What are Golden Globes Awards ?

The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards have officially announced their date. This highly anticipated event in the entertainment industry is set to take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024. With viewership spanning nearly 220 countries globally, the Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Dick Clark Productions (dcp), are renowned for their recognition of excellence in both film and television.

The special aspect of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards is the introduction of two new categories: cinematic and box office achievement, as well as the best stand-up comedian on television. Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards 2024 were unveiled on Monday, December 11, 2023, with Oppenheimer and Barbie leading the nomination list

The inaugural awards ceremony celebrating outstanding accomplishments in the film industry, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association (the precursor to today’s Hollywood Foreign Press Association), occurred in early 1944 at 20th Century Fox in an informal setting. During this event, Jennifer Jones received the Best Actress award for her role in “The Song of Bernadette,” which also secured the Best Film accolade. Simultaneously, Paul Lukas was honored as Best Actor for “Watch on the Rhine.” Awards were distributed in the form of scrolls.

In the subsequent year, the association members organized a competition to determine a design for a statuette that best embodied the organization’s overarching goals. Marina Cisternas, the group’s president in 1945-46, proposed a shiny globe atop a cylindrical pedestal to symbolize the world.

In 1945, in conjunction with the Golden Globes ceremony, the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association hosted its inaugural gala social event, a formal banquet at the Beverly Hills Hotel. “Going My Way” claimed the Best Picture award, and Ingrid Bergman and Alexander Knox were named Best Actress and Best Actor for their performances in “The Bells of St. Mary” and “President Wilson,” respectively.

Several significant milestones have marked the history of the Golden Globes. In 1951, the association decided to categorize best film, actor, and actress nominees into two groups—drama and musical or comedy—to ensure no genre was overlooked. The HFPA introduced the Cecil B. deMille Award in 1952 to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment field, with deMille himself as the inaugural recipient.

Some categories, however, did not make it to present day’s Globes. From 1948 to 1963 the Globes recognized achievements in cinematography. From 1951 on separate cinematography Globes were awarded to black and white and color pictures. The Longest Day, High Noon and On The Waterfront received the former, while Quo Vadis, Lawrence of Arabia and Brigadoon were among the winner in the color category. Another category that was briefly active was the Golden Globe for Best Documentary, presented from 1973 to 1977 – Elvis on Tour and Walls of Fire were the two winners in 1973.

In 2007 a new category was introduced: Best Animated Feature Film. The first year’s nominees were Cars, Happy Feet, and Monster House, with Pixar’s Cars taking the Globe. In 2018, the Carol Burnett Award was created to honor excellence in television – Carol Burnett was the recipient of the first award, in January 2019.

Today, the Golden Globes recognize achievements in 27 categories; 14 in motion pictures and 13 in television. January 10, 2023, marked the 80th Golden Globe Awards.