Golden Globe Winner Mark Ruffalo Calls Out HFPA: “Time To Step Up And Right The Wrongs Of The Past”
Ruffalo, a three-time Oscar nominee, said that he “cannot feel proud or happy about being a recipient of this [Golden Globe] award,” which he won for his dual role in HBO’s“It’s discouraging to see the HFPA, which has gained prominence and profited handsomely from their involvement with filmmakers and actors, resist the change that is being asked of them from many of the groups that have been most disenfranchised by their culture of secrecy and exclusion,” Ruffalo said in a statement to...
“Our industry is embracing the opportunity for greater equality in this beautiful moment,” he added. “It is not perfect and long overdue but it is clear what must happen and how. The Justice Movement is offering all of us, the HFPA, and every other entertainment entity, a good way forward. We should all follow suit. It is our audiences and our highest sense of decency that we are ultimately serving with these changes. They are both deserving.
The besieged HFPA has been taking flak from many sides for weeks over the lack of diversity in its ranks and its poorly received
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