Golden Globes group ousts senior member over BLM email

Philip Berk, who has been ousted from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after a controversial email about the Black Lives Matter movement (Reed Saxon/AP)

A former president of the organisation that hosts the Golden Globes has been dropped from the group’s board after sending an email that called Black Lives Matter a “hate movement”.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association board said in an email on Tuesday that Phil Berk was no longer a member of the organisation. The decision comes hours after NBC — which broadcasts the Globes — condemned Mr Berk’s actions and called for his “immediate expulsion”.