The Hollywood Reporter consulted eight top industry publicists — men and women of varying ages who represent individuals, studios, networks and awards campaigns — and granted them anonymity in return for candor about which of the 84 current HFPA members they hold in the highest regard.
Vanity FairHofmann, who has been a member for 20 years, recently spoke at an HFPA/publicists meeting and pleaded through tears for publicists to “find it in your heart to forgive our past and embrace our future, and to join our journey. Allow us to earn your trust again. We would like to continue being an ally and voice against social and systemic injustice domestically and internationally — through our philanthropy as well as our journalistic work.
”, a member for a decade, who established and oversees the podcast, one of the few places where — for better or worse — a wide cross-section of HFPA members can be heard by the public interacting with talent;, a 2013 addition to the group who is classified as representing Denmark, but actually serves as the Hollywood correspondent for a variety of Danish, who has written for Australian and New Zealand publications since becoming a member in 2012, and currently reaches a large audience through...