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Carol, Todd Haynes’ highly acclaimed lesbian romance, set in the 1950s, is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1952 daring novel, The Price of Salt, adapted to the screen by Phyllis Nagy. His sixth and most fully realized feature, Carol co-stars two of the best actresses of their respective generations.

“Give a girl the right shoe and she can conquer the world. ”Marilyn MonroeShoes! You can never have too many – just ask Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, who had over 1,060 pairs.

Each year, since 1962, the HFPA has been selecting a young actress to serve as Miss Golden Globes. Some of those so honored also happened to be a Hollywood "second generation", and this became the adopted criterion in 1985.

As part of its continued efforts in the area of education, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has awarded California State University, Northridge $2 million to support students and enhance technology in the school’s acclaimed Department of Cinema and Television Arts. A portion of the grant will go toward creating endowed scholarships to support underrepresented film and television students in the industry.

Raised in New Providence, New Jersey, Tom McCarthy is a graduate of Boston College and Yale School of Drama. A quintessentially independent director, McCarthy, who's 49, has also benefited from being an accomplished actor, in various genres, such as broad Hollywood comedies (Meet the Parents), and some serial TV (Boston Public, The Wire).

One of the most acclaimed filmmakers of his generation, three-time Golden Globe nominee Ridley Scott (Gladiator, American Gangster and now The Martian) has also earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Director (Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down). Scott’s most recent credits include Exodus: Gods and Kings starring Christian Bale, and Prometheus, starring Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend – Marilyn Monroe sang about it and Elizabeth Taylor proved the point as the men in her life paid homage to the woman she was by lavishing the most stunning jewels on the great beauty. Such was the magnitude of Elizabeth’s collection that a relationship developed between the talented actress and the House of Bulgari that spanned her lifetime.

Between Independence Day and the Men in Black and Bad Boys franchises you would think Will Smith is a prototypical action/comedy blockbuster kind of an actor. But the five times Golden Globe nominee has time and again also proven himself in serious roles.

Given his low profile in Hollywood, it may come as a surprise to some that many regard Mark Rylance the best actor of his generation. With a long career in theater, film and television, Rylance can range effortlessly from Shakespeare to Steven Spielberg.

Being a Bridesmaid has been good to Melissa McCarthy. Since playing Megan Price, the groom’s bawdy sister in Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, Melissa has marched to the center of comedy cinema.