About Golden Globe Award

Monday, January 12, 2009


About the prestigious annual awards from wikipedia.

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 Oscars and the Screen Actors Guild 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, are being presented on January 11, 2009 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Motion picture awards

- 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
- Best Animated Feature Film (2006-present)
- Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures


Awarded since 1956:

- Best Drama
- Best Musical or Comedy
- Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
- Best Actor in a Television Musical or Comedy
- Best Actress in a Television Drama Series
- Best Actress in a Television Musical or Comedy
- 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 Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
- Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television



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