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Since the musical Hamilton premiered on Broadway in 2015 and achieved pop-culture phenomenon status, Lin-Manuel Miranda has become a household name. 2020, however, was definitely a year that consolidated the artist’s gravitas in the core of the entertainment industry.

There is an ever-powerful light that shines inside Frances McDormand as she plays the starring role in Writer/Director Chloé Zhao’s inspiring docu-fiction drama Nomadland. The seven-time Golden Globe nominee, who for the last 40 years has played an array of strong women, many of whom were from rural areas in the country, portrays Fern, a 61-year-old working-class house-less woman, who not only lost her job and husband but is forced out of her home and on to the road.

Gary Oldman is one of the most celebrated actors of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television and an impressive repertoire under his belt. With movies such as Sid and Nancy, True Romance, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Darkest Hour, in which his portrayal of Winston Churchill won multiple awards, including a Golden Globe and Oscar, Oldman is without a doubt a force of nature.

Golden Globe-nominated actor Tahar Rahim was blown away when he read the script for The Mauritanian. The legal drama is based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi's memoir 'Guantánamo Diary',  a true story of his experience of being held for 14 years with no charges being leveled against him in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp.

A 1971 documentary film had a very factual title: The Murder of Fred Hampton. The title of a feature film exactly fifty years later describes the same subject in biblical terms: Judas and the Black Messiah.

Her website is crowned by a winged capital letter Z. What that means, explains a voice on her podcast, is Ein großes Z und ein kleiner Engel (A big Z and a little angel).

Collectively known as the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Universe: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America:  Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the latter grossing over $2. 798 billion worldwide.

Between 1948 and 1983 Golden Globes were awarded in a special category of “New Star of the Year” conceived to recognize young actors making a mark in their early roles. In this series, the HFPA’s Phil Berk highlights those that would follow their auspicious starts with distinguished careers.

Lee Isaac Chung was the big winner at the 2020 Sundance Festival, where his film Minari took the Audience Award in the Dramatic Competition and also the Grand Jury Prize. And Lee Isaac Chung is in the news now more than ever.

Black and white films are a staple of world cinema. From achievements in the early silent era such as Metropolis (1927) and M (1931) to masterpieces like The 400 Blows (1959), Tokyo Story (1953) and Wings of Desire (1987), this format never actually died after color films were invented.