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In 2005 Ralph Fiennes spoke to journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press about The Constant Gardener, directed by Fernando Meirelles from the 2001 novel by John le Carré, where he played a British diplomat in Kenya trying to solve the murder of his wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), an Amnesty activist. He addressed the corruption of big pharmaceutical companies and supporting UNICEF, issues still timely today.

The adage “write what you know” is such an old saw that many aspiring authors, songwriters, and other artists almost seem to instinctively recoil from it. Filmmakers, especially these days, seem enchanted instead by digital technology that, in both the fiction and nonfiction realms, allows for inexpensive indulgences of far-flung horizons.

Three Hollywood Foreign Press Association members were among those honored at the 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club on Saturday, June 25, 2022, taking home a collective five prizes in a diverse and crowded field of entries from notable outlets inclusive of the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and all of Hollywood’s major trade publications. On an evening where Rita Moreno introduced 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker, who was honored with the Joseph M.

The film opens with a simple shot of the sky. Although the image is in black and white, it’s clear that we’re looking at a blue mid-summer day.

On June 24, 2022, the radical majority on the Supreme Court brought about the end of Roe v. Wade in a ruling that the rightwing has been planning for decades.

For the gay community, coming out is as unique an experience as it is personal. The process of identifying one’s sexual orientation, then sharing that information with loved ones, is, generally speaking, one of life’s biggest game-changers.

The Bolivian film Utama by director Alejandro Loayza Grisi won the award for Best First Work, Best Screenplay, and the Jorge Cámara Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, which honors the late former president of the HFPA, at the 37th Guadalajara International Film Festival (GIFF), one of the most important festivals in Latin America. Cámara, a three-time president of the HFPA, passionately collaborated with the film festival held annually in Mexico.

In France, Jurassic World: Dominion is the new number 1 at the box office. The movie directed by Colin Trevorrow with Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Laura Dern, takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar when dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world.

Originally published: May 5, 2022   Almost 50 years after the landmark decision that legalized abortion, women’s rights are once again under attack as the  Supreme Court ruled that Roe vs. Wade is no longer.

With as much pomp and circumstance as befits a film festival whose Honorary President is His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, the red-carpet event at the Salle des Princes in the Grimaldi Forum to hand out the closing night Golden Nymph awards was packed with stars and surprises. Although there was a wide selection of winners from Spain, Germany, France, Syria and Faroe Islands, it was the U.