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The annual American Film Institute Festival got off to a stellar start on Thursday, November 5, with a gala screening of By The Sea at the iconic Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Written, starring and produced by Angelina Jolie an Brad Pitt, By The Sea was presented by its director, Angelina Jolie, to a packed theater.

For 53 years James Bond has made cinema history – and throughout, the HFPA was there to document it. As Spectre, the 24th Bond film since the franchise launched in 1962 opens worldwide and seeks to perpetuate the success of the iconic character, Ana Maria Bahiana looks back at 53 years of cinema history.

Part of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s mission is to foster greater understanding through world cinema. This year 72 Foreign Language films were submitted for Golden Globes consideration.

The 28th edition of the annual Tokyo International Film Festival just wrapped leaving a great impression. Boasting a wide selection of over 200 titles from all over the world, in genres as diverse as action, comedy, drama, fantasy and horror, the special focus this year was on animation, mostly on the famous anime and manga versions, which are the most popular animation forms in Japan.

In this patterned Dior, Cate Blanchett embodies what sets her apart as an Icon of Style. Click through the gallery and discover 13 reasons why we care about Cate.

What makes a style icon? Designer: GilThere are many people who draw attention on the red carpet, but when someone is effortlessly elegant, without being a slave to trends, when they push the envelope, yet always appear immaculate, when their choices are timeless – that’s style. Designer: Givenchy Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier CoutureWhy is Cate Blanchett our first style icon?Her style is her own.

Halloween served up a scare for Hollywood, as a host of star-studded awards vehicles and the requisite horror thrillers all flopped at the domestic box office. Sandra Bullock, who plays the lead in and produced political passion project Our Brand is Crisis, saw the lowest wide release opening of her career with just $3.

There is at least one film festival every day and every week of the year taking place somewhere in the world. But nowhere is film more often celebrated than in the heart of the film industry, in Hollywood.

A Halloween treat: Extraordinary Tales, the animated film featuring the voices of great movie masters of terror, will be screened at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, on Halloween night, and in selected theaters around the country during the same week. A shocking animated anthology of horror comprised of five short stories based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Extraordinary Tales includes the talent of Sir Christopher Lee in his last work before his passing, and the original Dracula, Bela Lugosi, coming back from the land of the dead in a lost recording of “The Tell-Tale Heart”.

Multiple Golden Globe nominee and winner Ricky Gervais will be back for more! Yes, after hosting the show in 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ricky will be back on our Beverly Hilton stage on January 10, 2016 to MC the Golden Globes Awards Ceremony. Returning to the same stage where he brought his acerbic sense of humor to Hollywood, he is sure to add his special kind of British spice to the proceedings.