Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for May 10
Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking today in entertainment.
Stars in Hollywood are speaking out amid the heightened controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and the recent cancellation of next year’s Golden Globes.
The HFPA, which puts on the awards show each year, has been denounced for a lack of diversity and for ethical impropriates. It reached a tipping point on Monday when NBC announced it will not air next year’s awards ceremony.
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right,” the network told Fox News in a statement on Monday. “As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”
Celebrities took to Twitter to weigh in on the network’s cancellation of the show in addition to Netflix and Amazon’s recent decisions to cut ties with the association.
TOM CRUISE RETURNS HIS GOLDEN GLOBES AMID HFPA CONTROVERSY
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 2021 Golden Globes. (
(NBC via AP)
“Everything matters. Even this. The ripple effects echo through our industry, especially for Black artists and artists of color. Kudos to all the activists, artists, publicists and executives who took a stand to make this so,” Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay wrote on Twitter.
She also appeared to commend Tom Cruise, who returned his three Globes to the press association’s headquarters, a person told The Associated Press Monday.
“That time that Tom Cruise sent his @goldenglobes for ‘Jerry Maguire,’ ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ in an actual box to the reception desk of HFPA to stand against their sexist, homophobic, racist practices of exclusion, harassment and bias,” she added.
“Grey’s Anatomy” creator and producer Shonda Rhimes declared on Twitter that “every step forward’ matters.
NBC announced Monday it will not air the 2022 Golden Globes.
(Getty Images)
“So many people in front of/behind the camera, at studios/streamers & PR firms took a stand to shift a piece of the biz model that affects the economic futures of artists who are often tokenized/not included,” Rhimes tweeted. “These steps can work in any industry.”
In February, the Los Angeles Times revealed that the 87-person body possessed not one Black member.
The negative press toward the organization prompted many Hollywood publicists to advise their clients to avoid events put on by the organization until they took corrective action.
Meanwhile, the HFPA’s recent plan to combat the systemic issues have largely been deemed as inadequate. The intense fallout rages on as many industry figures continue to condemn the organization.
Fox News’ Nate Day contributed to this report.
Source: Read Full Article
