Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani walked off with the main prize, the Golden Bear, in Berlin, Germany, for their documentary Caesar Must Die. The film, about a stage play set at a prison starring real life prisoners, will be released in the US later this year.
Attorneys for the HFPA and its longtime producers of the Golden Globes offered a federal judge dueling versions of what a disputed $150 million broadcast deal means to each side. An attorney for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association likened the deal to enslavement, arguing that if it is upheld it will mean that the organization … more »
The World Press Photo organization has recognized a photograph taken by Spanish photojournalist Samuel Aranda as the best news photograph of the year. The relatively simple, but powerful, photograph shows a woman holding a wounded relative in her arms, at a field hospital used by demonstrators against the rule of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh. … more »
Germany’s leading television guide Hörzu added some warmth while celebrating the arts of film and television during a star-studded 47th Goldene Kamera gala in Berlin, Germany. more »
The trial in U.S. District Court to decide who will determine the Golden Globes’ broadcast future got under way in downtown Los Angeles with both sides honing in on the meaning of a disputed clause in a decades old contract. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which sponsors the Globes, is suing its partner, Dick … more »
Golden Globes find ratings groove RICK KISSELL The Golden Globes telecast seems to have settled into a nice ratings range, with Sunday’s show – again hosted by Ricky Gervais – nearly matching the ceremony’s year-ago perf with about 17 million viewers. It’s a solid showing considering that the novelty of Gervais as host may … more »
WHAT A SWELL PARTY IT WAS! What a night it was….an evening of laughter, merriment, sentiment and more than a few tears which reached a climax as the audience in the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton burst into wild applause when Harrison Ford presented the final Golden Globe for Best Picture to the producers … more »
