Annette Bening

The talent, the deep voice, the luminous screen presence: Annette Bening has it all. Add to that a sharp mind and impeccable taste in her choice of roles, and what you get is a truly successful career.

The year is 1991. Victor’s Square, a funky diner in Hollywood.

Based on the true shocking facts of the CIA's use of torture following the September 11 attacks, The Report, written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, centers on Senate staffer Daniel J.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

The Toronto International Film Festival has grown into a behemoth on the festival circuit, obligatory industry nexus, North American launch pad for studio and world films alike and all-around celebration of the love of cinema. All with some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

“I was 19 at the time this story takes place in Southern California, so (…) when I read the script was the first time I had read something that was placed where I was from, first of all. ”, Annette Bening shared with us, talking about the road that took her to Dorothea, mater familias of a very peculiar kind of improvised family, in 1979 Santa Barbara, CA in writer-director Mike Mills’ film.

  Every year thousands of film fans, foodies--- and a few HFPA members---head to San Sebastian, drawn by a combination of an eclectic slate of movies at the annual film festival and more Michelin star restaurants per head than anywhere else in the world. Since moving its opening date to five days after the Toronto festival closes, San Sebastian has been enjoying a new prominence with a high profile selection of films, increased industry activities, stronger ties with Latin America, audience development and a growing presence of U.

Best Comedy Actress on how winning a Golden Globe helps small films.