Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday that it has appointed Ali Sar as its new president. He replaces Lorenzo Soria, who died August 7 in the midst of his third nonconsecutive term as president of the international journalists group that organizes the Golden Globes.Sar has held several positions over 35-year membership in the HFPA.
Norwegian Reporter on Her Fight With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
05.08.2020 - 01:35 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterKjersti Flaa is used to asking questions. She writes celebrity profiles for Norwegian magazines and does entertainment interviews for TV2’s “God Kveld Norge” (“Good Evening Norway”) as well as her own YouTube channel.But on Monday, she became the story.
Flaa had just filed a blockbuster lawsuit alleging that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had schemed to deny her membership. Flaa unloaded a lot of dirty laundry, claiming that two Scandinavian reporters
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09.08.2020 / 06:57
Top cops wants magic mushrooms legalised to help fight UK mental health crisis
mental health crisis, a police chief says.Police and crime commissioner Arfon Jones is calling for a 49-year ban on psilocybin – a key component of the class A drug – to be overturned.He believes it should be reclassified as “a potentially revolutionary medicine” that could save the NHS billions.The drug rose to prominence in the 60s, with musicians including The Beatles taking “trips” using the mushrooms, which give a hallucinogenic effect like LSD.It has been illegal to take the drug
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09.08.2020 / 00:39
Lorenzo Soria, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Dies at 68
Lorenzo Soria, who served five terms as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, according to a family member. He was 68.
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08.08.2020 / 07:49
Lorenzo Soria, president of Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dead at 68
a family member told Variety.A cause of death was not disclosed, the outlet reported.The Argentina-born Soria was half-way through his latest three-year term as president; he had served two previous terms as president.“In his role running the HFPA, Soria would often appear on the Globes broadcast, welcoming guests, and was a fixture at the early-morning nomination announcements,” Variety noted.Colleagues admired him for his humility, grace and kindness.“Lorenzo was a beloved member of the
deadline.com
08.08.2020 / 00:43
Lorenzo Soria Dies: Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Was 68
Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLorenzo Soria, who was in his third nonconsecutive term as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globe Awards, died today at his home in Los Angeles, He was 68.The Argentina-born, Italy-raised Soria was elected HFPA president in June 2019, following stints in the top post from 2003-05 and 2015-17.
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08.08.2020 / 00:39
Lorenzo Soria, Hollywood Foreign Press Association President, Dies at 68
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, a member of his family told the HFPA. He was 68.“Lorenzo was a beloved member of the entertainment industry and the Hollywood community and will be sorely missed,” the HFPA said in a statement.