Los Angeles (AFP) – The scandal-hit group behind Hollywood’s Golden Globes has approved a bid to spin off the lucrative film and television awards show into a new, for-profit entity controlled by US billionaire Todd Boehly, it said Thursday. Composed of around 100 entertainment writers with links to foreign publications, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been plagued by allegations of corruption, racism and amateurism. These led to a Hollywood boycott that saw its flagship, high-profile awards show taken off the air by NBC this year. Boehly, who has major stakes in the Los Angeles Do…