For other meanings see Golden Globe (disambiguation).
The
Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in
motion pictures and
television. The formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year with the
Academy Awards.
The
1st Golden Globe Awards were held in January 1944 at the
20th Century Fox studios in
Los Angeles. The
66th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2008, were presented on January 11, 2009 at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel in
Beverly Hills, California, where they have been held annually since 1961.
[Butler, Don. "Beverly Hilton recaptures lustre of its glory days", Regina Leader-Post, May 9, 2008. Accessed January 28, 2009. "And the Golden Globe Awards have been handed out in its swanky International Ballroom since 1961."]
Ceremony
The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards,
telecast to more than 150 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the
Oscars and the
Grammy Awards. Unlike the Oscars, the Grammys and the
Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards is one of two major
Hollywood awards ceremonies, the other being the
Screen Actors Guild Awards, that does not have a regular host; there is a different presenter every year, who introduces the ceremony at the beginning of the broadcast.
History
The first Golden Globe Awards were held in 1944, at the
20th Century Fox studios. It has since been held annually, at various locations. Throughout the next decade, it was held at
the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish a special award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. To give importance to the award and recognize its subject as an international figure in the entertainment industry, the initial award was presented to director and producer
Cecil B. DeMille. The official name of the award thus became the
Cecil B. DeMille Award.
In 1963, the
Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced. In its inaugural year there were two Miss Golden Globes, one for film and one for television. They were respectively, Eva Six of
Beach Party and
Operation Bikini, and
Donna Douglas.
In 1964, national telecast was distributed through a special segment on
The Andy Williams Show.
Recognizing the impact that animated films have had on the industry, in 2006, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that a Golden Globe would be awarded for the
Best Animated Feature at the
64th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
The awards show income has enabled the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to donate millions of dollars to entertainment-related charities, as well as funding scholarships and other programs for future film and television professionals.
2008 disruption
On January 7, 2008, it was announced that due to the
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the
65th Golden Globe Awards would not be telecast live. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event and by actors, threatening to boycott the ceremony, rather than cross picket lines. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast.
NBC originally had exclusive broadcast rights to the ceremonies, but on January 11, HFPA President Jorge Camara announced there would be no restrictions placed on media outlets covering the January 13 press conference, announcing the winners at 6:00pm PST.
As a result,
E!,
CNN, the
TV Guide Network and
KNBC-TV, the network's
Los Angeles affiliate, aired the 31-minute event, emanating from the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel live, leaving NBC to fill the hour from 9:00–10:00pm ET with announcements, made after-the-fact by
Access Hollywood hosts
Billy Bush and
Nancy O'Dell.
The remaining hours of programming, set aside for the ceremonies by the network, were filled with a special two-hour edition of
Dateline, hosted by
Matt Lauer, that included film clips, interviews with some of the nominees and commentary from
comedienne Kathy Griffin and the panelists from
Football Night in America.
Award categories
Motion picture awards
Television awards
Awarded since 1956:
Retired awards
Performers with the most Golden Globes
Meryl Streep,
Angela Lansbury and
Jack Nicholson hold the record for the most Golden Globe wins with six each.
Meryl Streep holds the record for most nominations with twenty-three and
Jack Lemmon is second with twenty-two. However, including special awards, such as the Henrietta Award - World Film Favorite Actor/Actress or Cecil B. DeMille Award,
Barbra Streisand would win with 11 awards and behind her,
Jack Nicholson, with seven.
Only four actresses have won two acting awards in the same year:
Posthumous awards and nominations
Only three actors have won the award posthumously:
- 1976: Peter Finch won the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his role in Network.
- 1994: Raúl Juliá won the award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role in The Burning Season.
- 2009: Heath Ledger won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role in The Dark Knight.
Controversy
Pia Zadora won a Golden Globe in 1981 in the category "Newcomer-of-the-Year" for her performance in
Butterfly.
[www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Golden_Globes_USA/1982] There were accusations that the Foreign Press Association members had been bought off.
Pia's husband, multimillionaire
Meshulam Riklis flew voting members to his casino, the
Riviera Hotel in
Las Vegas, which gives the appearance that they voted for Zadora to repay this. Riklis also invited voting members to his house for a lavish lunch, and a showing of the film. He also spent lavishly on advertising.
Additionally the film had not been released at the time of the awards,
[www.imdb.com/title/tt0082122/] which should have made her ineligible for an award.
[cdn.goldenglobes.org/resources/FF-rules_66.pdf]
Ratings
Date Time Aired Day Aired Network Viewers
2009-01-11 8-11:00PM Sunday NBC 14,600,600
2008-01-13 9-10:00PM Sunday NBC 6,038,000 *^
2007-01-15 8-11:00PM Monday NBC 20,036,000 *
2006-01-16 8-11:00PM Monday NBC 18,765,000 *
2005-01-16 8-11:00PM Sunday NBC 16,845,000 (against
Desperate Housewives)
2004-01-25 8-11:00PM Sunday NBC 26,803,000
2003-01-19 8-11:00PM Sunday NBC 20,097,000
2002-01-20 8-11:00PM Sunday NBC 23,451,000
2001-01-21 8-11:01PM Sunday NBC 22,493,000
2000-01-23 8-11:04PM Sunday NBC 22,107,000
1999-01-24 8-11:07PM Sunday NBC 24,180,000
- Note: Live+Same Day viewing estimates include DVR playback on the same day, defined as 3AM-3AM.
^ Note: In 2008, the Golden Globes was a press conference only, due to the “Writer’s Strike”.
Source:
Nielsen Media Research
See also
