many celebrities turn their backs on the hollywood foreign press association. k on television at the beginning of next year but i think the jewellery is still out as far as hollywood is concerned. many people here still want the golden globes to go ahead ——atjury because it is the beginning of the award system and a traditional show and a to the oscars when the actors get out there and talk about projects the new movies, in the hope that perhaps it will garner attention and possibly votes for the oscars. everyone wants it to go ahead, providing it is not tainted by controversy. isa is a federal reserve wrapping today? we would tell you all you need to know next in the business news. hello. whilst weather conditions have been fairly quiet for us, across the other side of the atlantic we have seen a hurricane has battered parts of puerto rico, the dominican republic and turks and caicos, a first major hurricane with winds gusting over 130 mph. getting close to bermuda, thursday, friday, but could maintain the hurricane status as it slams into the east of canada, a

hollywood foreign _ enough. the organisers, the hollywood foreign press - hollywood foreign press association says it has changedorganisation after a really blistering article in the los angeles times that revealed some of these lapses, the most controversial finding of course was that none of its 87 members was black, and this comes at a time of heightened awareness of the importance of racial diversity in at the era of black lives matter. here is one of the most prominent hollywood organisations are apparently oblivious to the importance of racial diversity. it says it has changed, taken on new members, six of whom are black, six out of 20, more than 100 additional voters outside the organisation, so nbc as you say have decided to stream the show again next year but it remains to be seen whether the labs will be embraced by hollywood, the stars and publicists who boycotted it earlier this year when it went ahead, but there were no audience, celebrities, no television audiences, it was a very low—key abound. this television audiences, it was a very low-key abound.- very low-key abound. as you oint very low-key

dozens of new people have since been admitted to the hollywood foreign press association, which chooses hollywood. they done to correct all of those faults, peter? there has been a huge — those faults, peter? there has been a huge overhaul- those faults, peter? there has been a huge overhaul in - those faults, peter? there has been a huge overhaul in the i those faults, peter? there has i been a huge overhaul in the way the organisation is run, its bylaws have changed. as you say, crucially they have brought in new voters for the golden globes, summer 20 new members, six of whom are black, and from outside the organisation more than 100 people brought in, racial diversity there to also vote for the golden globes stop this was clearly necessarily because it was certainly looking like there was no awareness of racial diversity of its than 87 members, none of being black. this was a huge expose by the los angeles times about one and a half years ago. there was a big question over whether the globes would ever return, such as the outcry in hollywood, the backlash and even boycotting of the

nbc seem to have been convinced by what the hollywood foreign press association has done and we can'tthe celebrities out there on television, talking about their movies, perhaps more people will go to see those movies as a result and ultimately it's all about money and selling tickets and that's what it in part manages to do, as well as drawing attention to those filmmakers and individuals who could potentially be up for oscars. that's what hollywood enjoys. everyone potentially as they winner, providing the event itself and the way the winners are chosen, aren't tainted by controversy, as they have been the last couple of years. they seem to be cleaning up their act. there are an estimated 100 million unexploded landmines planted across our planet, providing a constant risk to many millions of people. now, a new technique for detecting those landmines has been recognised with a major prize — and it's gone to a 17—year—old ukrainian student. the global student prize is worth $100,000, awarded to igor klymenko who studies at the kyiv polytechnic institute and has developed what is call

dozens of new voters have since been admitted to the hollywood foreign press association, which choosess. we often talk to you about the gold enclosed with the allegations of racism, sexism, not enough diversity, have the golden globes changed enough, have those reforms changed enough? have those reforms changed enou~h? ., ., , ., , enough? that remains to be seen. certainly _ enough? that remains to be seen. certainly the - enough? that remains to be i seen. certainly the organisers, hollywood foreign press says it has changed and it has been a rough ride of the last 18 months for that organisation after a really blistering article in the los angeles times that revealed some of these lapses, the most controversial finding of course was that none of its 87 members wears black. this comes at a time of a heightened awareness of the importance of racial diversity, and the air of black lives matter, here is one of the most prominent hollywood organisations apparently oblivious to the importance of racial diversity. it says it is change, it is taken on new members. six of who are black, six

many celebrities turned their backs on the hollywood foreign press association. y people here still want the golden globes to go ahead, because it is the beginning of the award system and a traditional precursor the oscars when the actors get out there and talk about projects, the new movies, in the hope that perhaps it will garner attention and possibly votes for the oscars. everyone wants it to go ahead, providing it is not tainted by controversy. peter bowes with that report. you are watching bbc news. hello again. the weather today's very similar to yesterday. yesterday's top temperatures were 20 or 21 degrees in edinburgh and also ross on wye. today, very similar. there's a fair bit of cloud around, so we're looking at bright spells. there will be some sunny intervals, but rain across the north and west of scotland, and the wind strengthening here later on. you could catch the odd shower, for example, across southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales, but most of us will miss them. now through this evening and overnight, if anything, this rain tur

the award show was held as a private event this year after the hollywood foreign press association was, including a controversy over a lack of diversity in its membership. the group did make some reforms and added 21 new members, including six black journalists. the 80th annual golden globes are scheduled for january 10th and that big hollywood sign down in southern california is getting a makeover just in time for its 1/100 birthday next year, the hollywood sign trust and sherman williams are teaming up to wash and prime and repaint the 350 ft. long and 45 ft tall sign. it was originally built as a hillside advertisement for housing development. but then it turned into a symbol for the movie industry. and the last time the sign actually had some work done to. it was 10 years ago when it was completely rebuilt. this project is expected to take about two months. already yeah, as we look around the bay area you can see behind me some blue skies over mount diablo. but just to the south and a little to the east. it was going off about an hour ago. now out towards the ultimate pass and stoc

stay at work was that brendan pissed off a powerful man in hollywood he spoke about the harassment, the former head of the foreign press association golden globes. at that time, it was not accepted to complain and not the official was canceled, but the actor himself, blacklisting him in major blockbusters. frazier did not appear again, but appeared in small roles in several series, for example, he played security guards on the tv show lovers. at the same time, he gave a rare interview to fans, alarmed by the appearance of the actor, imbued with his troubles and wrote a petition demanding that he be returned to the screens and directors. they were heard by martin scorsese filmed fraser in the film killer of the flower moon, where he will appear along with leonardo dicaprio and robert de niro. fraser aranovsky gave the lead role. drama kit from 270 kg to a man who is trying to establish a relationship with his teenage daughter venetia and the film deserved a seven-minute standing ovation of fraser's tears. she's a film festival in toronto for this role. he received an award for outstanding acting work. i used to look different on th