Classic

The new century starts roughly: a blast of horror and fear, wars and financial crisis. But the digital era can't, won't be stopped.

Launched in February of 1944 with an informal luncheon at 20th Century Fox Studios ( the winners received a scroll), the Golden Globes began finding their true style in the 1950s, hopping from Hollywood to Beverly Hills, then on to the Cocoanut Grove of the famous Ambassador Hotel, Casa del Mar in Santa Monica and Ciro's on the Sunset Strip. War was over, Hollywood was spreading its wings around the world and the Globes quickly began the best party of the year in a city that absolutely loves parties - Los Angeles.

“When I look back (on my career) the early days come to mind. Many times someone from the press had said to me or they’ve written “he was discovered by David Selznick”.

With two biopics of jazz icons hitting the screens – Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead, exploring Miles Davis’ life and music, and Robert Budreau’s Born To Be Blue, a re-imagining of critical moments in Chet Baker’s tumultuous career, with Ethan Hawke as the jazz legend- this seemed like an appropriate time to look back at how movies expressed this all-American music style. Check the gallery to see what filmmakers and stars  - Golden Globe nominees and winners, most of them -told us about jazzin’ up the screen.

The HBO series Vinyl recreated the look of the 1970s with care and precision. Let's rewind to the actual 1970s and check out how stars really dressed to attend what was, already, the party of the year: the Golden Globes.

This month marks 35 years since the passing of Steve McQueen – an actor whose light burned bright during a career cut short by cancer in 1980. Until then the “king of cool” as he came to be known, embodied the rebel, nonconformist, maverick leading man like no one perhaps before or since.

The HFPA’s Jack Tewksbury compiles some of the choicest quotes from classic stars. New Quotes Daily!.

The HFPA’s Jack Tewksbury compiles some of the choicest quotes from classic stars.

A look at those who have left us over the course of the last year to take stock of those who contributed so much to film, television and our lives.

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