HFPA – What's Worth Seeing…

Banshees and Fabelmans among big Golden Globe winners as HFPA shrugs off sexual harassment and racial discrimination claims.

11th January 202324th January 2023Jason Korsner

Hollywood has shrugged off allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination and corruption still hanging over the newly reformed Hollywood Foreign Press Association to [click for more...]

Banshees of Inisherin tops Golden Globes nominations as HFPA fails to shake off legal action

13th December 202224th January 2023Jason Korsner

Nearly two years after the revelation that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had no black African members – a scandal that brought the [click for more...]

Golden Globes group expels 2nd member in 3 months ahead of comeback nominations

23rd November 202224th November 2022Jason Korsner

3 weeks before the Golden Globes announce their comeback nominations, a second HFPA has been expelled in just 3 months. WHAT’S WORTH SEEING [click for more...]

Scandal-hit Golden Globes to return to TV next January

20th September 202220th September 2022Jason Korsner

The scandal-hit Golden Globes Awards are to return to TV screens to mark their eightieth anniversary next January. The American TV network NBC [click for more...]

Golden Globes body expels member who’s suing it for sexual harassment

27th August 202228th August 2022Jason Korsner

The organisation behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is reported to have expelled a member who is suing it for [click for more...]

HFPA members agree to hand Golden Globes to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly

29th July 202210th August 2022Jason Korsner

Members of the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who’ve been cut adrift from the entertainment industry amid allegations of racism and self-dealing, have [click for more...]

Golden Globe voter accuses HFPA board members of sexual harassment

12th May 202213th May 2022Jason Korsner

Two board members of the group that hands out the Golden Globes have been accused of sexual harassment, by a member who himself is [click for more...]

The Power of the Dog and West Side Story dominate an “exclusive” Golden Globes

10th January 202223rd January 2022Jason Korsner

At what the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association itself said could be described as “the most exclusive event in the industry” – with [click for more...]

Belfast and Power of the Dog lead the field for Golden Globes that won’t be on TV

13th December 202114th December 2021Jason Korsner

A year ago, the Golden Globes were second only to the Oscars in prestige among the plethora of awards ceremonies; as the Hollywood [click for more...]

The HFPA has backed widespread reform – but can the Golden Globes be saved?

7th August 20218th August 2021Jason Korsner

The body behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has backed a new set of by-laws, in the first step towards [click for more...]

Golden Globes organisers expel former president Philip Berk over race article

20th April 202122nd April 2021Jason Korsner

The beleaguered organisation that runs the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has moved quickly to expel its eight-time former president, Philip [click for more...]

Golden Globes organisers pledge to admit 13 black members in race row

17th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

“Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press,” the British star Sacha Baron Cohen said as he accepted his Golden Globe, when Borat [click for more...]

Nomadland and Borat dominate diverse, virtual Golden Globes ceremony

1st March 20212nd March 2021Jason Korsner

What is certain to be the most unconventional awards season in living memory has got underway in earnest with the Golden Globes giving [click for more...]

Netflix dominates Brit-heavy Golden Globe nominations

3rd February 20217th February 2021Jason Korsner

The most nominated film and TV series at this year’s Covid-delayed Golden Globes are Netflix productions, with both the biopic Mank and drama [click for more...]

Marriage Story and Irishman lead Golden Globes nominations for Netflix

9th December 201923rd December 2019Jason Korsner

The Golden Globes have fired the starting pistol for the 2020 Oscar race, as the first of the major film awards of the [click for more...]

Cannes 2019 – The Only Sunday

20th May 201920th May 2019Jason Korsner

Somehow, despite there being more opportunities to see films for the press than ever, it’s not proving to make things any easier, particularly [click for more...]

A good night for Britain at a diverse Golden Globes

7th January 20197th January 2019Jason Korsner

The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has confounded some critics by winning what’s widely regarded as the top award at the Golden Globe Awards [click for more...]

Bohemian Rhapsody challenges A Star Is Born for Best Drama at Golden Globes

6th December 20187th December 2018Jason Korsner

Two films about musicians that are bursting with songs are among the nominees for the top Golden Globe awards – in the drama [click for more...]

Cannes 2018 – The Only Sunday

13th May 201813th May 2019Jason Korsner

My day started with a sobering experience; I found out what it was like to be part of a minority in the film [click for more...]

Three Billboards and Big Little Lies dominate Golden Globes, under shadow of Weinstein

8th January 201812th February 2018Jason Korsner

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has set itself up as the film to beat this Awards Season, winning four Golden Globes in the [click for more...]