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The cancellation of next years Golden Globes was hardly a foregone conclusion.
Now the HFPA has found itself increasingly forsaken by the Hollywood firmament it so long and assiduously courted.
The Black member/diversity thing was a smoke screen, one awards-campaign executive says.
Publicists today want to control the outlet selections for their talent promoting TV or movies.
But they cannot deem any individual outlet represented by any single HFPA member verboten.
Get the group, get them all!
That drives them crazy.
Its all about control.
tone of the publicists March 15 open letter more than a little disingenuous.
These people know everything thats going on.
They know the [HFPA] members by name.
Theyre more than witness to the lack of diversity.
But Im guessing its probably a number less than one.
On May 6, Netflixs Ted Sarandos sent a letter to the HFPA that was obtained byDeadlinethe next day.
We know that you have many well-intentioned members who want real change, Sarandos wrote.
Ted had them all to his house, one film executive tells Vulture.
He didnt notice that none of them are Black?
They made the 2022 Globes unfeasible.
