HFPA Responds to Membership Diversity Backlash With Brief Onstage Statement

The Hollywood Press Association recently came under fire for its lack of diversity after the Los Angeles Times' report revealed that it consisted of zero Black members in the 87-person organization.

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the lack of black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association following a damning report that led to a Time’s Up protest.“The HFPA is made up of about 90 international no black journalists,” Fey, 50, cracked.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) - the organisation behind the Golden Globes - says it is working on "an action plan" to recruit black members, after being criticised over its lack of diversity. The voting body is made up of just 87 members, none of whom are black, according to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times.