Interviews

Cristin Milioti knew in high school that she was going to be an actress. She told HFPA journalist Vera Anderson that as a kid she liked to sing more than act.

TV legend Norman Lear has written, produced, created, or developed TV Shows for over 70 years. This Sunday, at the 78th Golden Globes, he will be awarded the Carol Burnett Award, for outstanding contributions to television on and off the screen.

For many, she's a movie icon, from her humble beginnings in her native England with small parts in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up and Kaleidoscope to her successful path through many years of French cinema, going from popular comedies in the 70s to the César- nominated dramatic roles in the 80s and 90s. working with great directors such as Jacques Doillon, Jacques Rivette, and Agnes Varda.

Golden Globe-nominated actor Tahar Rahim was blown away when he read the script for The Mauritanian. The legal drama is based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi's memoir 'Guantánamo Diary',  a true story of his experience of being held for 14 years with no charges being leveled against him in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp.

Collectively known as the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Universe: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America:  Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the latter grossing over $2. 798 billion worldwide.

Hamburg-born director Eliza Schroeder makes her feature directorial debut with Love Sarah, (now available on VOD) an uplifting drama set in London about a young woman (Shannon Tarbet) who enlists the help of her mother’s best friend (Shelley Conn) and her eccentric grandmother (Celia Imrie) to fulfill her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in Notting Hill. The film has garnered positive reviews and has been likened to the Golden Globe award-winning television series Fleabag.

Before the world was grappling with the medical mysteries of COVID, there was a whole generation devastated by the physical and emotional toll of AIDS. When the first cases were reported back in 1981, the new epidemic gave rise to paranoia and prejudice as science didn’t have enough information to properly explain it.

When The Laugh Factory named her their ‘Fresh Face’ and People magazine declared Sherry Cola as ‘One to Watch,’ this Shanghai-born, LA-raised standup comedienne-turned-actress knew she was onto something. Cola (30) reprises her role as Alice Kwan, first-generation Asian-American in the third season of Good Trouble, a critically acclaimed series that addresses such subjects as the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBTQ rights, and gender bias in the workplace.

At 43, Liz Feldman is one of the youngest veterans of TV comedy writing. The creator of the hit TV show, Dead to Me, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini started working as a writer on Nickelodeon when she was just 18.

Congratulations to HFPA member Lena Base for her L. A.