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Opening a new cycle that will culminate with the Golden Globes on January 5th, 2020, the Hollywood Foreign Press launched the festivities with the traditional Grants Banquet on July 31st, reinforcing its commitment to philanthropy and support to education and the arts. Held this year at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA, the banquet was hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a bevy of stars helped the HFPA give out this year's grants.

When you meet Wyatt Russell’s character Sean 'Dud' Dudley for the first time on the TV series Lodge 49 he is at his lowest point, walking on the beach with a metal detector after the death of his father and the collapse of the family business. 'At the beginning Dud is idealizing his father and trying to become an idealistic version of his father.

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 66 times.

Colors were mostly muted though green popped. Men were groomed and women went feminine.

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in … Hollywood took off to a fantastic $40 million in the US and marked a record opening for the director. That was enough to beat stablemate Spider-Man: Far from Home, but short of The Lion King's domestic top finish of $75 million.

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.

When one hears the name Bollywood, what comes to mind, most often than not, are three-hour-long movies with song and dance no matter what the genre, movies driven by star power such as Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. These stars will still shine but they seem to be losing a little bit of their luster as is evident from the latest box office figures, all recent films starring the four actors have opened with good box office numbers and then have taken a nosedive.

Patty Jenkins is interested in people and emotions - that’s why she became a director and screenwriter.   Her next movie, Wonder Woman 1984, will be released next summer.

On a bright sunny Hollywood morning in July hundreds of film enthusiasts began lining up in the courtyard of the Egyptian Theatre for the first Foreign Language Film Series, a marathon day of foreign films organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in cooperation with the American Cinematheque. Audience members were affiliated with grant recipient organizations ranging from community associations to film schools, which were invited to attend the screenings together with HFPA members.

All throughout San Diego Comic-Con 2019, there was a feeling of anticipation hanging heavily in the air. Some studios chose to sit out the massive pop culture and genre celebration this year, either preferring to keep their cards close to their chest or feeling better served by other avenues of promotion.