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 Tom Cruise joined a revolt led
by streaming platforms and studios, returning
the three Golden Globe statuettes he won for his
roles in "Jerry Maguire," "Magnolia" and "Born
on the Fourth of July," Variety and Deadline
Hollywood reported.
NBC's decision came even after the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which hands
out the awards, agreed to recruit more Black
members and make other changes over the next 18
months. The network had initially welcomed the
plan but later said it would wait to see if the
reforms worked.
HFPA members have also been accused of making
sexist and racist remarks and soliciting favors
from celebrities and studios.
"Change of this magnitude takes time and work,
and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to
do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022
Golden Globes," NBC said in a statement.
"Assuming the organization executes on its plan,
we are hopeful we will be in a position to air
the show in January 2023," NBC added.
After NBC's announcement, the HFPA said
implementing "transformational change" remained
an urgent priority "regardless of the next air
date of the Golden Globes."
In a statement, the HFPA reiterated its planned
reforms and gave a detailed timetable. It said
that by August 2021, it would hire a new chief
executive, add 20 new members, approve a new
code of conduct and provide diversity and sexual
harassment training among other steps.
The annual Golden Globes ceremony, attended by
A-list stars and industry executives, has become
one of the biggest Hollywood awards shows in the
run-up to the Oscars. But it has been under
close scrutiny following an investigation
published in February by the Los Angeles Times
that showed the group of 87 journalists had no
Black members.
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 On Saturday, Scarlett Johansson
joined critics including Netflix, Amazon
Studios, WarnerMedia and dozens of Hollywood's
top publicity companies, who said they would no
longer work with the HFPA unless it made
far-reaching changes.
WarnerMedia, which includes cable channel HBO
and movie studio Warner Bros, said in letter to
the HFPA that it was concerned about "racially
insensitive, sexist and homophobic questions" at
press conferences and events during the Golden
Globe nominations and awards process.
"For far too long, demands for perks, special
favors and unprofessional requests have been
made to our teams and to others across the
industry," the WarnerMedia letter said.
Johansson urged her fellow actors to "take a
step back from the HFPA" and Golden Globe
events. In a statement, she said that in the
past "this has often meant facing sexist
questions and remarks by certain HFPA members
that bordered on sexual harassment."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Jill Serjeant;
Editing by Nick Zieminski and David Gregorio)
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