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Los Angeles (AP) - Several stars and important companies in Hollywood have criticized announced reforms at the Golden Globes as not going far enough. 

Netflix and Amazon announced that they will continue to suspend their collaboration with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA / Hollywood Foreign Press Association).

This could mean, among other things, that none of the productions from these companies will take part in the award ceremony.

Netflix titles won the Golden Globe in ten categories in February.

The prizes were awarded by the HFPA this year on February 28th.

There had been strong criticism in advance, for example due to a lack of diversity and non-transparent membership criteria.

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the jury does not include black people.

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Actress Scarlett Johansson (36, "Marriage Story") said on Saturday that she had often been asked sexist questions at press conferences of the HFPA.

"That is exactly the reason why I have refused to take part in their conferences for many years," said Johansson at "Variety".

Without really fundamental reforms, she believes it is time to "take a step back from the HFPA".

The almost 90 members of the HFPA had accepted a comprehensive amendment proposal by the board on Thursday. According to this, the small association wants to accept at least 20 new members in 2021, primarily African-American, and double the number of members within 18 months. There should also be new guidelines for foreign journalists, for example with regard to invitations to film events. The acceptance of promotional gifts is prohibited in the future.

Many in Hollywood feel that these steps are not far-reaching enough and not binding enough.

In addition, they would often take effect from autumn at the earliest and would therefore have little effect on nominations for the coming season.

The "Time's Up" organization against discrimination and a merger of around 100 important PR firms confirmed similar stops for cooperation with the HFPA such as Amazon and Netflix.

"Time's Up" criticized that the jurors were not obliged to provide evidence that they had seen the nominated films.

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Actor Mark Ruffalo (53, “Spotlight”) said on Friday evening on Twitter: “It is disappointing to see that the HFPA, which gained fame through its links with filmmakers and actors and benefited significantly from them, refused to accept the changes brought about by her are challenged. " 

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