MICHAEL C. HALL REFLECTS ON GOLDEN GLOBE WIN
TONY CURTIS 1925-2010
HFPA VISITS SET OF GLEE
GLORIA STUART 1910-2010
WHEN THAT EARLY MORNING PHONE CALL BREAKS THE NEWS
The people at Movie City News (www.moviecitynews.com) compiled a list of recent reactions from actors and filmmakers who in recent years were on the receiving end of that early morning phone call, informing them they had just been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER EDDIE FISHER PASSES AWAY AT 82
Eddie Fisher, the 1950s actor and crooner who has died aged 82, was an early Golden Globe winner.
Fisher, who was known for his high-profile Hollywood romances, won his Globe in 1958 for Best TV Show for Coke Time, the 15-minute show sponsored by the Coca-Cola company.
He died from complications from hip surgery according to his daughter, actress and singer Tricia Leigh Fisher.
“The world has lost a true America icon,” the family said in a statement. “One of the greatest voices of the century passed away. He was an extraordinary talent and a true mensch.”
Although he starred in his own TV show and appeared in four movies, including Butterfield 8, Fisher is best known for having been married to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens.
In 1959, Fisher created a tabloid scandal when he left Reynolds, who gave birth to their daughter Carrie Fisher, to marry his Butterfield 8 co-star Elizabeth Taylor. Five years later, Taylor left Fisher for her co-star, Richard Burton and Fisher went on to marry Connie Stevens with whom he had two daughters, Tricia Leigh and actress Joely Fisher. Fisher and Stevens divorced in 1969, and he married two more times.
His last album was released in 1984 and he made his last movie, High Tide, in 1987.
Read More »IN DOUGLAS FAMILY TRUE CHARACTER AND CLASS NEVER SLEEP
Only hours before he walked the red carpet and posed for photographers at the premiere of his latest movie, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Michael Douglas met with HFPA members in a New York hotel to talk about the movie, the cancer treatment he is undergoing and his plans for the future.
The 65-year-old actor, who was diagnosed last month as having throat cancer, was upbeat and positive as he told members: “My plans are to lick this cancer but it will probably take four or five months .I have always prided myself on putting as much as I possibly can into everything I do and I am going to beat this.”
In the Wall Street sequel he returns after 23 years to the role of Gordon Gekko, the ruthless corporate trader he portrayed in Wall Street in a performance that earned him Golden Globe and Oscar best actor trophies. He also received the Golden Globe Cecil B. De Mille award in 2004 for his body of work.
He intends to be completely recovered and ready to portray the flamboyant pianist and entertainer Liberace in a movie that is due to begin shooting next year. “Things have gone pretty well for me for a long time and once in a while you get tested,” he said,. “I’m convinced I’m going to be a stronger and better person because of it.”
Read More »HFPA CELEBRATES TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
For the past fourteen years, the HFPA has attended the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Since 2000, weeklong activities were closed by the HFPA co-hosting a festival celebration together with InStyle Magazine.
This year, the event, known among festival goers as the Party of the Festival attracted over 500 guests including Ryan Reynold, Edward Norton, Sarah Silverman, Sam Worthington and Rosamund Pike.
Read More »DANNY BOYLE’S 127 HOURS
Director Danny Boyle, who won a Golden Globe for Slumdog Millionaire, credits a combination of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Toronto Film Festival for the film’s success.
Slumdog Millionaire became an international phenomenon after it was screened in Toronto in 2008 and went on to triumph at the Golden Globe awards, winning four Globes.
Boyle came back to the Toronto festival this year with his new film 127 Hours and he told HFPA members who met with him there: “It was extraordinary what happened with Slumdog. There were two main turning points for us—-the Toronto Film Festival and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. We had an amazing time.”
Then he joked: “We did quite well last time but we thought we’d do something a bit different this year.”
127 Hours, which was written by Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy, tells the harrowing true story of climber Aron Ralston who had to cut off his arm with a blunt knife to free himself when he was trapped by a rock.
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER KEVIN MCCARTHY DIES AT 96
Stage and screen star Kevin McCarthy died on Saturday, September 11 at age 96 of natural causes at Cape Cod Hospital, according to the Los Angeles Times.
