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So this is Why Emily in Paris got nominated for a GG

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No melanin and HFPA members got flewn out!

Excerpt from long LA times article:

"...Still, one case that drew notice among this year’s Globes nominations highlights the questions that continue to arise about the group’s care and feeding when awards are involved.

In 2019, more than 30 HFPA members flew to France to visit the set of the new series “Emily in Paris.” While there, Paramount Network treated the group to a two-night stay at the five-star Peninsula Paris hotel, where rooms currently start at about $1,400 a night, and a news conference and lunch at the Musée des Arts Forains, a private museum filled with amusement rides dating to 1850 where the show was shooting.

“They treated us like kings and queens,” said one member who participated in the set visit. (Other non-HFPA media also separately visited the show’s set, including a freelance contributor to The Times who interviewed the show’s creator, Darren Star.)

Last month, “Emily in Paris,” which debuted on Netflix and became an enormous hit for the streamer despite middling reviews, received two Golden Globes nominations including best television musical or comedy series. Though the HFPA has a history of favoring light, European-set fare, the nomination for best series nevertheless surprised some TV insiders who hadn’t considered the show a serious awards contender. One of the show’s own writers, Deborah Copaken, wrote in an op-ed that she was stunned that a frothy show about “a white American selling luxury whiteness” was nominated while HBO’s acclaimed limited series “I May Destroy You,” which deals with the aftermath of rape and knotty questions of race and class, was shut out.

One HFPA member says the show’s best series nod points to a broader credibility issue for the group. “There was a real backlash and rightly so — that show doesn’t belong on any best of 2020 list,” said this member, who did not attend the junket. “It’s an example of why many of us say we need change. If we continue to do this, we invite criticism and derision.”

Long article:
Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses
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The group that selects Golden Globe winners has no Black members
Peter Weber
Mon., February 22, 2021, 4:34 a.m

The group that selects Golden Globe winners has no Black members


Next week's Golden Globes ceremony kicks off the Hollywood awards season, but the group that nominates movies and TV shows and votes on the winners earned a little unwanted drama of its own on Sunday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has only 87 members, and "while the HFPA's ranks include a number of people of color, there are no Black members," the Los Angeles Times reports, "a fact a representative says the group is aware of and is 'committed to addressing.'"

This year's Golden Globes nominations were widely panned for totally snubbing Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods and the TV show I Will Destroy You and locking other movies with Black-led casts from top prize contentions, notably Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday. "We do not control the individual votes of our members," an HFPA representative told the Times.

The lack of Black members casting their individual votes isn't the only issue facing the HFPA. Ongoing litigation started by Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa accuses the HFPA of being a self-dealing cartel that excludes qualified foreign journalists to protect access for its members while improperly subsiding their income. And her allegations have some merit, the Times reports, noting that the HFPA pays its board members at least $63,000 a year and divided nearly $2 million among other members last year for serving on various committees, potentially in conflict with tax laws for nonprofits.

The HFPA, beset by occasional grift and bribery scandals almost since its formation in 1943, says it has cleaned up its act. This year's nomination of the Netflix series Emily in Paris — popular among viewers but not critics — for best TV comedy or musical series, raised some eyebrows, though, the Times notes, adding:

In 2019, more than 30 HFPA members flew to France to visit the set of the new series Emily in Paris. While there, Paramount Network treated the group to a two-night stay at the five-star Peninsula Paris hotel, where rooms currently start at about $1,400 a night, and a news conference and lunch at the Musée des Arts Forains, a private museum filled with amusement rides dating to 1850 where the show was shooting. [Los Angeles Times]

Still, the Golden Globes are still a win-win for the HFPA and Hollywood, the Times reports, partly because of the small pool of judges. Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
 

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Emily in Paris is cheesy, cliched and laughable but it is escapism during lockdown. I have loved it and look forward to the second series. Well done on the nomination.
 

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Not surprised at all. Typical Hollywood bµllsh!t.
 

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The show was a light weight form of entertainment- the writing, acting and even cinematography was mediocre at best.

However, that’s exactly what I needed because of all the heavy stuff going on in the world. It’s definitely not golden globe worthy and it’s obvious their was bribing behind the scenes to get a nomination.
 

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So many mediocre white shows that black people support even though streaming services have made it possible for them to pick things that benefit their image. We’ll never escape this basic white hell hole.

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tired of these crybaby articles. hollywood doesn't have any BP in power? despite the tokens and reimagined characters that are just a different race? what a SHOCK lmaoo you got these Black celebs talking their sh!t because their mediocre projects don't get nominated but stay hush over sh!t like this.
 

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I tried watching Emily in Paris and GOD was it boriiiiinggggggg i just did not like a single freaking this in it, no not even fashion , its just a huge no - the french people were cool tho i liked their vibes, but Emily was a freaking annoyance!
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and that HO bought those likes and followers!!!!

I like how Lilly looks but the girl can no ACT, couldn't watch her in that other movie where she gets pregnant and couldn't watch her in Emily - maybe she should try doing something that isn't comedy, it is not made for her... maybe she should do horrors or... i dont know but comedy ain't it
 

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It's an open secret that the GGs are garbage. The celebrities only attend because it's part of the Oscar campaign trail. Like if you want a chance to get an Oscar you have to attend this sh!t show.

Trust you can tell by how drunk the celebs get at the event and roll their eyes at some of the dumbest winners. Nobody takes it seriously beyond the coordinators and investors that make money off the event.

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It's an open secret that the GGs are garbage. The celebrities only attend because it's part of the Oscar campaign trail. Like if you want a chance to get an Oscar you have to attend this sh!t show.

Trust you can tell by how drunk the celebs get at the event and roll their eyes at some of the dumbest winners. Nobody takes it seriously beyond the coordinators and investors that make money off the event.

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Pure trash and they're not even a good indicator of who's going to win at the Oscars since the HFPA members aren't voting members at the Oscars or other guilds awards (ie. SAG). The only entertaining thing about watching the GG is seeing a bunch of drunk celebs in one room, which isn't even the case this year due to the pandemic. I just find it hilarious that the HFPA really thought they could get away with what they've been doing for so long considering all the heat and backlash the Oscars have gotten in recent years. I for one won't be watching it today.
 

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