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NBC drops next year’s Golden Globes over diversity row

The Golden Globes is second in importance only to the Oscars in Hollywood’s film award season, but its future status has been called into question by threats of a boycott over some of the HFPA’s controversies.

LOS ANGELES: The future of the Golden Globes was plunged into jeopardy Monday as NBC cancelled its broadcast of next year’s prestigious awards, after major Hollywood studios and stars such as Scarlett Johansson lined up to slam the organisers over their record on diversity and transparency.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, comprised of some 90 journalists who vote for Tinseltown’s second-biggest annual film and television awards, has been under fire for months following widespread allegations of racism, sexism, bullying and corruption among its ranks.

Last week the group…

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