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October 25, 2005
Crickets go bad at National Board of Review?
Mystery deepens, as Variety's Ian Mohr reports on the doings of the enigmatic, 96-year-old National Board of Review: "When the kudos season kicks off each year with the National Board of Review's awards, many in the biz find themselves asking [who they are]... A group of former NBR members says the org is... a "private club rather than a public charity." A complaint, Mohr reports. has been filed by former members with New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer... "Dissidents further charge NBR prexy Annie Schulhof with having a conflict of interest by owning a production shingle, and with giving preferential treatment to friends and family... The NBR is the first widely recognized awards body to weigh in with its yearly list in early December.
"The complaint involves director governance issues, bylaw improprieties, conflict of interest on the part of the president of the board of directors, partisanship toward certain studios regarding awards and gala fees and awards vote manipulation -- none of which constitute ethical standards for a not-for-profit corporation," said Susan Nielsen, a former board member.... Taking on the charge that Schulhof should not be in her position because she owns a production shingle, [a rep] asserted, "Ms. Schulhof's company has not produced anything yet."
Posted by pride at October 25, 2005 09:06 PM
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