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The HFPA gave away more than $2 million in donations during a gala dinner packed with stars and surprises at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The amount tops last year's contributions of more than $1.

The HFPA gave away more than $2 million in donations during a gala dinner packed with stars and surprises at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Beverly Hills, CA.

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Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies will début at the 53rd New York Film Festival. The Cold War spy drama, written by the Coen Brothers and starring Tom Hanks and Amy Ryan is part of a substantial line-up of world premieres that also includes Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as daredevil Philippe Petit of walk-between-the-Twin-Towers fame; the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead, directed by and starring Don Cheadle as the jazz giant; and Laura Israel’s documentary Don’t Blink, about photographer Robert Frank.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hold its Annual Grants Banquet Dinner tomorrow, August 13, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Thethe night begins with a champagne reception at 6 p.

From July 30 to August 16 the second largest city in Australia, has been living and breathing film: Melbourne is hosting its annual Film Festival, created in 1952 and one of the oldest international events in the festival circuit. Over the span of three weeks, the event, has managed to jam pack a true marathon of screenings that includes all kinds of film.

If the weekly box office could be the subject of a film, it would be quite a cliffhanger: surprises, setbacks, comebacks, and unpredictable endings. It’s happened once again in these past few days, when the movie to beat was supposed to be Fantastic Four.

Lady Gaga and Jake Gyllenhaal have joined an all-star roster of presenters at the HFPA’s Annual Grants Banquet Dinner, on Thursday, August 13, at Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Lady Gaga will soon be seen in FX’s series American Horror Story: Hotel.