Tom Cuise: He’s returning his Golden Globes in protest

Tom Cuise
He returns his Golden Globes in protest

Tom Cruise with his Golden Globe Award and colleague Charlize Theron at the award ceremony in January 2000.

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Tom Cruise returns his three Golden Globe trophies to join the protest against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

US star Tom Cruise (58, “Mission: Impossible”) has returned his three Golden Globes and joins the protest against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) by colleagues and other filmmakers. That reports “Deadline”. The trophies are the awards for “Born on July 4th” (1990), “Jerry Maguire – Game of Life” (1997) and “Magnolia” (2000). In addition, it became known that the broadcaster NBC the broadcast canceled next year Has.

Scarlett Johansson (36) had also spoken out publicly against the HFPA and urged the industry to withdraw from the organization until it carries out more substantial reforms. That reported “Variety”. The inadequate reform plan that the HFPA presented on Thursday is criticized. This includes, among other things, measures to increase the number of “People of Color” among the members as well as restrictions on gifts and payments for the work of the members in the committees.

Netflix also protests

Streaming services like Netflix are also positioning themselves against the HFPA. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, 56, sent a letter to the governing body on Friday stating, “We do not believe these proposed new guidelines – particularly in terms of size and speed of membership growth – address fundamental challenges HFPA in terms of diversity and inclusion or the lack of clear standards for how your members should work. So we will stop any activity with your organization until more meaningful changes are made. ”

The HFPA was founded in 1943 and has been awarding the Golden GLobes since 1944.

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