Golden Globes Corruption Exposed By Denzel Washington
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The poorly kept secret of the Golden Globes is that they can be bought.
Voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the awards are famous for the lengths to which studios will go to woo the group's membership — which usually numbers around 90. The most famous incident involved young actress Pia Zadora, who won an award in 1982 amid accusations that her husband had paid for it with an elaborate promotional campaign.
In accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement during Sunday's ceremony, Denzel Washington told a terrific story about something he'd been told by Freddie Fields, the producer of Glory, for which Washington won his first Golden Globe (and his first Oscar):
Some of you may know Freddie Fields. He invited me to the first Hollywood Foreign Press luncheon. He said they are gonna watch the movie. We are gonna feed them. They are gonna come over. You gonna take pictures with everybody. You are gonna hold the magazines, take the pictures, and you're gonna win the award.
Mess. Even if someone "bought" the award for gaga, the amount of shock and surprise on her face was not acting and she didn't know (which I doubt someone bought it)
