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Actresses Who Have Turned Producers to Open Doors to Other Female Filmmakers

Forbes’ 2023 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, which was released last week to rank the most successful female entrepreneurs and business leaders, features Golden Globe-winning actress and producer Reese Witherspoon in the 59th position and representing the only one in the entertainment category.  According to Forbes, Witherspoon sold a majority stake in her production company, Hello Sunshine, to a Blackstone-backed media company in August 2021.
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Golden Globes Royalty: Actors Who Won for Playing British Monarchs

In celebration of the historic coronation of King Charles III, here’s a look back at all the actors who have won Golden Globes for portraying Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms throughout history:Peter O'Toole as Henry II, Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968) The first to be feted for playing a British Monarch was Peter O'Toole, distinguished with an unprecedented double whammy, winning Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama twice for playing the 12th century King Henry II of England in both Becket, opposite Richard Burton and John Gielgud, and four years later in The Lion in Winter alongside Katharine Hepburn and a young Anthony Hopkins in his first major film role. Richard Harris as Arthur, Camelot (1967) Long before being rediscovered by a new generation as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, Irish-born Richard Harris won Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for playing the late 5th/early 6th centuries Welsh mythology folklore figure in the big screen adaptation of the 1960 Broadway musical.