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Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2009 Golden Globe Awards for the year ended December 31, 2008 Best Actor (Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio - Received a Best Actor (Drama) Golden Globe for The Aviator. He has received five additional nominations; four for Best Actor (Drama) for Blood Diamond, The Departed, Catch Me If You Can and Titanic, as well as a Best Supporting Actor nomination for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Frank Langella – This is his first nomination Sean Penn – Received a Best Actor (Drama) Golden Globe for Mystic River.

 Contact: Michael Russell              (310) 939-9024                                     For Immediate Release             HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 8, 2008 – Brooke Shields will join HFPA President Jorge Camara and previously announced celebrities Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard and Rainn Wilson to announce the Nominations for “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” on Thursday morning, December 11, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton.  Nominations will be announced in 25 categories.

 Contact: Michael Russell              (310) 939-9024                                     For Immediate Release              HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 5, 2008 – Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard and Rainn Wilson will join Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara to announce the Nominations for “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” on Thursday morning, December 11, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton.  Nominations will be announced in 25 categories.

Contact: Michael Russell             (310) 939-9024                                                                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 3, 2008 – 184 live-action feature films (113 drama and 71 comedies or musicals), 8 animated feature films, 109 television series (67 drama and 42 comedies), 38 mini-series or telefilms and 53 foreign language films have been qualified for “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” consideration honoring 2008 achievements, it was announced today by Jorge Camara, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  In addition, 49 songs are eligible for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.

Contact: The Michael Russell Group                (310) 939-9024                                                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 2, 2008 – 53 foreign language films have been qualified for “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards” consideration honoring 2008 achievements, it was announced today by Jorge Camara, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.             The list of contenders follows: Baader Meinhof Complex, TheGermanyBathorySlovak RepublicBehind the WallsFranceCape No.

Contact: Michael Russell (310) 939-9024                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OBITUARY   YANI BEGAKIS – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Member Yani Begakis, a five-time President and a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for 48 years, passed away at Cedars Sinai on August 12.  He had been hospitalized and in critical condition since returning from a press junket in Athens at the beginning of July.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 30, 2008 – The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented $759,865 in financial grants to film schools and non-profit organizations at its annual Installation Luncheon honoring the organization’s 2008-2009 slate of officers today at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Celebrities attending the event to announce grants included Aaron Eckhart and Jon Hamm.

Contact:  Michael Russell                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            (310) 939-9024  Hollywood, CA, June 5, 2008  –  Jorge Camara was re-elected president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the year 2008-2009 at the organization's annual election meeting. A member of the association for 43 years, Camara is serving his sixth term as HFPA president.

Contact:  Michael Russell                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     (310) 939-9024Hollywood, CA, May 15, 2008  –  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has donated $100,000 to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for their relief effort underway in Myanmar (Burma), it was announced today by Jorge Camara, President. “The tragedy that has happened to our world neighbors in Asia is unfathomable, and two million people have been displaced in addition to the thousands who have perished,” said Camara.