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HOLLYWOOD, CA, April 28, 2011 – Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) President, Philip Berk, announced today the timetable for “The 69th Annual Golden Globe® Awards. ” The deadline for Motion Picture and Television submissions is Friday, November 4.

By Philip Berk If we go back half century, long before the emergence of the blockbuster, when moviegoing was an essential part of American life, we discover an amazing fact: the one genre that consistently attracted the biggest audiences was musicals. In the forties, the musicals of Bing Crosby, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, and Betty Grable were consistently among the top money earners.

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The summer of 2011 is shaping up to be a true ‘sequel’bration’ as such titles as The Hangover, Kung Fu Panda, Transformers, Cars, Harry Potter, The Fast and the Furious, X Men and Pirates of the Caribbean will park their next cinematic installments at theaters. And thus begins the great debate: is this art or economics? Why is this wave of film familiarity sweeping the movie making process? Let’s face it: nothing excites Hollywood more than making money, and creating the franchise has proven to be one of the surest and safest ways to achieve that.

Mel Gibson talks about acting and interacting with a hand puppet in The Beaver.

Jeremy Irons speaks about his role in the new historical series, The Borgias.

By Jorge Camara The winner of the Golden Globe for the Best Comedy/Musical Picture of 1954 was Carmen Jones. The film, an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was an adaptation of Georges Bizet’s famous opera “Carmen,” respected the music, but used a script and new English lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein of Rodgers & Hammerstein musical fame.

Diane Lane reflects on her role in HBO's Cinema Verite, about the making of the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family.

Golden Globe nominee Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher riff about what it means to be Men of a Certain Age.

THOR star Chris Hemsworth tells us about playing a God, albeit one banished to earth.