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  THIS YEAR MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11 2001 when more than three thousand civilians were murdered by terrorists in the worst-ever attack on US soil. It's one of those times when we all remember what we were doing, when two planes were deliberately flown into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, one flew into the Pentagon and a fourth, bound for the White House, was forced to crash in Pennsylvania.

Jessica Chatain talks about presenting Al Pacino with the festival's Filmmaker Award.

To its credit, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave Elizabeth Taylor her first acting award before the Academy did, for one of her best performances in Suddenly Last Summer. The film has long been dismissed by critics, but it’s been a favorite of mine even though I had seen the original stage production (a two-hander under the title “Garden District” the other half was “Something Unspoken”) in which Anne Meacham played Catherine and became the toast of Broadway.

Gary Oldman introduced his newest film, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to a delegation from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Venice Film Festival. Gary Oldman talking with HFPA members The British actor  portrays George Smiley, the lead character in John Le Carre’s 1974 cold war bestseller of the same title, a role previously played by Alec Guiness in a 1979 TV mini series.

Matt Damon loves Venice - but then, what's not to love?.

The trial of the lawsuit between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions which was due to begin on September 6, has been postponed for a month. Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank, who was to hear the case, is ill and the trial has been transferred to another judge.

Ever wonder what a film festival photo call is really like?.

Elijah Wood stars in a new TV show, Wilfred, and returns as Frodo in The Hobbit.

By Anthony Carpio The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) awarded CSUN’s 2011-12 senior film project students with a $50,000 grant for the 16th consecutive year. “It’s a huge help,” said Jaclyn Moore, film production major.

By Philip Berk There never was a woman like Gilda! Borrowing from that movie’s tagline, I'd say there never was a star like Rita Hayworth,the Hayworth before she deserted Hollywood (and Columbia studio head Harry Cohn) to become the Begum of the Prince Ali Khan. Her career after that was never the same.