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...most prominent trophies are, of course, the Academy Awards,. Many, however, consider the annual Golden Globe nominations to be the official beginning of the three-month "Oscar season." On Thursday morning in Beverly Hills - at exactly 5 a.m. local time - the nominees will be announced for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards, serving up an ideal Christmas gift for studios that will then rush to convert the love into marketing gold...
...Golden Globes are overseen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization with roots dating back to the 1940s when a group of Los Angeles-based overseas writers formed to share industry contacts and information. At the time of its founding the organization was hardly a novel concept, following in the wake of both the defunct Hollywood Association of Foreign Correspondents and the Foreign Press Society. But after they dissolved, a group of journalists led by a correspondent for Britain's Daily Mail launched the HFPA in 1943. The founding motto: "Unity Without Discrimination of Religion or Race...
...He’s a good player, but what’s the big deal? The problem was this: the season before, he wasn’t playing Harvard IMs. He was playing in the Big Ten. He was starting for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He was playing in front of 10,000 fans...
...Running out of biscuits, Felicity reached out and ripped Roxanna’s thin linen shift off of her body. “Wench!” she snarled.Roxanna, now naked, cried out in distress. Her milk-white body trembled, and the sunlight made a halo of her golden hair. Felicity grabbed Roxanna’s shoulders and pursed her lips, ready to spit in the chambermaid’s face. But something made her pause, staring into Roxanna’s wide, tear-filled eyes. Roxanna lifted her shaking hands and cupped Felicity’s face. Her touch...
...Wednesday, the three officials met in Craig's downtown Washington law office with more than a dozen retired generals and admirals who advocate abolishing any interrogation method that employs tactics that the U.S. would not want used by an enemy on American citizens, a principle known as the "Golden Rule." Several members of the group said they would be open to developing a new government-wide standard, as long as it only permitted techniques similar to those allowed in the field manual. "I think the field manual is fine, but I understand agency jealousies," said retired Admiral John Hutson...