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By Philip Berk So Peter O'Toole is gone, and we’re all the lesser for it. What a wonderful man he was.

Irish-born stage and screen actor Peter O’Toole, who became an international star in the title role of David Lean’s Oscar-winning epic Lawrence of Arabia, died on Saturday at age 81. One of the greatest actors of his generation he racked up eight Oscar-nominations, without ever winning a prize (he finally received an Honorary Oscar in 2002).

The Golden Globes are only a month away and promise to be bigger and better than ever before! Here's a video preview of what to expect, presented by the hosts, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. http://www.

He has played a stockbroker, a detective, a president, an adventurer, a lawyer, a judge, a drug czar, a divorcee and very often a man with a penchant for dangerous women. But no role took as much courage as slipping into the sequined clothes of Liberace in Behind The Candelabra:"When I was younger I couldn’t have played that part.

We cheered the guy when he got the mermaid, and the romantic hero who got Meg Ryan twice. We rooted for the ex-drunk when he tried to manage an all-girls’ baseball team to redeem himself.

Catherine “Cate” Blanchett, 44, is one of the world’s most acclaimed actresses and one who continues to surprise and electrify at every turn, be it in film, on television or on stage. This exciting awards season sees Blanchett gracing nomination lists galore for her searing turn in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, widely acknowledged to be his best film in a while.

[jwplayer player="1" playlistid="23754"] Actress Vanessa Hudgens, the 24-year-old star of Spring Breakers, stopped by the HFPA offices to pick a check for $100,000 on behalf of UNICEF to assist with relief efforts in the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.      Vanessa, whose mother Gina is from Manila, said the donation will help in the recovery programs for the children affected by the typhoon, which displaced more than three million and killed more than 5,200 people in the Central Philippines since the catastrophic storm hit land on November 8.

The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations delivered the usual set of silver screen successes and upsets, however, it was event announcers Olivia Wilde and Zoe Saldana, whose style earned an honorable mention. Expectant mom and bride-to-be Olivia Wilde proved maternity attire is as fashionable as it is fierce thanks to her mostly-ebony ensemble.

When the 71st Golden Globe Award nominations were announced on December 12, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made a game-changing decision to honor streaming service Netflix for the first time, with the subscriber service landing an impressive six nominations for its shows House of Cards, Arrested Development and Orange is the New Black combined. The organization known for spreading the wealth in its nominations also honored a diverse group of returning nominees in TV, including Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Lena Dunham (Girls), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), with Brooklyn 99 star Andy Samberg as the only first-time nominee in both comedy categories.

With the nominations for the 71st Golden Globes Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press voters spread the wealth to a wide and varied field reflecting a great year for movies. The films recognized by this morning’s announcement run the gamut from gripping dramas to heartfelt comedies to intimate works of introspective storytelling whose common denominator is that they defy easy categorization.