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Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Award
Awarded forBest in film and television programs
Presented byHollywood Foreign Press Association
Country United States
First awarded1944
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This article is about the entertainment award. For the yacht race, see Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. For the John Varley novel, see The Golden Globe.


The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. Run as a fundraiser since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the awards are a major part of the film industry's "awards season" which culminates each year with the Oscars and Screen Actors Guild Awards. This is particularly true since 1996, when the HFPA signed a new television broadcast contract with NBC (prior to that, they were aired on TBS, but before the existence of TBS, one of the "big three" commercial networks, i.e. CBS, NBC, or ABC, always broadcast the show). The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars and Grammys, and film studios actively solicit support from HFPA members and mention nominations and awards in their advertisements. The Golden Globes has grown to one of the highest honors for actors and actresses. The Golden Globe's similar British equivalent, considered equal in prestige, is the BAFTA.

The Golden Globes are awarded early in the year, based on votes from (as of 2005) 86 mostly part-time journalists living in Hollywood and affiliated with media outside of the United States.

Unlike the Academy Awards, for which the eligibility period begins January 1, the eligibility period for the Golden Globe Awards begins October 1.

Unlike the Oscars, the Grammys, and the Emmys, the Golden Globe Awards is one of two major Hollywood awards ceremony (the other being the Screen Actors Guild Awards) that does not have a regular host, although there is a presenter every year who introduces the ceremony at the beginning of the broadcast.

History

The first Golden Globes Awards were held in 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios. It has since been held annually, at various locations throughout the next decade, notably the Beverly Hills Hotel, Hollywood Knickerbocker Club and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It was during the early stages of the 1950s that 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 award was presented to Cecil B. DeMille in 1952, the official name of the award thus became the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The award was then first presented to Walt Disney the following year.

The awards at the ceremony had typically been presented by journalists who were part of the association. However at the 1958 Golden Globes which was the first year of local telecast, in an impromptu action, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. collectively known as the Rat Pack took flight to the stage, allegedly taking over the presenting with whiskey and cigarettes on hand. The action was met with great delight of the audience. The next year the association asked them to present the awards.

In 1963, the Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced, in its inaugural year; there were two Miss Golden Globes, one for film and television respectively, Eva Six and Donna Douglas. In 1964, national telecast was distributed through a special segment on The Andy Williams Show.

Indicating the impact that animated films have had on the industry, in early 2006, the Hollywood Foreign Press announced that a Golden Globe would be awarded for the Best Animated Feature starting in 2006 at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards.[1]

Award categories

Motion picture awards: Exclusively awarded until 1956 Television awards: First Awarded in 1956
  • Best Drama
  • Best Comedy or Musical
  • Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
  • Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical
  • Best Actress in a Television Drama Series
  • Best Actress in a Television Comedy or Musical
  • Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
  • Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
  • Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
  • Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
  • Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Retired awards:

Trivia

  • Angels in America (2003) is the only television (mini)series that won the five most important awards:
  • Best Mini-Series or Television Film
  • Best Actor - Mini-Series or Television Film (Al Pacino)
  • Best Actress - Mini-Series or Television Film (Meryl Streep)
  • Best Supporting Actor - (Mini-)Series or Television Film (Jeffrey Wright)
  • Best Supporting Actress - (Mini-)Series or Television Film (Mary-Louise Parker)

See also

References

1. ^ Ball, Ryan. "Golden Globes in Toon for ’07", Animation Magazine, 2006-01-30. Retrieved on 2006-06-13. 

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The Golden Globe is a novel by John Varley, a science fiction writer who has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards multiple times. The Golden Globe is set in the same continuity as Steel Beach, taking place about 10 years later, and was published in 1998.
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