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Two years ago, with his widely lauded A Separation, writer-director Asghar Farhadi announced the arrival of a new wave of Iranian cinema: intimate and complex, exquisitely sculpted with the emphasis on family and relationships. Farhadi’s film gave us a glimpse into modern Iranian society, and some of us may have been surprised to find that Iranians are a people with much the same issues and problems that we all have to deal with.

In the role of enslaved fieldworker Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong'o triumphs in her first big-screen role and gets her first Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actress in director Steve McQueen's acclaimed movie. Nyong’o was born in 1983 in Mexico City from Kenyan parents, then raised in Kenya and educated in the U.

Alan Del Rosario, the first Filipino-American finalist in the Oscar Designer Challenge, made a name for himself when he dressed Hollywood stars like Michelle Pfeiffer, Debra Messing, Taylor Swift, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, Paula Abdul and Lea Michele, to name a few. His label, Thimble and Thread, was available on Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Anthropologie.

Dressing celebrities for the red carpet is nothing new to David Tupaz. He has dressed some of Hollywood’s A-listers like Kristin Chenoweth, Mariel Hemingway, Martin Sheen, Lucy Liu, Natalie Cole, Kris Kardashian, Bruce Jenner, Lisa Rinna, William and Elizabeth Shatner, Allan and Tonya Thicke, David Foster, Tracie and Scott Hamilton, Bai Ling, Billy Zane, Christine Baranski, Sofia Milos of “CSI Miami” and Mitzi Kapture of “Baywatch.

The fashion designer behind Thumbelina Atelier, who is based in Sherman Oaks, California, is known for creating the wedding tiara of Julia Roberts when the latter got married to cameraman Daniel “Danny” Moder in 2002. Carlyn said, “I've had the fortunate experience of creating for Julia Roberts, Paula Abdul, Cean Chaffin (award-winning film producer and wife of director David Fincher), Jennifer Love Hewitt for ‘The Client List,’ New York businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis and daughter Leslie Lewis, model and actress Rachel Reynolds, daytime soap actress Jennifer Birmingham (wife of actor Will Yun Lee of ‘Die Another Day’ and ‘The Wolverine’), Alexis Phifer (fashion designer/Hollywood stylist), and Cassandra Grey (wife of Paramount head, Brad Grey), to name a few.

Since she erupted onto international consciousness and cinema screens in Mike Leigh’s Happy Go Lucky in 2008, Sally Hawkins has become synonymous with a kind of lightness and ease that belies serious insight and wisdom. That role won her a Golden Globe as best comedy actress, as well as multiple other awards.

The woman is standing with her daughter in her arms, her son by her side. The officer walks up to her and tells her how beautiful she is, that he’d like to get her in bed.

It has been a good year for seasoned actors. Dame Judi Dench has given us, at age 79, another heartbreaking performance as a mother in search of her son in Philomena.

Champagne will be flowing freely at this year's Golden Globe awards. Guests will be toasting the 71st awards show with  125 cases of 2004 Grand Vintage Brut magnums, one of which will be on every table.

Hilton executive chef Suki Sugiura's menu for the 1,500 Golden Globe guests is inspired by California's fresh produce while celebrating the global reach of the Hollywood Foreign Press. "It's a thrill to put together the menu again for the Golden Globe awards," he said, introducing the menu to scores of journalists, food writers and cameramen at the Hilton.