Publicists Group Applauds NBC’s Globes Decision, Calls for ‘Diverse and Inclusive’ New Leadership

Atlanta ranks as one of the top ten Pride events in the country, according to research from In My Area (IMA).

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The drive to expand the number of film professionals who vote on the annual Oscar winners will slow down in 2021 after several years of rapid growth aimed at increasing diversity, the Film Academy said on Wednesday. In the past few years, some 800-950 actors, directors, cinematographer's, producers and other film makers from around the world have been invited each year to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorKelly Clarkson is set to benefit from Ellen DeGeneres’ plans to end her show after the 2021-22 season, with NBC confirming that Clarkson’s syndicated talk show will move into DeGeneres’ prime afternoon time periods by next year.In New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the nation’s three largest markets, that will push “Kelly Clarkson Show” up to the 3 p.m. slot, a lucrative time period that leads into local newscasts.

Justin Hartley celebrated his recent nuptials with new wife Sofia Pernas by taking a trip to New York City this week!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorCW and Nexstar have set a long-term renewal of their affiliation agreement, securing the network’s broadcast distribution in 37 markets with the nation’s largest TV station owner.The deal covers Nexstar’s WPIX-TV New York and KTLA-TV Los Angeles, in addition to other top 10 markets such as KDAF-TV Dallas and KIAH-TV Houston. In all, Nexstar’s CW affiliates reach more than 38 million TV households representing about 31% of all U.S.

news report noted that the suspects were described as white men in all black who waved “pro-Palestinian” flags and shouted slurs at Jewish diners. A brawl then ensued, with one man seen picking up a stanchion and waving it at a group of masked men.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe “Hella Mega Tour” featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer has unveiled new dates, beginning in July and stretching into September.

Heidi Klum proved that she still prioritizes her children as she shared two family photos from an outing in Los Angeles to her Instagram account. The America's Got Talent judge shares her kids with various partners, including her former husband Seal, from whom she separated in 2012.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAbout a decade ago, Samantha Ofole-Prince got a message from a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Ofole-Prince, who is Black, grew up in the United Kingdom, and had been writing entertainment stories from Los Angeles for publications in the U.K., Africa and the Caribbean.The HFPA member — whom Ofole-Prince declined to identify in order to protect her from controversy — wanted to meet.

Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been in question for months, ever since the Los Angeles Times exposed its loose financial practices and lack of diversity. But with NBC’s announcement on Monday that it would not broadcast the Golden Globes in 2022, it began to seem that the HFPA might not survive the crisis.Within the group, there has been infighting over how to reform and how to respond to its critics.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAdd Neon to the growing list of companies boycotting the Golden Globes.The indie studio behind “Parasite” and “I, Tonya” minced no words about what it sees as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s failures to enact meaningful reforms in the wake of a Los Angeles Times report that revealed that the group had no Black members.

investigative report by the Los Angeles Times into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, that notoriously rackety organisation which administers the Golden Globes, has shown an eminently corruptible body drenched in antediluvian attitudes; this has resulted in NBC cancelling its TV coverage of next year’s ceremony and Tom Cruise handing back the three Globes he has personally won over the years.

Drew Barrymore moved to New York because she was determined to "carry on as a family" when she got divorced. The '50 First Dates' star dreamed of offering her children a "really stable home" so when things didn't work out between her and ex-husband Will Kopelman, she agreed to relocate away from Los Angeles to stay close to him because she thought that would be the best thing for their daughters Olive, eight, and seven-year-old Frankie.

Wow, we knew the Golden Globes were in trouble, but we didn’t expect this to ever actually happen — they might be done for good!

The future of the Golden Globes – and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small group of international journalists who decide the nominees and winners every year – is currently up in the air.