The Golden Globes made an embarrassing mistake: Repeatedly mixing up two Latina actresses

The 2015 Golden Globes nomination ceremony.
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Actress America Ferrera had the honor of announcing the 2016 Golden Globe nominees Thursday morning, but she didn't have the honor of the awards show's hosts, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), getting her name right while she did it. The Golden Globe Awards sent out not one but two tweets ahead of the announcement in which they misidentified Ferrera as fellow Latina actress Gina Rodriguez, of Jane the Virgin.

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