Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Everything you need to know about the body behind the Golden Globe Awards
The glittering harbinger of the Oscars, the Golden Globe, is just around the corner and the group which bestows the awards, and whose words are often taken as gospel at the award ceremony, is once again under the radar for the nominations announced on December 6.
As one of the most unpredictable award ceremonies of the season, the 76th Golden Globe awards on January 6, hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, is all set to honor the slightly less traditional bodies of work in the film industry that would have otherwise gone unnoticed by the Oscar jury or the Emmys.
However, over the years the less "prestigious" sibling of the Oscars has not only received backlash from the film society for its biased take on its competitors, but has also seen a significant amount of disagreement due to its capricious nature when it comes to distributing the awards.
The organization behind the ceremony, Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), has probably been under the radar ever since its inception back in the '40s. Yet its impact on the decision-making cell of the awards can be easily determined by the amount of importance given to this tiny body, which in a way dictates the awards.
