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In today’s global market, remakes and adaptations are the order of the day. But for the Spanish language version of Breaking Bad, it was more a case of duplication.

'My name is Cid Swank. It is a name people remember.

Pretty bad reviews and a 67% drop from opening weeks are usually sure signs that a film will be labeled a box office disaster. In the case of Suicide Squad, which suffered from both of these experiences, that label is far from applicable.

Suicide Squad murdered the box office this week with a record smashing $135 million home market debut. It took 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy’s August opening crown, grossing almost 50% more than Marvel’s global hit.

“This right here,  is my favorite party of the year”, said  Jamie Lee Curtis, who hosted  the annual HFPA Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “The kind of party where they invite you, feed and give away $2 million”.

At hand to deliver the checks are Golden Globe winners Christian Slater, Gina Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Joanne Froggatt, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty and Golden Globe nominees Emma Stone, Justin Timberlake will present grants, together with stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Nate Parker, Renée Zellweger, Simon Helberg and Vince Vaughn. Stars and guests are being treated to a cocktail of champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres like salmon poke cones and beef wellington en croute.

Jimmy Fallon will be the host of the 74th Golden Globe Awards, to be held on Sunday, January 8, 2017. Fallon is a veteran of many Golden Globes, having presented awards in a variety of categories, the most recent in 2014 when, together with Golden Globe nominee Melissa McCarthy, he presented the Golden Globe for Best Performance by An Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television to Golden Globe winner and Cecil B.

Four years after he let go of Jason Bourne and allowed Jeremy Renner to take over, Matt Damon has reclaimed the character created by Robert Ludlum of the indomitable CIA assassin who does not remember where he comes from. Damon has teamed up again with Paul Greengrass.

As international journalists covering the entertainment industry, we at the HFPA are constantly on the lookout for up-and-coming talent. We know that the unknown filmmaker of today can very easily be the award-winning powerhouse of a not too distant future.

Director Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven will have its world premiere at the opening of the Toronto Film Festival, on September 8. Fuqua’s take on the 1960 western directed by John Sturges (which in turn was an American version of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, from 1954) stars Cecil B.