For decades, theGolden Globeshave, judging byindustry pushback, maintained anything but a golden profile.
“I felt ill.
I felt like a little kid.

From racial exclusion to Johnny Depp, Golden Globes scandals have rocked the HFPA over the years.
I felt like there was a ball in my throat.
I thought I was going to cry.”
Just like in film and televison, Black representation is vital.

Cher and Christina Aguilera in ‘Burlesque’.STEPHEN VAUGHAN/Screen Gems
We must have Black journalists in our organization," said Helen Hoehne, an HFPA member from Germany.
Over100 PR agencies banded togetherto demand “profound and lasting change.”
(Publicity representatives for the HFPA did not respond to EW’s request for comment.)

Writer-director Greta Gerwig and Meryl Streep on the set of ‘Little Women’.Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures
The actor did ultimately receive aBest Actor nomination for his role.
“No, I will not participate.”