Out of the Archives

This year Nicole Kidman won a fifth Golden Globe as Best Actress for her performance as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos. Back in 2002, she spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press about playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham.

Javier Bardem, nominated as Best Actor for the Golden Globes and the Academy for his performance as Ricky Ricardo in Being the Ricardos, spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2004 about the Spanish movie Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) directed by Alejandro Aménabar, Golden Globe winner as Foreign Picture in 2005.   He supported the fight of Ramón Sampredo for the right to end his life, after becoming a quadriplegic at age 25 in a diving accident.

Michelle Yeoh stars in the science fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once, that premiered at the 2022 SXSW South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. The Malaysian actress – acclaimed for her performances in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) by Ang Lee, The Lady (2011) by Luc Besson, Crazy Rich Asians (2018) by Jon Chu – spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2005 about her role in Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob Marshall from the 1997 novel by Arthur Golden.

Steven Spielberg, nominated as Best Director at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards for West Side Story, won his first of three Golden Globes out of a record 18 nominations in 1994 for directing Schindler’s List. The 2009 recipient of the Cecil B.

Colin Farrell, now playing the Penguin in The Batman by Matt Reeves, is a Golden Globe winner (Best Actor for In Bruges, 2008) and a nominee for The Lobster, 2016. In 2004 Farrell was directed by Oliver Stone in Alexander, about the life of the legendary Macedonian King.

Antonio Banderas, a five-time Golden Globe nominee, is on the top of the box office with the international hit Uncharted, with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. Back in 1998 Banderas spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 1998 about The Mask of Zorro, directed by Martin Campbell, co-starring Anthony Hopkins, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Jennifer Lopez started her career as a dancer, then transitioned into movies when Gregory Nava cast her for a supporting role in Mi Familia (1995), then for the leading role in Selena (1997), the biographical movie about the Tejano singer, which earned her the first of two Golden Globes nominations. She was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in Jack (1996) with Robin Williams, by Bob Rafelson in Blood & Wine (1997) with Jack Nicholson, by Oliver Stone in U-Turn (1997) with Sean Penn, by Steven Soderbergh in Out of Sight (1998) with George Clooney.

Kenneth Branagh won his first Golden Globe in 2022, after five nominations, for the screenplay of Belfast, the autobiographical film he also directed. The Irish actor/writer/director adapted into movies several plays by William Shakespeare throughout his career.

Halle Berry won a Golden Globe in 2000 as Best Actress in a Motion Picture Made for Television for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge directed by Martha Coolidge. Later that year she won an Emmy for the same outstanding performance.

Jeremy Irons, twice Golden Globe winner, recently played Adam Driver’s father in House of Gucci (2021) directed by Ridley Scott. He was nominated as best actor for The Mission (1986) directed by Roland Joffé from a screenplay by Robert Bolt, produced by David Puttman and Fernando Ghia, score by Ennio Morricone.