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No Glamour for Foreign Press

While I was happy to see Phil Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, included in your “Who’s Who in Entertainment” listings (Sept. 15), I was annoyed to see the unwarranted comment that HFPA members “tend to receive lavish treatment from marketing executives.”

HFPA members are given the same treatment afforded domestic journalists by studios. Parties for members are not allowed under the association’s bylaws. There is nothing remotely glamorous about attending 250 junkets and press conferences each year.

MICHAEL RUSSELL

Senior Vice President, Entertainment

Rogers & Cowan

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