EXCLUSIVE
On the eve of the Golden Globe nominations, TheWrap has obtained a letter in which the PR chief for the awards accuses the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of "unsavory business practices."
Michael Russell sent a scathing letter to organization president Philip Berk a month before announcing in March that he was leaving his long-held post as the publicist for the HFPA. In the letter he accused Berk of firing him after Russell took issue with what he described as "questionable business practices."
Not addressing these concerns, Russell had warned Berk, would imperil the lucrative Golden Globes telecast, which airs on NBC, as well as the "legitimacy and integrity" of the organization itself.