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Mark Wahlberg recieving the check from the President of the HFPA, Theo Kingma HFPA President Theo Kingma surprised Mark Wahlberg with a check for $2,500 for the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation when members met the actor in New York to talk about his new movie, Lone Survivor. Established in 2001 by Mark and his brother James, the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation is dedicated to helping inner city youth reach their full potential in life.

Even eight years after his death, Hollywood’s connection to Nelson Mandela is strong. In 2013, the year of his passing, the late South African leader was the subject of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba in the title role.

A series of classic films restored with funds provided by the HFPA will be screened by Film Independent at LACMA beginning on December 10. The series, in association with the HFPA and the Film Foundation, begins with 1933's King Kong, one of several carefully curated films that have been preserved and restored with the support of the HFPA.

  Paul William Walker IV was well known to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and had met members many times over the years since 1999 when he became a star through his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. Since then he has become best known for starring as Brian O'Connor in four of The Fast and the Furious films.

Mike Tyson in the HFPA offices Mike Tyson stopped by the HFPA offices in West Hollywood to meet members and chat about his troubled past, his book, his one-man show and his burgeoning movie career. His visit was part of the rapidly growing Round Table series which was initiated this year at the HFPA and which has so far featured international celebrities such as Lech Walesa, Julian Assange, Jeffrey Katzenberg and John Williams.

The HFPA has donated $100,000 to UNICEF to assist with relief efforts in the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. 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.

Fifty years ago today, US-President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas.

President HFPA Theo Kingma and Sosie Bacon Sosie Bacon Kyra Sedgwick, Sosie Bacon and Kevin Bacon This year's Miss Golden Globe has been announced - and 21-year-old Sosie Bacon has perfect credentials because her parents, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, are both former Golden Globe winners. And now Sosie is looking forward to following in her parents' footsteps onto the stage at the 71st Golden Globe Awards on January 12.

The two funny ladies are coming back to the Globes! Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will once again host our annual awards show in January----and want to return the following year, too. "It's wonderful news," said HFPA president Theo Kingma.

Diane Disney passed yesterday at the age of 79 after a life devoted to passionately protecting and furthering the legacy of her father, Walt Disney. We last spoke to her, eloquent and elegant as usual, at the 2009 inauguration of the Walt Disney Family Museum, in San Francisco’s Presidio, truly a Disney lover’s paradise and one of California’s lesser known gems.