Michael Buckner for PMC
Simply days after the latest awards ceremonies held by the Hollywood Inventive Alliance (previously the Hollywood Critics Affiliation and earlier than that the LA On-line Movie Critics Society) and the Critics Selection Affiliation (previously the Broadcast Movie Critics Affiliation), The Hollywood Reporter has realized that the board of the CCA has notified CCA members who’re additionally members of the HCA that they have to now decide one or the opposite.
The CCA board says that it has uncovered “proof {that a} consultant of the HCA has improperly instructed to not less than one studio (and we suspect extra) that it may affect Critics Selection Awards voting,” and that this “led that studio to achieve out to CCA and request that motion be taken to guard the integrity of our awards.”
The CCA board insists that the HCA menace “was empty, however CCA can not ignore this,” which is why it felt compelled to implement a brand new coverage prohitibing HCA members from sustaining membership within the CCA. “We’re taking this motion to guard our group and to reassure everybody that helps our awards packages.”
The HCA, over the previous few years, has been suffering from exterior criticisms and inside dissension, however expertise has continued to indicate up at its award ceremonies. It stays to be seen how, if in any respect, this newest twist within the HCA saga will influence future turnout.
The total textual content of the CCA board’s missive to its members who’re additionally members of the HCA seems under.
Expensive Critics Selection Affiliation member,
We’re sending this electronic mail to tell you that the Critics Selection Affiliation has instituted a brand new coverage prohibiting members of the Hollywood Inventive Alliance (previously the Hollywood Critics Affiliation, previously the LA On-line Movie Critics Society) from sustaining membership within the Critics Selection Affiliation. If you’re presently a member of HCA and CCA, please tell us when you want to stay a CCA member. This can require affirmation from you that you’ve efficiently resigned from HCA and are now not on the membership record as posted on its web site.
The explanation CCA has taken this motion is that we have now proof {that a} consultant of the HCA has improperly instructed to not less than one studio (and we suspect extra) that it may affect Critics Selection Awards voting in a manner that led that studio to achieve out to CCA and request that motion be taken to guard the integrity of our awards. In fact, that HCA menace was empty, however CCA can not ignore this. In gentle of HCA’s admitted voting irregularities within the latest previous and proof that we have now that its awards voting will be influenced improperly, we’re taking this motion to guard our group and to reassure everybody that helps our awards packages.
Please let [a specific CCA employee] know when/in case your HCA membership has been efficiently ended.
THE BOARD
