Tom Cruise Returns His Golden Globe Awards
by EG
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and its Golden Globe Awards have always operated outside the Hollywood establishment, but now they're way outside. The Golden Globes stand accused of discriminatory and unprofessional practices, and the HFPA is accused of fostering a lack of diversity in its ranks. NBC has announced that it won't air the awards show this year, and at least one big-name actor is returning Golden Globes that he's won in the past. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
Add Tom Cruise to the chorus of outrage against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Deadline hears that the actor today has delivered back to the HFPA the three Golden Globe trophies he has won over the years.
The trophies just sent to HFPA headquarters are the Best Actor prize he won for Jerry Maguire, the Best Actor prize he won for Born on the Fourth of July and the Best Supporting Actor prize he won for Magnolia. This is a new tack, but I wouldn’t be surprised if others follow his lead and that the reception area of the HFPA could be crammed with golden trophies.
Sources said this just happened, as the Golden Globes house of cards continues to crumble and NBC canceled next year’s broadcast. Cruise becomes the latest star to speak out, including Netflix, Amazon and NBC among others over the slow crawl the organization is making to reform its lack of diversity.
The Golden Globes will not be airing on NBC next year, temporarily ending a decades-long relationship between the network and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the nonprofit responsible for the awards.
The network announced that it would not carry the show in 2022 after controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lack of persity and ethical questions related to financial benefits given to some members, such as a hotel stay in connection with an "Emily in Paris" junket.
Those revelations, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, have prompted several major outlets, including Netflix (NFLX) and WarnerMedia, CNN's parent company, to announce that they would not participate in any Globes-related events until the issues had been adequately addressed.
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