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Little known fact: The HFPA has members representing all 11 countries in which The Huffington Post currently has an edition (as well as India, the next territory in which the internet journalism portal will launch). With 95 million daily visitors, Arianna Huffington’s web empire, ranks as one of the internet’s blockbuster successes.

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The Purge 2: Anarchy fell short of sowing chaos on the Planet of the Apes as it finished a distant second to last weekend’s domestic chart topper. Its $28.

JAMES GARNERJames Garner, who shot to fame in the 1950s as the charming and dry-witted gambler on the hit TV western Maverick and earned 12 Golden Globe nominations, winning three times, died at his home aged 86. The Oklahoma-born Garner, who also starred in the long-running TV series The Rockford Files, amassed more than 80 movie and TV-movie credits during his 50-year career.

We mourn the passing of James Garner, the actor who embodied debonair leading men with inimitable style in a Hollywood film and TV career that earned him universal accolades, as well as four Golden Globe Awards from no less than 12 nominations. Born in Oklahoma, Garner was a merchant seaman, gas station attendant and carpet layer, in addition to purple-heart Korean war veteran before getting into show business as an understudy for actor Lloyd Nolan during rehearsals of the Broadway-bound The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.

Ireland’s leading film festival is held every year in July in the picturesque tiny town of Galway. In its 26th iteration, the Galway Film Fleadh (is it pronounced Flea? Fleed? No, it’s actually Fla, go figure) brings together film buffs, filmmakers, film students, producers, wannabes, actors, Oscar winners, producers and film students in a six day festival, film market and of course pub crawl.

By the time it had seen just 3 sunsets, this weekend’s number one film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes had earned over $73 million. Leading actor and by this point primate behavior expert Andy Serkis returned in his starring role as Caesar the digitally augmented ape, while Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, and the incomparable Gary Oldman appeared in simple flesh and blood to round out the cast.

The Emmy nominations were announced this morning by the Television Academy Arts and Sciences and we congratulate all nominees. Fargo and Game of Thrones lead the field with strong showings by cable, premium cable and streaming services.

  Our Emmy nominated hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler This year's Golden Globes show, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, has earned two Emmy nominations. Produced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in association with dick clark productions, it is the fourth consecutive year the Globes have been nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Program.

Transformers: Age of Extinction, Paramount’s for lack of a better word, paramount summer hit finished at the top of both the domestic and international charts for the second time since its release last weekend. The 4th of July holiday period was good for $36.