The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, HFPA®

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA): formed in 1943, by Los Angeles-based foreign journalist, it is the respected organization that is perhaps better known for its annual glamorous event The Golden Globes, awarding achievements in film and television during their live star-studded telecast. International journalists and photographers that report on the entertainment industry activity and interests in the United States for information outlets (newspaper, magazine and book publication, television and radio broadcasting) predominately outside the U.S.

There about ninety members from about fifty-five countries with a combined following more than two hundred and fifty million. It conducts the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles every January that honor notable examples or cinema and television and achievements in entertainment business.