It was a year of heavyweight historical dramas at the Globes, and The Guns of Navarone, by J. Lee Thompson, prevailed over El Cid and Judgment at Nuremberg (Fanny and Splendor in the Grass completed the list of nominees).

There are two, count’em, tennis movies bowing in Toronto this year: Janus Metz Pedersen’s Borg vs. McEnroe and Battle of the Sexes by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Golden Globe nominees for Little Miss Sunshine).

With the next Awards Ceremony (January 7, 2018) the Golden Globes will be celebrating their Diamond Anniversary. That milestone marks 75 years since a group of Hollywood correspondents working for foreign publications first began awarding prizes for excellence in film and later television.

The Los Angeles Conservancy, a longtime Hollywood Foreign Press Association grantee, just launched its annual mini film festival, The Last Remaining Seats: A Celebration of Classic Movies shown in historic movie palaces that are still functioning in Los Angeles. The opening night featured the 1997 neo-noir drama L.

The wait is over for fans: OITNB Season 5 has dropped and bingers have been in overdrive, tearing through the new series, which all takes place in the space of three days after a riot broke out in last year’s finale. The HFPA’s Janet Nepales spoke to Golden Globe Nominees Taylor Schilling (Piper) and Uzo Aduba (“Crazy Eyes”) about their feelings about the show, the reasons for its worldwide appeal and the singular genius of creator and show-runner Jenji Kohan.

In the week following the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, many winners and nominees filled in the top ranks of the domestic and global box office chart. Hidden Figures, for which Octavia Spencer enjoyed a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch and Pharell Williams shared the nom for Best Original Score, finished in first place on the domestic charts over MLK weekend.

Unlike the Academy, the HFPA hands out two Best Movie awards: Drama, and Comedy or Musical. Let's look at the record.

It was an early morning again at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the announcement of our nominees for the 74th Annual Golden Globes. HFPA president Lorenzo Soria introduced Anna Kendrick, Don Cheadle and Laura Dern who read the list.

At hand to deliver the checks are Golden Globe winners Christian Slater, Gina Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Joanne Froggatt, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty and Golden Globe nominees Emma Stone, Justin Timberlake will present grants, together with stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Nate Parker, Renée Zellweger, Simon Helberg and Vince Vaughn. Stars and guests are being treated to a cocktail of champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres like salmon poke cones and beef wellington en croute.

As international journalists covering the entertainment industry, we at the HFPA are constantly on the lookout for up-and-coming talent. We know that the unknown filmmaker of today can very easily be the award-winning powerhouse of a not too distant future.