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Wide exterior Beverly Hills HotelAP TelevisionBeverly Hills, Calif., 11 August 20092. Close Beverly Hills hotel sign3. Medium Hollywood Foreign Press Association signs4. Wide arrivals for HFPA...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, 2 March 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior Beverly Hills Hotel\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, Calif., 11 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close Beverly Hills hotel sign\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium Hollywood Foreign Press Association signs\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide arrivals for HFPA luncheon at Beverly Hills Hotel\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium Emmy Rossum poses for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium tilt up Emmy Rossum walks towards reporters\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide Chris Pine poses for reporters\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium Chris Pine poses for reporters\u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium Rose McGowan poses for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e10. Medium tilt up Emmy Rossum talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmy Rossum/Actress, on her role in the HFPA luncheon: \"I am accepting a scholarship from the HFPA in the amount of $20,000 to a program that is really great called Inner Spark that nurtures the next generation of actors and filmmakers and artists in California. So it's terribly exciting that we get to give back and nurture the next generation that hopefully one day will be my director.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium Chris Pine talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine/Actor, on his summer doing the play 'Farragut North': \"I don't look at it like I'm going back to theater, the big guy going back to theater. I just had an incredible amount of fun, and it was a fantastic script, it was an incredible cast. Doug Hughes directed it, who has won countless awards including the Tony for 'Doubt,' one of my favorite productions that I've seen in a long time. So for me it was an honor.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 24 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close exterior Geffen Playhouse sign \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, 11 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Pine/Actor, on Geffen playhouse and HFPA: \"The Geffen has been absolutely 100 percent supportive of my career. So I know how important, especially being here today, and being able to be a part of this and to hand out the award that the grant that the HFPA is giving to the UCLA School of Theater and Television, I know how important that kind of support is.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium Kerry Washington poses for photographers \u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium tilt down Kerry Washington talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerry Washington/Actress, on accepting a grant at HFPA luncheon: \"I am actually accepting a check on behalf of Film Independent. Which is great, because Film Independent has always been really supportive of my career. The very, very first movie that I did got nominated for a Spirit Award and it kind of changed my life.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium Kerry Washington talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerry Washington/Actress, on the film that changed her life: \"It was nominated for like the Best Films under $500,000. And then I did a film called 'Lift,' that I was nominated for Best Actress for a Spirit Award. So they've been fundamentally important in my career.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium Jordana Brewster talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordana Brewster/Actress, on her summer: \"There've been a lot of auditions. It's getting a lot crazier. So I've been auditioning a lot. And taking a lot of meetings. And I also went to the Bahamas for a week, so that wasn't bad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Medium Hugh Dancy talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Dancy/Actor, on the reception of his film 'Adam': \"It's been incredible. And the ride is ongoing. I mean, it seems that you start in a tiny way. We released the movie in four cinemas, and now that's growing and growing. Honestly I didn't anticipate anybody seeing the movie, other than my immediate family. So it's just incredible, the response it's getting.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Medium tilt up Carla Gugino talks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Carla Gugino/Actress, on her summer: \"My summer's been really good. I went to do a -- for a period of over eight months, I did 'Desire Under the Elms,' a Eugene O'Neill play, 'Desire Under the Elms,' which is a total tragedy. So I finished that a couple months ago. I'm in sunny California, and I'm very, very happy to have a little moment of joy. Because that was definitely an intense one.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Medium Jason Reitman arrives\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Reitman/Director, on his role at HFPA luncheon: \"I'm here on behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press to donate money to the LA Conservancy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Cutaway camera operator\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Reitman/Director, on LA Conservancy: \"They have a particular program that is here to keep old movie theatres in the city alive and running. And being a native Los Angeleno, as someone who has spent my entire life in movie theatres, it means a lot to me that they want to keep them open. You know, just last year, they tore down the National in Westwood, and the Mann Village just lost their lease as well. This is an industry town, and it's scary to think that these theatres would go away.\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. UPSOUND Eva Longoria speaking at HFPA luncheon\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close HFPA sign \u003cbr/\u003e33. UPSOUND Eva Longoria speaking at HFPA luncheon\u003cbr/\u003eStars from \"Star Trek's\" Captain Kirk Chris Pine to the 'Phantom of the Opera' actress Emmy Rossum showed their support for LA arts organizations at a Beverly Hills event Tuesday. \u003cbr/\u003eThe event was sponsored by the givers of the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am accepting a scholarship from the HFPA in the amount of $20,000 to a program that is really great called Inner Spark that nurtures the next generation of actors and filmmakers and artists in California,\" Rossum said. \"So it's terribly exciting that we get to give back and nurture the next generation that hopefully one day will be my director.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePine was coming off a summer back in theater, a play called \"Farragut North,\" which played at the Geffen Playhouse -- which he said was a welcome respite from the promotional tour of the blockbuster 'Star Trek.'\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just had an incredible amount of fun, and it was a fantastic script, it was an incredible cast,\" Pine said. \"Doug Hughes directed it, who has won countless awards including the Tony for 'Doubt,' one of my favorite productions that I've seen in a long time. So for me it was an honor.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKerry Washington was supporting a group, Film Independent, that supported her. The group nominated her very first film, 2000's \"Our Song,\" for an Independent Spirit Award. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It kind of changed my life,\" she said. \"And then I did a film called 'Lift,' that I was nominated for Best Actress for a Spirit Award. So they've been fundamentally important in my career.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStars including Jordana Brewster of 'Fast and Furious' and Carla Gugino of 'Watchmen' and 'Race to Witch Mountain' said they've been busy working throughout the summer, with some playtime involved. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I've been auditioning a lot. And taking a lot of meetings. And I also went to the Bahamas for a week, so that wasn't bad,\" Brewster said. And Gugino was taking a break after starring in a Broadway production of 'Desire Under the Elms.'\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've been having barbecues. 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