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The studio that helped make some of Wellington’s most famous films is on fire in Wellington. A huge fire at Portsmouth Miniatures Studio broke out at 3.

"My father leaves behind a legacy of great performances in movies and in his paintings and assemblages. He leaves behind children and their families who loved him and respected him and a wife and in-laws who were devoted to him.

Georg Lucas’ announcement did not come as a surprise: “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” will return to theaters in 3-D in 2012 and will be followed in the stereoscopic format by the five other live-action movies set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Immediately after James Cameron’s “Avatar” won the 2010 Golden Globe for Best Drama Georg Lucas told Access Hollywood he was now planning to convert his Skywalker family epic into the trendy format.

“Glee” creator Ryan Murphy invited the HFPA to the Paramount Studios set of his hit series and revealed what’s coming in future episodes, which include a guest appearance by Javier Bardem as a Spanish rock star, a tribute to the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and a duet-themed episode in which Chris Colfer (who plays Kurt Hummel) duets with himself in “Le Jazz Hot” from Julie Andrews’ “Victor/Victoria. ” The interviews with Murphy and the main cast were held in a brand new theater set built on Soundstage 16.

The former Hollywood leading lady Gloria Stuart, who has died aged 100, was the oldest ever Golden Globe nominee. She was aged 87 when she was nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for her role as Old Rose in James Cameron's multiple-Golden Globe winning film Titanic.

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Eddie Fisher, the 1950s actor and crooner who has died aged 82, was an early Golden Globe winner. Fisher, who was known for his high-profile Hollywood romances, won his Globe in 1958 for Best TV Show for Coke Time, the 15-minute show sponsored by the Coca-Cola company.

Only hours before he walked the red carpet and posed for photographers at the premiere of his latest movie, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Michael Douglas met with HFPA members in a New York hotel to talk about the movie, the cancer treatment he is undergoing and his plans for the future. The 65-year-old actor, who was diagnosed last month as having throat cancer, was upbeat and positive as he told members: "My plans are to lick this cancer but it will probably take four or five months.

For the past fourteen years, the HFPA has attended the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Since 2000, weeklong activities were closed by the HFPA co-hosting a festival celebration together with InStyle Magazine.

Director Danny Boyle, who won a Golden Globe for Slumdog Millionaire, credits a combination of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Toronto Film Festival for the film's success. Slumdog Millionaire became an international phenomenon after it was screened in Toronto in 2008 and went on to triumph at the Golden Globe awards, winning four Globes.