Emily in Paris.
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On February 21, Los Angeles Times published a report on alleged “ethical conflicts” and a “culture of corruption” within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the highly influential 87-member commercial non-profit organization that directs and votes at the annual Golden Globe Awards for film and television. One element of the investigation is “Hollywood’s widespread perception that members can still be deceived and influenced with special attention”, with an award consultant calling HFPA a “good target” for the award campaign for being too small a body .
In an example of “hotel stays, dinners and other gifts” that voters at Globo receive, Times wrote about how, in 2019, the Paramount Network treated more than 30 Golden Globe voters with generous Emily in Paris definite visit that included “a two-night stay at the five-star Peninsula Paris hotel, where rooms currently cost about $ 1,400 a night, and a press conference and lunch at the Musée des Arts Forains, a private museum full of attractions in 1850 , where the show was being filmed. ”(Emily in Paris it was originally made for Paramount Network before Netflix bought it in 2020.) “’They treated us like kings and queens,’ said a member who attended the event, which also featured other non-HFPA media. “
This news comes after many followers of the awards season, including a staff writer Emily in Paris, expressed perplexity and disappointment that the medium series was nominated for Best TV Comedy instead of the most acclaimed series. It also occurred after Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa’s antitrust suit against HFPA was dismissed in November.