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for “Sixty Second Preview,” a show syndicated to about 150 radio stations. Having worked as what some in the industry call a “blurbmeister,” Berlin came to recognize the commercial value in an awards show that would give a critical stamp of approval to Hollywood’s contenders.
The award ceremony is not nearly as lucrative as the Golden Globes — the Critics Choice Assn. had total assets of $894,993 in 2019 compared with the HFPA’s $62,716,595 in assets ending that fiscal year. That year, the group took in $4,205,834 in revenue but, with expenses, ran a deficit of $784,084, according to a tax filing.
The Critics Choice Assn. had decided to move the show from the CW to A&E that year and had to pay back the broadcast licensing fee to make the switch, Berlin said. “Having a system without guardrails opens them to all sorts of problems that can arise when engaging in transactions with insiders or relatives or affiliates of insiders,” said Mittendorf, who reviewed the filings.
“Everything is kind of a mystery,” said one longtime member. “One board member I’ve known for a long time, I’d ask him questions and he’d say, ‘I don’t know. Joey makes all the decisions. I do what he says.’” In 2015, the Critics Choice belatedly added J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to its slate of best picture nominees after the group had already announced its nominations. Although Berlin said the members were polled on whether to make the addition, the move led to social media derision and resignations from two members.
Who really gives out the Golden Globes? A tiny group full of quirky characters — and no Black members In a letter to Critics Choice Assn. members, Berlin blasted the announcement as a “desperate move” by a “scandal-ridden” HFPA to “undercut the Critics Choice Awards and the tremendous support we are receiving from all the major studios, networks and streamers.”
“Our numbers are good,” he said. “But we’re also going to try to move and be as perfect as we can, and that’s how we look at it.”, increased scrutiny has been brought to the way awards voters are wooed by studios pursuing prizes and the marketing bonanza they can represent. Although junketing is common among much of the entertainment media, Melin said he had left the Critics Choice Assn., in part, over the apparent eagerness of some of his fellow members to be courted by studios and to “hobnob with famous people.”
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