Following the exclusive interview with Julian Assange, the HFPA landed another coup when Lech Walesa agreed to be interviewed via Skype by members.

   The interview was the latest in a series of Round Table interviews, not necessarily connected with the entertainment industry, pioneered by the association this year.

Thirty members packed the conference room at the HFPA’s West Hollywood offices to question the former Polish politician, trade-union organizer and human rights activist.  A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity, the Soviet bloc’s first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. He is the subject of the new Andrzej Wajda film Walesa: Man of Hope.