South African-born journalist Philip Berk has taken a voluntary leave of absence from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for six months following an acrimonious membership meeting on Friday that he did not attend. Some HFPA members are upset (and have been for weeks) about what was written about them and the organization in Berk's book, With Signs and Wonders, published in mid-February. Story: From Ricky Gervais to Elizabeth Taylor, 9 Revelations in Former HFPA President's Book There was a discussion about suspending Berk for as long as a year, or possibly taking stronger action, according to a source.
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- 4/14/2014
- by Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After extreme pressure from other members over his memoir Signs And Wonders, four-term Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has taken a six month leave of absence from the organization that is behind the Golden Globes. This happened last Friday, a compromise resolution to a problem that has been in the air since Berk published a book that covered his early days and especially the back and forth between HFPA members and celebrities involved in the Globes. Insiders said that the feeling among HFPA members was that Berk blindsided them with his book, took shots at them and a lot of Hollywood celebrities, and also took way too much credit for the success of the Globes. Perfectly positioned to be a tool during Oscar campaigns, the Globes has grown in prominence and TV ratings, even as some questioned whether the voting body has a right to wield such clout.
- 4/14/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
In his new book, With Signs And Wonders, Philip Berk, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, discusses many of the controversies and internal battles he faced in seven terms as head of the group that puts on the Golden Globe Awards. The first half of the book is about Berk’s life, from growing up in South Africa, to teaching public school in Los Angeles. He also has a theory that people who do him wrong eventually have their own troubles, which he even references about the suicide of a member who had written him an anonymous letter.
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- 3/18/2014
- by Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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