Golden Globe Awards

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1. What are the Golden Globe Awards?

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is responsible for hosting the Golden Globe Awards each year. The annual celebration was originally begun to acknowledge outstanding achievements in the worldwide entertainment industry. The awards are given to both full–length motion pictures as well as television shows. The first Golden Globe Awards show was hosted in 1944 at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California.

2. When are the 2011 Golden Globe Awards?

January 16, 2011

3. Where do the Golden Globe Awards take place?

Since 1961, the Golden Globe Awards have taken place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, located in Beverly Hills, California.

Before they settled into this permanent location, the show was hosted at the 20th Century Fox studios, the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

4. When are the 2011 Golden Globe nominations announced?

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 8:00 am EST

5. Motion Picture Awards

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Director
Best Actor – Drama
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Best Actress – Drama
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Animated Feature Film
Cecil DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures

6. Television Awards

Best Drama Series
Best Comedy Series
Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Television Drama Series
Best Actress in a Television Comedy Series
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 Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Supporting Actress in a Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

7. Who has won the most Golden Globe Awards?

Meryl Streep, as of 2010, had been nominated 25 times and has won 7 Golden Globe Awards thus far.

Wins:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1982)
Sophie’s Choice (1983)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical:
Julie & Julia (2010)

The Devil Wears Prada (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Adaptation (2003)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1980)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Angels in America (2004)

8. List of all winners from the 2010 Golden Globe Awards

Best Television Series – Drama
Mad Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Best Television Series – Comedy
Glee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Best Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Grey Gardens

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini–Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini–Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
John Lithgow, Dexter

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Avatar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
The Hangover

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Feature Film
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
The White Ribbon

Best Director – Motion Picture
James Cameron, Avatar

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart

Resources About the Golden Globes

Hollywood Foreign Press Association
website

Timeline of 2011 Golden Globe Awards
website

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