Tom Cruise returns his three Golden Globes amid HFPA controversy

By ANI
WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Tom Cruise has returned his three Golden Globes statues amid the continued controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, earlier right this moment, NBC introduced that it will not be airing the 2022 iteration of the Golden Globes. The community stated in a press release: “We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right.”

Cruise received the very best actor honour in 1990 for ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ and in 1997 for ‘Jerry Maguire’, in addition to a greatest supporting actor award in 2000 for ‘Magnolia’.

The backlash started after a Los Angeles media outlet’s report detailing that the group counted zero Black journalists amongst its then-87 members.

Last week, the HFPA’s membership voted to approve a proposal of reforms aimed toward addressing its lack of range and different ethics points, however many in Hollywood, together with Time’s Up and a coalition of PR Firms, famous that the reforms don’t go far sufficient.

This information comes after Netflix and Amazon Studios every introduced they’d not be working with the HFPA till the group enacted sweeping adjustments.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise is the newest Hollywood expertise to precise their disapproval with the HFPA.

Scarlett Johansson, who has been nominated for 4 Golden Globes awards, urged Hollywood to take a “step back” from the HFPA, whereas Golden Globe winner Mark Ruffalo not too long ago supplied a press release: “Now is the time to step up and right the wrongs of the past.”