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Daughter of Golden Globe Nominated Actor Joe Mantegna The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has selected actress Gia Mantegna as Miss Golden Globe 2011 for The 68th Annual Golden Globe® Awards. HFPA President Philip Berk made the announcement this evening at The First Party of the 2011 Golden Globe Award Season, hosted by the HFPA and InStyle.

Golden Globe nominated actor Jack Black's meeting with Hollywood Foreign Press members in London was interrupted by a protest march outside the Dorchester Hotel. Black and members watched from the hotel windows as the demonstrators marched past banging drums, singing and protesting at job and environmental cuts.

Accounting firm Ernst & Young has send out the nomination ballots for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Ballots were mailed to all eighty-four Active members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and included the 2010 Reminders List which lists all motion pictures, television series, mini-series and films in addition to performances, directing, screenwriting, music and songs eligible.

A suspect in the slaying of publicist Ronni Chasen killed himself tonight. The man shot himself in the head after Beverly Hills Police detectives approached him for arrest at the Harvey Apartments complex on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood shortly after 6 pm.

Leslie Nielsen, the star of comedies like Airplane and the Naked Gun series passed away today due to complications of pneumonia. Mr.

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Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin welcomes Leonardo DiCaprio to the WWF Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg It certainly wasn't the easiest trip for Golden Globe nominee Leonardo DiCaprio.

Jessica Alba got a chance to work with Cecil B. deMille recipient Robert De Niro twice this year.

When he is not making movies Billy Bob Thornton, who began his performing career playing drums and singing with a band, is still deeply involved in music and he is recording a new album with his band The Boxmasters. "It's an album of what we call acid songs---very moody and spooky-sounding," he told HFPA members.

Despite her Academy Award nominated role in Frozen River, actress Melissa Leo is not - yet - a household name. That's a pity considering her enormous talent, but chances are that is all about to change very soon.