Interviews

As we continue on our 80-day Countdown to the 80th anniversary of the Golden Globe Awards, we arrive at 2013, and the unforgettable acceptance speech by Golden Globe winner Jodie Foster after she received the Cecil B. deMille award, and candidly addressed her sexuality, her family and her life in the arts to a moved crowd who gave her a standing ovation.

  In honor of the upcoming 80th Anniversary of the Golden Globe Awards, we continue on our 80-Day Countdown to reach the year 2005, when a former comedian finally came into his own as a dramatic movie star winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama portraying legendary musician Ray Charles in the film, Ray. In a special Rewind episode of our Golden Globes Around the World podcast series recorded in 2020, Jamie Foxx talked to HFPA member Kristien Gijbels about his life and career, including his memories of the audition to play Ray Charles, the influence his grandmother had on him, who keeps him grounded, and what’s it like having his whole family living with him.

As we continue our 80-day countdown to the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 10, 2023, we reach a milestone year – 1996 – which was full of surprises including the Golden Globe Best Actress win for Sharon Stone for Martin Scorsese's  Casino, which prompted her memorable response on stage, ‘OK, it's a miracle!’”  In honor of her 1996 win, we rewind back to our 2018 podcast with HFPA member, Silvia Bizio.

El pasado 4 de noviembre tuvo lugar el estreno en la plataforma de streaming Apple TV+ de la película Causeway, dirigida por Lila Neugebauer y protagonizada por Bryan Tyree Henry y por la ganadora del Globo de Oro a Mejor Actriz en comedia o musical en 2013 por Silver Linings Playbook y en 2016 por Joy además de Mejor Actriz de reparto en 2014 por American Hustle, Jennifer Lawrence. La película cuenta la historia de una soldado, Lindsey, que resulta herida en un combate en Afganistán, sufriendo un daño cerebral que la deja discapacitada.

Perth-born writer-director Aron Attiwell, 22, has taken on the formidable task of educating young Australians about the Holocaust through his film Fading Numbers. As the number of Holocaust survivors is diminishing, Attiwell understands the importance of younger generations’ hearing firsthand from those who experienced the horrors of genocide about both the experience itself and the lessons that can be learned from it.

When Hurricane Katrina left more than 250,000 pets stranded, the infrastructure was set up of a nationwide dog rescue effort. Since then, millions of Southern rescue dogs have been transported to new homes, thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers.

  As we continue our 80-Day Countdown to the 80th anniversary of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, we soon will arrive at Day 50: 1992 (on December 10th), the year that saw the Jonathan Demme thriller Silence of the Lambs walk away with the coveted Best Picture Golden Globe. In honor of that milestone, we are rewinding to listen again to my own podcast episode with Sir Anthony Hopkins, recorded on September 26, 2018, when the Welsh actor was starring in the TV movie, King Lear.

What could possibly have ended the tight knit 30 year long friendship of Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) in the Netflix series Firefly Lane? Will Tully learn who her father is? Will Johnny (Ben Lawson) survive his war correspondent stint in Iraq and save his marriage to Kate? The poignant drama series, based on Kristin Hannah’s best-selling novel of the same name, returns with part one of a two-part second season on December 2. Australian actor Ben Lawson sat down with us at a Hollywood coffee shop to talk about what to expect in the new season and, of course, the memorable hair and clothing from each decade that are featured in the flashbacks!   Does the second season depart from the book? There is definitely a departure from the book, and the biggest change is the reason Tully and Kate have their falling out.

  As we continue our 80-day countdown to the 80th anniversary of the Golden Globe awards on January 10, 2023, we look back on 1985, the year that Kathleen Turner won her first Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, opposite Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone. In a special Rewind edition of the Golden Globe Around the World podcast series, we hear the five-time nominated actress talk about that role, that award and her incredible history with the Globes beginning 40 years ago with her first nomination as Best New Star in Body Heat.

    As we continue our 80 Day Countdown to the 80th anniversary Golden Globes show, we are going back in time this week to 1973, when The Godfather celebrated seven Golden Globe nominations and five wins, including Best Actor Marlon Brando, Best Director Francis Ford Coppola and Best Motion Picture - Drama. In our new podcast, HFPA member Silvia Bizio sat down for an exclusive interview with colorful actor Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzi in the first and second Godfather films.