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• The Golden Globe Awards recognize excellence in film and television and are distributed every year at a formal dinner held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The 2009 awards aired on January 11, 2009, on the NBC network. Director Steven Spielberg was awarded the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award during the program. Presenters included Martin Scorsese, Hayden Panettiere, Drew Barrymore, Glenn Close and Amy Poehler.Playbill: Scorese et al will be Gold Globe Presenters (January 6, 2009)

  Variety announced the 67th Golden Globe Awards will air on January 17, 2010 on NBC. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association confirmed the Golden Globe Awards will air live on the West Coast for the first time from 5-8 p.m. PST/ 8-11 p.m. EST.Variety: Golden Globes Timetable Announced (April 2, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Air date: January 17, 2010
  2. Air date for 2009: Sunday, January 11
  3. Network: NBC
  4. First year: 1944
  5. Presented by: Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  6. Telecast cancelled in 2008 due to Writers Guild Strike
  7. Location: The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California

• FCC Investigation

  During the 2009 broadcast director Darren Aronofsky jokingly raised his middle finger to actor Mickey Rourke as the actor gave his acceptance speech. The incident was caught on camera and aired during the telecast (except for the East Coast when the feed cut to black during the event). The FCC has open an investigation into the incident.Los Angeles Times: FCC REviewing NBC's Golden Globes Telecast (January 14, 2009)

• History

  The first Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held in 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios. During the early 1950s, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish a special award that recognizes "outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry." The award, first presented to Cecil B. DeMille in 1952, was officially named the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The following year, Walt Disney was the first to receive the newly named honor.

  1958 was the first year the Golden Globes were broadcast in a local telecast. Typically the awards had been presented by journalists who were part of the association, but with the advent of the first TV coverage came celebrity presenters Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. The association asked them to present the awards again the following year. Dick Clark Productions has produced the Golden Globes ceremony since 1983.

  In 2008, the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards were not telecast in a live ceremony due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike.

• Globes as Oscar Predictors?

  Because the Golden Globes are awarded a few months before the Academy Awards, many individuals believe the ceremony can help to predict the Oscar winners. However, only a relatively small percentage of Golden Globe winners have gone on to win Oscars.Predicting Oscar Winners: by Iain Pardoe (October 7, 2008) Furthermore, the awards are selected by very different voting bodies. The Golden Globe winners are determined by a small group of 80 individuals, whereas the Oscars are voted on by thousands of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.FOX: Golden Globes Won't Predict Oscars (December 14, 2006)

  
  

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