Ron Howard

30 years ago, more films with black performers and/or about African American icons and themes have been released and yielded nominations and wins than in any other year before. We take a look back to Angela Bassett's first Golden Globe win, Whoopi Goldberg dancing it up, Janet Jackson doing 'Justice', nominee Denzel Washington starring in three celebrated films and Tom Hanks paying tribute to him in his own acceptance speech.

Ron Howard and serial collaborator Tom Hanks return to familiar territory with Inferno, the third adaptation of a Robert Langdon novel by Dan Brown. Like the previous The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, the story follows the adventurous Harvard philologist on a thrilling treasure hunt halfway across the world in a quest to prevent bacteriological apocalypse.

On a week with Beatlemania in the air - thanks to the release of Golden Globe winner Ron Howard's documentary The Beatles Eight Days a Week:The Touring Years - Julian Lennon met up with the HFPA at a gallery Los Angeles currently showing his Cycle series of photos, focused on the lives of diverse people who inhabit the borders of the South China Sea. Lennon talked to us about his many interests in music and philanthropy - John Lennon’s first son is a kind and generous man with his many talents.

Three time Formula One world champion race car driver Niki Lauda talks with the HFPA in Toronto about seeing himself portrayed by Daniel Bruhl opposite Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt, in Ron Howard's new film RUSH.