Golden Globes 2020 will be held on Sunday 5th. It is the first award ceremony of the new year, signling the start of the last leg of the Oscar season.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about this year’s award ceremony.
- The 77th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2019
- It will be broadcast live from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on January 5, 2020, by NBC
- Produced by Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA
- The ceremony will air live on NBC in the United States
- Ricky Gervais will host the ceremony
- It is his fifth time hosting
- The nominees were announced on December 9, 2019
- They were announced by Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, and Susan Kelechi Watson
- Marriage Story leads the film nominations with a total of six
- The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood has five each
- Whereas The Two Popes and Joker have four
- On the television side Chernobyl, The Crown and Unbelievable lead the pack with four nominations each
- The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary award bestowed for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment
- It is awarded to honorees who have made a significant mark in the film industry
- It is named after its first recipient, director Cecil B. DeMille
- This year will be given to Tom Hanks
- The Carol Burnett Award is an honorary award given for outstanding and lasting contributions to television on or off the screen
- It is named in honor of its first recipient, actress Carol Burnett
- It is the second year this award is handed out
- This year recipient will be Ellen DeGeneres
- A huge list of people was announced as presenters
- It includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Ana De Armas, Rachel Weisz, Reese Witherspoon, Margot Robbie, Octavia Spencer, Paul Rudd, Brad Pitt, Rami Malek and more
- The nominations attracted criticism for the lack of women chosen
- No women were nominated for Best Director or Best Screenplay
- Despite what was perceived as award-worthy work by Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers), and Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
- The Alliance of Women Film Journalists nominated the HFPA for the AWFJ Hall of Shame Award for “excluding women nominees in major Golden Globe categories”
- The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- It began in January 1944
- Recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign
- The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented, is a major part of the film industry’s awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards
- The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year
- The eligibility time is from January 1 through December 31
- The 76th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television in 2018, were held on January 6, 2019
- The 77th Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 5, 2020
