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In 2021, a difficult year for the arts, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had the pleasure of highlighting an extraordinarily diverse batch of works and honoring the new entries in the Winners Circle of 2022.

André Leon Talley, Fashion Icon, former Vogue director and Editor at Large, sparked an outpouring of tributes at the announcement of his death at 73, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Stylists, stars, models, and the glitterati took to social media posting photos of the legendary creative force.

Warming our hands on a hot cup of joe while waiting outside for the day’s first screening? Enjoying the view of the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains before we head into a highly anticipated new film? Traipsing up and down Main Street with its bustling stores and restaurants and event locations and running into filmmakers and actors along the way? Forget all that. The pandemic has once again put a dent in the much-loved Sundance experience.

In 1969, Lillian Gish published a book entitled “Lillian Gish: The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me,” dedicated to the three people who had the most influence on her life: “To my mother who gave me love.

This week's real hit, literally, comes from the Williams sisters. Released on January 13th in Italy, the film King Richard, directed by Marcus Green and starring Will Smith, immediately placed third on the box office podium, grossing €396,410 in the first three days alone.

British actor, Henry Cavill, (38), famous for his role as the Man of Steel, otherwise known as Superman, talks about his other iconic role, in which he plays the eponymous lead in The Witcher, aka Geralt of Rivia.   Comparing the fanbase of both otherworldly creatures, he says, “I wouldn’t say The Witcher is a different experience [from Superman] necessarily.

Four years ago, HFPA Austrian member, Elisabeth Sereda, sat down with Golden Globe and Cecil B. deMille award winner Steven Spielberg for our first podcast in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

It took Ghostface to topple Spidey from his stratospheric box office heights. Scream, also known as Scream 5, scared up $30.

The new year brought a big jump in the box office in both, Germany and Austria, only to drop again on the second weekend of 2022. The hopeful start was short-lived partially due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, and we are not even talking about a pandemic; the weather was perfect in both countries and people flocked to the ski slopes instead of the movie theaters.

Repost from January 17, 2022. I spend a lot of time abroad, as do all members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and it’s weird being away from home for certain holidays.