Golden Globes

Known for its penchant for philanthropy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted their annual Grants Dinner Banquet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday evening. And by the time the final curtain bowed, almost two million dollars had been given away to entertainment-related charities.

Kingma (left) and BoehlyThe recent settlement of the legal dispute between the HFPA and dick clark productions, which produces the Golden Globes show, was celebrated at a reception thrown by Guggenheim, the new owners of dcp, at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. Todd Boehly, president of Guggenheim Partners, which also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, Hollywood Reporter and Billboard magazine among other assets, presented HFPA president Theo Kingma with Dodger star Yasiel Puig 's autographed team shirt, saying: "We are excited to be your partner.

JAMES GARNERJames Garner, who shot to fame in the 1950s as the charming and dry-witted gambler on the hit TV western Maverick and earned 12 Golden Globe nominations, winning three times, died at his home aged 86. The Oklahoma-born Garner, who also starred in the long-running TV series The Rockford Files, amassed more than 80 movie and TV-movie credits during his 50-year career.

  Our Emmy nominated hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler This year's Golden Globes show, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, has earned two Emmy nominations. Produced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in association with dick clark productions, it is the fourth consecutive year the Globes have been nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Program.

The Cocoanut Grove Nearly three decades after it opened, the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel was still the hottest night spot in Southern California in 1950, attracting the biggest stars in an endless celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood. So naturally it was a perfect match for the 7th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

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Naomi Watts would have made a terrible a spy. Chatty to the point of confessional, the actress may play a very convincing CIA agent in the movies, but in person it’s a completely different story.

If Ewan McGregor is suffering exhaustion or sleep deprivation from making at least two movies a year and being a father of four young girls, there’s no way you could tell in person. Married for 20 years to the French production designer Eve Mavrakis, McGregor finally moved his family to Los Angeles after years of commuting from London to jobs and auditions.

Famous for both his shyness and the incredible intensity he brings to his roles, Daniel Day-Lewis (56) is a complex actor, who takes long breaks, sometimes of several years, between the parts for which he goes to extraordinary lengths to prepare. The three-time Oscar winner is the son of the British poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, with whom he had a complicated relationship.

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