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By Philip Berk So Peter O'Toole is gone, and we’re all the lesser for it. What a wonderful man he was.

The Golden Globes are only a month away and promise to be bigger and better than ever before! Here's a video preview of what to expect, presented by the hosts, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. http://www.

[jwplayer player="1" playlistid="23754"] Actress Vanessa Hudgens, the 24-year-old star of Spring Breakers, stopped by the HFPA offices to pick a check for $100,000 on behalf of UNICEF to assist with relief efforts in the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.      Vanessa, whose mother Gina is from Manila, said the donation will help in the recovery programs for the children affected by the typhoon, which displaced more than three million and killed more than 5,200 people in the Central Philippines since the catastrophic storm hit land on November 8.

Zoe Saldana, Aziz Ansari and Olivia Wilde President of the HFPA Theo Kingma The race for the 2014 Golden Globe awards is officially underway with the announcement of the nominees, and award watchers have finally got an indication of which films and actors are headed for Golden Globe glory. 12 Years A Slave and the comedy-drama American Hustle top the list of nominations with seven each.

Golden Globe excitement is building  with the announcement that Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz Ansari will reveal the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards nominations on Thursday. Also on hand will be Sosie Bacon, the 21-year-old daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who is Miss Golden Globe 2014.

    The HFPA's recent trip to New York for a series of interviews was topped off by a visit from Woody Allen, who is to receive the association's Cecil B. deMille Award for his outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.

Directed by Martin Scorcese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the Wolf of Wall Street is based on the bestselling memoir by Jordan Belfort about his infamous rise and fall as a financial whiz kid of the 1990s who got caught playing fast and loose with investors' money. The Golden Globe winner sat down with the HFPA in New York to talk with us about his provocative new role.

U2 on the penthouse terrace of the Mondrian Soho Hotel. Picture: Armando Gallo The charismatic entertainer Bono paid tribute to Nelson Mandela when he and U2 met with HFPA members in New York.

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