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There are now 300 journalists in total that serve as voting
members.
The expanded voting body includes voters from countries around
the world, including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cameroon and more.
"The new breakdown is 47% female, and 60% racially and
ethnically diverse, with 26.3% Latinx, 13.3% Asian, 11% Black,
9% Middle Eastern," a press release said on Monday.
The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January
7, 2024.
The Golden Globe Awards earlier this year were sold to a new
owner that shut down the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA),
following claims of ethical lapses and a lack of diversity
within the organization.
Eldridge Industries purchased the Golden Globe assets with Dick
Clark Productions (DCP), which will continue to manage the
awards telecast and focus on expanding the Globes' viewership
around the world, a press release said. DCP is co-owned by
Eldridge and Penske Media.
Host and comedian Jerrod Carmichael opened his monologue at this
year's January ceremony with a blunt assessment: that he was
there because "I'm Black".
“This show, the Golden Globe Awards, did not air last year
because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - which I won't
say that they were a racist organization - but they didn't have
a single Black member until George Floyd died," Carmichael said.
He was referring to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis
police officer in 2020, which sparked nationwide Black Lives
Matter protests against police killings and other violence
against Black people. The watershed event inspired many
organizations to create or reformulate anti-racist and
inclusivity policies.
A Los Angeles Times investigation in 2021 revealed the
association, or HFPA, had no Black journalists in its ranks.
Some members were accused of making sexist and racist remarks
and soliciting favors from celebrities and movie studios.
This announcement also follows the historic Hollywood writers'
and actors' work stoppages this year.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA), which went on strike May 2
and reached a tentative deal with studios last month.
However, SAG-AFTRA actors' have not made a deal with Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which
represents Walt Disney, Netflix and other studios after being on
strike since July.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway; editing by Christina Fincher)
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