In 2013, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — which presides over the Globes — settled a lawsuit with Michael Russell, who was the organization’s publicist for 17 years.
No details of the settlement were made public, but in his $2 million breach of contract and fraud suit, Russell claimed that he had been fired for attempting to tackle corruption within the ranks of his former employers.
Alleging that members routinely accepted money, holidays and gifts from movie studios in exchange for Golden Globes nominations, Russell’s suit added: “HFPA members abuse their positions and engage in unethical and potentially unlawful deals and arrangements which amount to a ‘payola’ scheme. ”
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In 2011, the same year the suit was filed, even Hollywood’s most heavily Botoxed brows were raised when two universally derided pictures — Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s so-called thriller “The Tourist” (which inspired such critical invective as “farcical,” “preposterous” and “craptacular”), and Christina Aguilera and Cher’s musical clunker “Burlesque” — received three Globe nominations apiece.
We've known this since forever, no one takes the golden globes seriously anyway, it's just a party full of A-list stars, their only job is to get high ratings
Everyone knew about that The Tourist nom tho It was easily the biggest joke nom in recent years, so it was obviously a nom based on Angie & Depp's status, rather than something deserving.
Everyone knew about that The Tourist nom tho It was easily the biggest joke nom in recent years, so it was obviously a nom based on Angie & Depp's status, rather than something deserving.
!!! Not ppl acting like they paid for the noms themselves
It was easily the biggest joke nom in recent years, so it was obviously a nom based on Angie & Depp's status, rather than something deserving.
