BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 10: (L-R) Tony Kushner, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel LaBelle, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, and Kristie Macosko Krieger, winners of Best Picture - Drama for "The Fabelmans", pose in the press room during the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Golden Globe Awards‘ new owner, the investment firm Eldridge Industries, and former owner, Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), are fighting over the Globes just a day before the ceremony.
HFPA is a nonprofit organization founded by an international entertainment journalist in 1943. It ran the Globes for 80 years until 2023, when the HFPA was accused of racism and cronyism, leading to NBC dropping the TV broadcast.
Eldridge, an investment firm owned by Todd Boehley, bought its assets. The Globes were split into two parts, with Eldridge running the ceremony.
As part of the deal in 2023, 66 “legacy members” were supposed to receive benefits, including a five-year salary of $75,000, health insurance and life-long voting rights. However, as the Globes arrive, Elridge decided that HFPA members would not be allowed inside the 82nd ceremony.
Elridge had already fired 11 “legacy” members. But 50 HFPA members were expecting to sit next to stars at Beverly Hilton, where the ceremony is taking place.
On Friday, HFPA members were invited to watch the ceremony via a “viewing party” in a function room in the Beverly Hilton, away from the ceremony, instead of in the main ballroom with the celebrities. The Beverly Hilton space is known to be a small venue.
According to HFPA, they were supposed to receive four tickets yearly for the Globes, but Eldridge has denied that this was part of the 2023 deal.
Golden Globes starts on Sunday, 5 p.m. PT /8 p.m. ET.
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