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Legendary now seems a fitting term for Whoopi Goldberg, twice a Golden Globe winner for The Color Purple (in 1986) and Ghost (1991 – also an Oscar), the first woman to host the Academy Awards, in 1994, social and political activist since the Comic Relief era and now a TV personality and very vocal both in the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements. And she is truly irrepressible wielding the resolve that led her to send an Instagram message to Pope Francis: “Good morning Your Holiness,” she wrote.

This year’s Golden Globe awards saw Jodie Comer nominated for Best Performance by an Actress TV series Drama for her role as Villanelle in the groundbreaking series, Killing Eve. The same role brought her a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as a BAFTA TV Award last year.

Some of TV’s top showrunners got together for a panel titled “Showrunner Superpanel: Where Do We Go From Here?” at the recent virtual edition of the BANFF World Media Festival. Five women – Tanya Saracho (Vida), Anna Winger (Unorthodox), Liz Tigelaar (Little Fires Everywhere), Kerry Ehrin (The Morning Show), Liz Feldman (Dead To Me) – and one queer person of color, Steven Canals (Pose) – talked about the unique challenges for minorities in Hollywood, their hopes for the TV landscape post-pandemic and after the current cultural shifts, and even offered a little advice in case you want to run your own TV show.

Poetry drew the Irish actress to the performing arts. “At school where I always enjoyed doing things like Shakespeare but also poetry, poetry was the big thing.

Beginning in 1952 when the Cecil B.  deMille Award was presented to its namesake visionary director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded its most prestigious prize 66 times.

The Bold and The Beautiful is the first scripted network television show to resume production in Los Angeles since the coronavirus pandemic brought the Hollywood industry to a halt three months ago. A very delicate comeback for a show dependent upon romantic storylines served up in steamy close-ups.

“I do not compromise for anybody. Still don’t.

The political satire The Politician is the latest collaboration between Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, and Brad Falchuk, who are also the creators behind the highly successful musical comedy-drama Glee. In the first season of The Politician, we meet a group of very well-dressed, privileged high school teenagers in southern California.

The HFPA, dick clark productions and NBC look forward to the 2021 Golden Globes and celebrating the accomplishments of the film and television community. We are excited to announce the 78th.

Two film events will highlight HFPA restoration efforts. Continuing its mission to restore and preserve film heritage, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gives major contributions and grants to print and digital restoration projects and holds an annual Film Restoration Summit.