of Hollywood correspondents. While some publicists, talent, and distributors consider the January Golden Globes telecast as a vital link in the awards ecosystem, others are rooting for the HFPA to disappear forever.
Back on February 25, 2021, under pressure from NBC, which broadcasts the annual Golden Globes and is trying to negotiate down the 8-year 500-million TV rights deal signed in 2018, the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association vowed major change. NBC canceled the 2022 Golden Globes show to allow the HFPA time to institute a long list of reforms, which began taking shape in April 2021. Also holding the group’s feet to the fire was a consortium of publicists and Amazon, Netflix, and Warner Media, which refused to supply talent for interviews until long overdue reforms were made.
Back on February 25, 2021, under pressure from NBC, which broadcasts the annual Golden Globes and is trying to negotiate down the 8-year 500-million TV rights deal signed in 2018, the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association vowed major change. NBC canceled the 2022 Golden Globes show to allow the HFPA time to institute a long list of reforms, which began taking shape in April 2021. Also holding the group’s feet to the fire was a consortium of publicists and Amazon, Netflix, and Warner Media, which refused to supply talent for interviews until long overdue reforms were made.
- 6/30/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Give disruption a chance.
The Academy Board of Governors has danced on a tightrope for years. In order to be rich and powerful, the Academy is sustained by the hefty license fees and global audience attracted by the ABC global telecast. That’s its sustenance, but the show must also satisfy more than 9,000 members from 17 branches —the very industry insiders and artists whose votes make the Oscars meaningful.
This year, after the ratings disaster of the stripped-down pandemic Oscars dominated by Best Picture-winner “Nomadland,” the Academy is on notice to swing the pendulum back to a commercial, audience-pandering show complete with star hosts, star presenters, and star performers. You can bet Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, and Van Morrison are at the top of producer Will Packer’s wish list, vaccinated or not.
Oscar producers struggle to accommodate Oscar presentations in 23 categories within a three-hour broadcast along with comic banter, song-and-dance numbers,...
The Academy Board of Governors has danced on a tightrope for years. In order to be rich and powerful, the Academy is sustained by the hefty license fees and global audience attracted by the ABC global telecast. That’s its sustenance, but the show must also satisfy more than 9,000 members from 17 branches —the very industry insiders and artists whose votes make the Oscars meaningful.
This year, after the ratings disaster of the stripped-down pandemic Oscars dominated by Best Picture-winner “Nomadland,” the Academy is on notice to swing the pendulum back to a commercial, audience-pandering show complete with star hosts, star presenters, and star performers. You can bet Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, and Van Morrison are at the top of producer Will Packer’s wish list, vaccinated or not.
Oscar producers struggle to accommodate Oscar presentations in 23 categories within a three-hour broadcast along with comic banter, song-and-dance numbers,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Give disruption a chance.
The Academy Board of Governors has danced on a tightrope for years. In order to be rich and powerful, the Academy is sustained by the hefty license fees and global audience attracted by the ABC global telecast. That’s its sustenance, but the show must also satisfy more than 9,000 members from 17 branches —the very industry insiders and artists whose votes make the Oscars meaningful.
This year, after the ratings disaster of the stripped-down pandemic Oscars dominated by Best Picture-winner “Nomadland,” the Academy is on notice to swing the pendulum back to a commercial, audience-pandering show complete with star hosts, star presenters, and star performers. You can bet Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, and Van Morrison are at the top of producer Will Packer’s wish list, vaccinated or not.
Oscar producers struggle to accommodate Oscar presentations in 23 categories within a three-hour broadcast along with comic banter, song-and-dance numbers,...
The Academy Board of Governors has danced on a tightrope for years. In order to be rich and powerful, the Academy is sustained by the hefty license fees and global audience attracted by the ABC global telecast. That’s its sustenance, but the show must also satisfy more than 9,000 members from 17 branches —the very industry insiders and artists whose votes make the Oscars meaningful.
This year, after the ratings disaster of the stripped-down pandemic Oscars dominated by Best Picture-winner “Nomadland,” the Academy is on notice to swing the pendulum back to a commercial, audience-pandering show complete with star hosts, star presenters, and star performers. You can bet Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, and Van Morrison are at the top of producer Will Packer’s wish list, vaccinated or not.
