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Philip W. Berk (born February 13, 1933) is an American former film industry executive, journalist, and film critic. [1] He served for eight years as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and served as an influential member of the organization for several decades. Berk was accused of sexually assaulting actor Brendan Fraser in 2003.
Former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has been expelled after the outcry over a leaked email recently sent to members with a post describing Black Lives Matter as a ...
In 2018, Brendan Fraser faced backlash (and believes he was blacklisted) within the entertainment industry after alleging that Philip Berk, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press ...
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Hollywood Foreign Press Association building facade in West Hollywood, Ca. The association was founded in 1943, [9] by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists who wanted a more organized distributing process for cinema news to non-U.S. markets.
In 2011, three days before the Golden Globe Awards telecast, publicist Michael Russell filed a $2 million lawsuit alleging that HFPA President Philip Berk terminated Russell and his partner's contract after the 2010 broadcast because they raised ethical concerns over payola with him, including allegations that HFPA members took bribes for ...
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The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...