A glowing trio of Golden Globe winners: Jamie Lee Curtis, Christian Slater and Joanne Froggatt backstage at the Grants Banquet 2016.
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Host Jamie Lee Curtis was busy onstage and off, meeting friends like co-presenter and Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant (soon to be seen alongside Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins)...
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...braving the valiant goldenglobes.com video crew...
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...and posing for selfies with guests.
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Grants presenter (and Golden Globe nominee) Justin Timberlake and Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez had lots to talk about backstage.
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Everyone seemed to want to meet & greet Nate Parker, the writer/director/star of Sundance sensation Birth of a Nation. Golden Globe winner (for directing - Braveheart, 1995) Mel Gibson compared notes with Parker...
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... same as another actor/director (and three-time Golden Globe winner, once for directing - Reds, 1981), Warren Beatty. Plus co-presenter Jurnee Smollett-Bell, from the TV series Undergound, soon to be seen alongside Edgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro in Hands of Stone. Nate and Jurnee co-presented grants focused on professional training, including the Sundance Institute, where Parker developed Birth of a Nation - "it's a place where the dreams and projects of filmmakers can happen", he said.
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Mel Gibson arrived with Vince Vaughn, star of Gibson's upcoming war drama Hacksaw Ridge, just in time to take in the show...
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... before taking the stage to present professional training grants, with special focus on the HFPA's long-standing support of Cal-State Northridge Film School.
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Simon Helberg - part of the stellar ensemble of Golden Globe winning series The Bing Bang Theory, and soon to be seen alongside Meryl Street as Florence Foster Jenkins' stressed-ou voice teacher- came to the Banquet with his wife, the actress Jocelyn Towne...
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... and took the stage with Gina Rodriguez to present grants to several universities, including his alma mater, NYU. "I was half-formed there", Simon said. "So yes, I'm a half-formed man. But it's so important in people's lives. I'm accepting this grant on behalf on NYU so that everyone can afford it."
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The last duo of the evening - Golden Globe winners Christian Slater and Joanne Froggatt presented grants to several film non-profits, with special attention on the HFPA"s long-standing support of Film Independent's series of screenings and events at LACMA. A great cause and, from Christian and Joanne's mood, a lot of fun.
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The HFPA's Annual Grants Banquet is the perfect Summer match to our much bigger Winter affair, the Golden Globes. Like the Globes, it gathers the industry together in a sophisticated but relaxed environment, with the added bonus of everyone's attention to the other side of the business: its impact on the community, and the work of several cultural, education and charitable non-profits. Joined in this great effort with the HFPA, stars help us present the grants - but they also have plenty of time to get together with friends and colleagues.
