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In 1959 I was introduced by Bertil Unger, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the time, as a new member along with Yani Begakis in a general membership meeting held at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Hilda Ulloa was vice president Alan Hunter was secretary and Victor Holguin was the treasurer.

For the past 50 years, Comic-Con has grown into the Mecca for all things Comics. Collectors, fans, and self-proclaimed geeks, as well as comic-book authors, exhibitors, and TV & movie stars, have all flocked to downtown San Diego to celebrate the 4-day event.

As the Black Lives Matter movement is gaining more ground in the wake of countless police killings, the number of (mostly white) people interested in getting an education in Black history is growing. The streamers have responded and added many films and documentaries to their library.

Beginning in 1952 when the Cecil B. DeMille Award was presented to its namesake visionary director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded its most prestigious prize 69 times.

Gina Prince-Bythewood is the director of The Old Guard, an action-adventure based on a graphic novel with super-heroes that don’t fit the normal spectrum. Gay, female, people of color and oh, yes, one straight white male, head up an all-star cast which includes Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli,  and Chiwetel Ejiofor – to name a partial list.

Margarita Terekhova, also known as the muse of legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky, was one of the luminaries of Soviet cinema. In Tarkovsky ‘s 1975 Mirror, now considered his best work by some critics, she played two roles: the mother and wife of the protagonist, and he lauded her by for being ‘an ordinary genius actress.

Tom Pelphrey, 37, the latest addition to the acclaimed drama, Ozark, now in its third season, stars as Ben Davis, the brother of Wendy (Laura Linney). The popular Netflix series which has, to date, garnered two Golden Globe nominations, both for Jason Bateman as Best Actor.

Outside of cinema historians and movie aficionados, the name Florence Lawrence is not likely to ring a bell, although she was in over 300 films, was considered Hollywood’s first movie star, and was known as “the Girl of a Thousand Faces. ”Florence Annie Bridgwood was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on January 2, 1886.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors, and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Because of his height, Jack Thorne thought he couldn’t be an actor. Later he became a writer because he wanted to direct a play.