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Between 1948 and 1983 Golden Globes were awarded in a special category of “New Star of the Year” conceived to recognize young actors making a mark in their early roles. In this series, the HFPA’s Phil Berk highlights those that would follow their auspicious starts with distinguished careers.

“I may be known as a crude, loudmouth son-of-a-bitch, but I built Columbia. I started it with spit and wire and these fists.

On a week when there was only one major new film release (Nomadland) in America, the biggest box office action was still happening in China. Two movies, Hi, Mom and Detective Chinatown 3, posted spectacular cumulative earnings of $624 million and $621 million, respectively.

Four years after his first Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Nasir Khan in the gripping mini-series The Night Of, British actor Riz Ahmed returns to the Golden Globe nominee roster. Nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Sound of Metal by Darius Marder, Ahmed delivers a vulnerably poignant performance as Ruben, a heavy-metal drummer who rapidly loses his hearing while on tour.

When HFPA journalists interviewed Sigourney Weaver in 1988 about Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey, directed by Michael Apted, this is what she said about Dian Fossey. “Working on Dian Fossey allowed me to see that, to a certain extent, we all think of animals as third-class citizens of a planet that actually belongs to us and they'll have to find room to do whatever they do in a way that's convenient for mankind.

Tiffany Haddish, Kate Hudson.

English actor, comedian and provocateur extraordinaire, Sacha Baron Cohen is a two-time nominee for this year’s Golden Globe: as Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, (directed by Jason Woliner, the film is also a nominee as Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) and as Best Supporting Actor for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7.  Mostly known for his unorthodox, bizarre, fictional characters, which he honed and perfected with his seminal TV series Da Ali G Show (in which he created the Borat and Brüno characters, among many others), Baron Cohen, who will turn 50 in October, also shows real acting skills as radical leader Abbie Hoffman in Chicago 7.

Amanda Seyfried received her first Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Marion Davies in David Fincher’s Mank.   She has starred in several successful movies, including Mean Girls, Mama Mia!, Letters to Juliet, Lovelace, and Fathers and Daughters.

Jared Leto’s breakout role was in the cult TV series, My So-Called Life playing the teenage heartthrob, Jordan Catalano. He then took on roles that challenged that image by playing characters with dramatic physical characteristics, such as Fight Club where he was beaten to a pulp, Requiem for a Dream for which he lost 30 pounds, and Chapter 27 for which he gained 60 pounds.

For the 17th year running, the  Hollywood Foreign Press Association will celebrate the best in international cinema with the 17th Annual Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee Screening Series and Symposium held in association with the American Cinematheque. The Symposium will take place Saturday, Feb.