Kevin Bacon

From Footloose to City on a Hill and everything in between – this character actor turned star has played the most versatile and varied roles during his long and successful career. In 2010 he won his Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television in Taking Chance.

In the summer of 1994, HFPA journalists conducted interviews about The River Wild, an action-adventure thriller directed by Curtis Hanson. In the film, Gail Hartman, a history teacher and former river guide played by Meryl Streep, takes her son Roarke (played by 10-year-old Joseph Mazzello) on a river rafting vacation in Idaho.

Kevin Bacon is currently playing a corrupt FBI agent in the TV series City on a Hill. In 1994 he spoke to HFPA journalists in Montana about The River Wild, where he played the villain opposite Meryl Streep, and Apollo 13 directed by Ron Howard.

The 4th of July has always brought big-time fun for Americans and big money for Hollywood. This year the USA, more so than the rest of the world, finds itself mired in an uncertain battle with the deadly Coronavirus.

Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon sat down with HFPA journalist Barbara Gasser and talked about how he met his wife and his latest role on the TV show City on a Hill - among many other things. “Sometimes when you do a television series for over multiple episodes, especially if it’s a crime show, there’s certain episodes, certain scenes where you kind of figure that you’re just advancing the plot as opposed to actually delving into character stuff but with this show, my character is so fascinating to me.

Actor, director, philanthropist, troubadour - and Golden Globe winner. Kevin Bacon is all that, not to mention one half of the Bacon Brothers, the band he created together with his brother Michael two decades ago.

The prestigious Edinburgh International Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, but after spending a week there we can say that it is one of the coolest, charming and most pleasant film festivals around.   151 features from 46 countries screened at this year’s edition of the festival, between featrures, shorts and documentaries, with God’s Own Country , written and directed by actor Francis Lee, opening the event on June 21.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gets to see stars promoting their own projects. While they talk about their work they give an indication of their preferred style.

See the stars turn out to deliver and accept checks on behalf of this year's HFPA grant recipients - totaling $1,500,000!.