Oscar producers struggle to accommodate Oscar presentations in 23 categories within a three-hour broadcast along with comic banter, song-and-dance numbers,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
More films from streaming services are in the awards race this year than ever, prompting some handwringing among awards season voters — most notably AMPAS board governor Steven Spielberg — about whether Svod films with limited theatrical runs are leading to the demise of theaters and deserving of the same consideration as traditional releases.
Netflix’s “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “Dolemite Is My Name” and “The Two Popes,” which hit select theaters for several weeks before they’re streamed, are garnering serious attention in several Golden Globes categories. Amazon is shortening the windows of two releases (“The Report” and “The Aeronauts”) to just two weeks alongside its hopefuls with conventional windows (“Honey Boy” and “Les Miserables”). And newcomer Apple Plus is throwing its hat in the ring for the first time with “Hala” and “The Elephant Queen,” both of which have limited theatrical runs. On Wednesday, Apple scrapped a planned gala screening of “The Banker,...
Netflix’s “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “Dolemite Is My Name” and “The Two Popes,” which hit select theaters for several weeks before they’re streamed, are garnering serious attention in several Golden Globes categories. Amazon is shortening the windows of two releases (“The Report” and “The Aeronauts”) to just two weeks alongside its hopefuls with conventional windows (“Honey Boy” and “Les Miserables”). And newcomer Apple Plus is throwing its hat in the ring for the first time with “Hala” and “The Elephant Queen,” both of which have limited theatrical runs. On Wednesday, Apple scrapped a planned gala screening of “The Banker,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Spielberg, James L. Brooks, Laura Dern, indie producers Stephanie Allain and Cassian Elwes, Disney-Pixar president Ed Catmull, Imagine Entertainment co-chair Michael Rosenberg and awards consultants Tony Angellotti, Melody Korenbrot and Michele Robertson are among a diverse group of hundreds of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who have thrown their hat in the ring as candidates for the organization's first truly open board of governors elections. The board is comprised of three representatives from each of the Academy's 17 branches — one rep from each branch comes up for election each year —
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- 5/19/2016
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles (AP) - Jackie Collins, the bestselling author of dozens of novels including "Hollywood Wives" that dramatized the lives of the rich and treacherous, has died.
Publicist Melody Korenbrot says Collins died of breast cancer on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 77.
Collins' family said in a statement that she was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force who entertained millions of readers for over four decades.
Her death was first reported by People magazine.
Publicist Melody Korenbrot says Collins died of breast cancer on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 77.
Collins' family said in a statement that she was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force who entertained millions of readers for over four decades.
Her death was first reported by People magazine.
- 9/19/2015
- by The Associated Press
- Moviefone
Notable Oscar campaigners include more mainstream publicity companies like 42West, ID-pr and Ginsberg/Libby, and an array of folks who specialize in foreign films, documentaries and below-the-line talent. Here are some important names to remember: Tony Angellotti The Angellotti Company A 10-year vet of the Miramax wars (though was he never on the Weinstein staff), Angellotti now handles awards for Disney and Pixar's animated films and Universal's live-action ones; this year, that gives him "Les Miserables," "Brave, Frankenweenie" and "This Is 40," among others. Melody Korenbrot Block-Korenbrot Public Relations Korenbrot is a powerhouse in the foreign-language and...
- 11/29/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations for the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards this morning. Among the nominees are docs "Armadillo," which received four nods and "The Battle for Marjah," "Better This World" and "Enemies of the People," which each received three. With 43 nominations overall, CBS is on top this year thanks in large part to "60 Minutes," while PBS came in a close second with 37. NBC, ABC and HBO also received double-digit nominations. The awards ceremony will take place Monday, October 1 at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Select categories are listed below -- for the full list of nominees, check out the Emmy Awards site. Best Documentary HBO Documentary Films (HBO): "How to Die in Oregon" Producer/Director: Peter Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins Pov...
- 7/12/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
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