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Judy Solomon, a journalist who was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for two-thirds of a century and a six-term past president of that recently dissolved organization, died Friday at the age of 91. “We are incredibly saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague,” current Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne stated in a release issued Saturday. “The loss is profound, but we take this opportunity to celebrate her incredible achievements in helping evolve the Golden Globes into…

Mahfouz Doss, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and an award-winning Egyptian journalist, has died. He was 97. The association shared the news of his death in a press release Thursday. His cause of death has not been shared at this moment. “We are incredibly saddened at the passing of Mahfouz Doss,” said Helen Hoehne, current president of the HFPA. “He was a true pioneer of the HFPA, having joined the association in 1959 when the ceremonies were held at the famous…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGolden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael used his opening monologue to address the elephant in the room – the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity controversy.The awards show was on hiatus last year after a Los Angeles Times exposé revealed that its awarding body did not have a single Black member, as well as “ethical lapses” in its business conduct.Kicking off the show ON…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globes, will not have any press conferences this awards season. “The HFPA will not be hosting any press conferences during the current awards cycle,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement. “Our commitment remains on recognizing the very best in film and television both in the U.S. and abroad and bringing the Golden Globes to a global television and streaming audience.” She continued, “With the expansion of the…

The number of Golden Globes voters — but not Hollywood Foreign Press Association members — is more than doubling. For the first time, the L.A.-based organization of journalists from non-U.S. outlets is allowing nonmembers — “recruited from international industry organizations, as well as from active outreach to esteemed foreign film festivals and journalism professionals,” according to an HFPA statement — to help decide Golden Globe nominees and winners. The move allows the HFPA to claim a…

Helen Hoehne, a German print and broadcast journalist who has served as the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association during its darkest hour, has been re-elected to that position, the organization behind the annual Golden Globe Awards announced Friday. The HFPA says that Hoehne was re-elected “by an overwhelming margin.” “I am humbled and truly grateful to be re-elected,” Hoehne, who joined the HFPA in 2004, said in a statement. “This is a vote of confidence in the changes we have…

The members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, mired in controversy for the past year and a half over diversity and ethics concerns, have agreed to a new venture with Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries LLC to establish the HFPA as a for-profit organization that would run the Golden Globes and spin off its charitable efforts into a non-profit group. The deal will result in the development of staff and an executive team, according to a statement issued by the HFPA on Thursday. Additional Golden…

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,…