Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards are
American awards for
motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. Run since 1944 by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association , the awards are a major part of the film industry's "awards season" which culminates each year with the
Oscars. This is particularly true
since 1996, when the HFPA signed a new television broadcast contract with NBC . 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 movie studios actively solicit support from HFPA members and mention nominations and awards in their advertisements.
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The
Golden Globe Awards are
American awards for
motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. Run since 1944 by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association , the awards are a major part of the film industry's "awards season" which culminates each year with the
Oscars. This is particularly true
since 1996, when the HFPA signed a new television broadcast contract with NBC . 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 movie studios actively solicit support from HFPA members and mention nominations and awards in their advertisements.
The Golden Globes are awarded early in the year, based on votes from 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.
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 2007 at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Award categories
Motion picture awards: Exclusively awarded until 1956
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
- Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
- Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
- Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
- Best Screenplay
- Best Original Score
- Best Original Song
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures.
Television awards: First Awarded in 1956
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Retired awards:Membership in the HFPA
Members are required to be paid for four published works each year or are considered "inactive" that year.
As of 2004, some are in their nineties, several others in their eighties.
Criticism
Duncan Campbell, a correspondent for
The Guardian: "I think it's like one of Groucho Marx's clubs. If they were willing to have me in it, I wouldn't want to join. I've always considered that joining [the HFPA] comes at a dreadful price — your credibility."
In 1996, a former HFPA president founded the International Press Academy as a more open, broader-based, "less easily manipulated" operation than the HFPA.
Gifts are now limited to bottles of champagne, flowers and movie trinkets. A recent HFPA president, Dagmar Dunlevy, was a
bona fide journalist, rather than an occasional freelancer. With the income from the NBC broadcasting deal, the association has been making substantial donations to film-oriented charities.
See also
- List of Golden Globe Award winning movies
- List of Golden Globe Award ceremonies
- 63rd Golden Globe Awards winners
References
External links
- , an AP 2003 story about a documentary which aired on the Trio channel
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