The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has elected three new members: Yulia Charysheva from Russia, Sabrina Joshi from India and Danielle Kool from the Netherlands.
Not selected this year was Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa, who sued the HFPA in August and accused the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards of antitrust violations and a “culture of corruption” that unlawfully denied her membership despite fulfilling all the requirements for admission. She had applied for membership in 2018 and 2019 and was rejected both times, and applied again this year.
Joshi was one of five applicants rejected last year, along with Raffi Boghosian, Sophia Silva, Christian Theiele and Flaa.
In August, former HFPA Vice President Ali Sar was promoted to president of the organization following Lorenzo Soria’s death the week prior.
In June, the HFPA announced its Board of Directors for the 2020-2021 term, adding members Helen Hoehne and Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros to the board.
Not selected this year was Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa, who sued the HFPA in August and accused the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards of antitrust violations and a “culture of corruption” that unlawfully denied her membership despite fulfilling all the requirements for admission. She had applied for membership in 2018 and 2019 and was rejected both times, and applied again this year.
Joshi was one of five applicants rejected last year, along with Raffi Boghosian, Sophia Silva, Christian Theiele and Flaa.
In August, former HFPA Vice President Ali Sar was promoted to president of the organization following Lorenzo Soria’s death the week prior.
In June, the HFPA announced its Board of Directors for the 2020-2021 term, adding members Helen Hoehne and Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros to the board.
- 10/9/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the 88-member nonprofit group that hands out the annual Golden Globes Awards, this month rejected all five applicants for new membership, according to a tally of the May 6 vote obtained by TheWrap.
Moreover, two journalists in the group accused fellow members of “bullying” tactics and an “unjustifiable campaign” against one applicant, Kjersti Flaa, who has represented Norwegian outlets like TV2 and Dagbladet for 12 years, according to internal HFPA documents.
The other rejected applicants all had professional experience that met the HFPA criteria: Raffi Boghosian, a journalist from the United Arab Emirates who worked for Al-Arabiya for eight years; Sabrina Joshi, who has written for the Indian weekly You & I since 2017; Sophia Silva, a four-year veteran of Uruguay’s “El Pais — Sabado Show;” and Christian Thiele, who has worked for the Swiss magazine TV Star for eight years.
“This behavior is just outrageous,” one HFPA insider told TheWrap,...
Moreover, two journalists in the group accused fellow members of “bullying” tactics and an “unjustifiable campaign” against one applicant, Kjersti Flaa, who has represented Norwegian outlets like TV2 and Dagbladet for 12 years, according to internal HFPA documents.
The other rejected applicants all had professional experience that met the HFPA criteria: Raffi Boghosian, a journalist from the United Arab Emirates who worked for Al-Arabiya for eight years; Sabrina Joshi, who has written for the Indian weekly You & I since 2017; Sophia Silva, a four-year veteran of Uruguay’s “El Pais — Sabado Show;” and Christian Thiele, who has worked for the Swiss magazine TV Star for eight years.
“This behavior is just outrageous,” one HFPA insider told TheWrap,...
- 5/21/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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