HFPA

The HFPA has been a proud supporter of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) since 2017 and has granted them almost $2 million for their efforts to defend press freedom worldwide and to protect journalists and their right to report the news freely and without fear. The HFPA Board of Directors today announced an additional $75,000 to help their efforts in Ukraine.

Three Hollywood Foreign Press Association members were among those honored at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 14th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards held on Thursday, February 17, 2022, taking home a collective five prizes in a diverse and crowded field of entries and finalists from outlets inclusive of the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Hollywood’s major trade publications. Typically held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, this year’s event was, like so many others over the past two years, impacted by the pandemic, and this time held virtually.

Neil Phillips, the first Chief Diversity Officer for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is an unapologetic optimist. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Phillips was raised in the Washington DC area and went on to study English and American Literature at Harvard University.

The HFPA is best known for giving out the Golden Globe awards. Now, six HFPA members have earned several nominations for awards of their own for their excellence in journalism.

A diamond anniversary just doesn’t happen every year. It’s one of those momentous occasions that inevitably makes you think back and take stock.

A rare black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe with her Golden Globe at the 1952 awards ceremony has been discovered at a West Hollywood memorabilia shop and is now in the HFPA archives. The original print, a bit yellowed at the edges but in good condition for its age, shows the actress seated at a table with her statuette as her unknown tablemate looks on.

Born on November 17, 1925, in Winnetka, Illinois, and named Roy Harold Scherer, Rock Hudosn went on to break hearts on the big screen. Your untimely death in 1985 galvanized the industry and inspired your peers to join in a common fight against HIV-AIDS.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 with the name of Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association (HFCA), by a group of journalists who joined together in order to formalize their relationship with the studios and facilitate their work of interviewing movie stars and film directors for publications around the world. Their motto, as stated in the 10th-anniversary souvenir booklet published in 1953, was “Unity Without Discrimination of Religion or Race.

It was the acceptance speech heard around the world, viewed, and retweeted millions of times. Yet, Meryl Streep’s powerful Cecil B.

When the nominees for the Golden Globe walk down the red carpet January 10, they'll pose for some 50 veteran event photographers posted on the line. At 13 years old, Ace Tombolini -Campbell will be, by far, the youngest photographer there, but she stands tallest.