The HFPA gets its Globes groove back
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There will be no red carpet, no parties and no NBC monopolizing of the press conference to announce Sunday’s winners.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. confirms that it alone will be in charge of a 30-minute news conference, open to all media, in which a few actors or directors will help HFPA President Jorge Camara announce the winners.
There is no word yet on whether NBC will still carry the announcements live.
After a conversation with Camara about the new world order for Sunday, the Writers Guild of America promises not to picket, said Jeff Hermanson, assistant executive director of WGA, West.
“We’re happy to give the HFPA assurances that we will not picket,” he said. “Nor are we opposed to a small number of talent helping announce the winners. Look, the HFPA has been respectful and honest with us, unlike many of the other parties involved in this situation. They should have been permitted to hold an awards show without NBC intransigently insisting on televising it knowing that the telecast of an awards show produced by a struck company would develop in a picket line. It’s another example of the big media companies’ poor judgment, which has characterized their actions during these negotiations.’
-- Maria Elena Fernandez