Golden Globes Around The World

At this year’s Academy Awards, costume designer Ruth E. Carter became the first African American woman to win multiple Oscars in any category – winning her first for the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther, and this time for the 2022 long-awaited sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Hollywood Foreign Press Association member David Caspi hosts this episode of our Golden Globes Around the World podcast series featuring Israeli actresses, sisters Moran Atias and Shani Atias, to discuss their new women empowerment initiative titled “Me First”. Moran Atias first rose to fame as a fashion model in Italy, with noted designer Roberto Cavalli taking her under his wing and later walking the runways for major brands, namely Dolce and Gabbana with whom she formed a close bond.

Los Angeles native, Florencia Martin, received her first Academy Award nomination this year as production designer of Damien Chazelle’s Golden Globe Best Picture nominee, Babylon. She also was production designer for Golden Globe-nominated Blonde.

In honor of 2023 Black History Month, we are rewinding to 2018, when HFPA member Alessandra Venezia had the privilege of interviewing Spike Lee - writer, director, actor, producer, author and educator who helped revolutionize Modern Black Cinema and inspired countless generations of black filmmakers who have continued to enrich the landscape of film and black culture. Spike’s unique voice captivated audiences from the start, with early films including She’s Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989) and 25th Hour (2002).

As we continue our 80-day countdown to the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 10, 2023, we reach a milestone year – 1996 – which was full of surprises including the Golden Globe Best Actress win for Sharon Stone for Martin Scorsese's  Casino, which prompted her memorable response on stage, ‘OK, it's a miracle!’”  In honor of her 1996 win, we rewind back to our 2018 podcast with HFPA member, Silvia Bizio.

  As we continue our 80-Day Countdown to the 80th anniversary of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, we soon will arrive at Day 50: 1992 (on December 10th), the year that saw the Jonathan Demme thriller Silence of the Lambs walk away with the coveted Best Picture Golden Globe. In honor of that milestone, we are rewinding to listen again to my own podcast episode with Sir Anthony Hopkins, recorded on September 26, 2018, when the Welsh actor was starring in the TV movie, King Lear.

  As we continue our 80-day countdown to the 80th anniversary of the Golden Globe awards on January 10, 2023, we look back on 1985, the year that Kathleen Turner won her first Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, opposite Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone. In a special Rewind edition of the Golden Globe Around the World podcast series, we hear the five-time nominated actress talk about that role, that award and her incredible history with the Globes beginning 40 years ago with her first nomination as Best New Star in Body Heat.

    As we continue our 80 Day Countdown to the 80th anniversary Golden Globes show, we are going back in time this week to 1973, when The Godfather celebrated seven Golden Globe nominations and five wins, including Best Actor Marlon Brando, Best Director Francis Ford Coppola and Best Motion Picture - Drama. In our new podcast, HFPA member Silvia Bizio sat down for an exclusive interview with colorful actor Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzi in the first and second Godfather films.

  To celebrate the 80 days leading up to the 80th Golden Globes (one year every day), today we are focusing on the 1968 Golden Globes, at which comedy icon Carol Burnett won her Best TV Star Award. In her honor, we are replaying our 2019 conversation when she sat down with HFPA member Meher Tatna to talk about her career from humble beginnings to breakout success with The Carol Burnett Show, her five Golden Globes wins, and the newly created Carol Burnett Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television, which she had just received in 2019 at its inaugural presentation.

Throughout the history of the Golden Globes, music has been an important reflection of the times. As we look back during our 80-Day Countdown to the Globes this week, we look at stories on this website about 1953, a great year for musicals with five memorable Hollywood musicals nominated for Best Comedy/Musical.