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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every January, and has been 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 (from January 1 through December 31).

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Golden Globe Awards

Excellence in film and television

United States

January 20, 1944 (1944-01-20)

  • KTTV (1960–1964)
  • NBC (1965–1968, 1978, 1996–2021, 2023)
  • CBS (1981–1982; 2024–)
  • Syndicated (1983–1988)
  • TBS (1989–1995)

The Golden Globes were founded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization representing international journalists who reported on the American entertainment industry. Revenue from the ceremony was used by the HFPA to fund entertainment-related charities and scholarships, such as the Young Artist Awards.


The HFPA had a history of criticism from the movie industry since the 1950s for the small size of its voting membership compared to the Academy Awards and other such accolades, the group's celebrity fawning, and their voting tactics.[1][2][3] In 2021, these issues culminated with boycotts of the Golden Globes over the lack of racial diversity in its member body. These resulted in a series of reforms to the HFPA, intended to improve its accountability and widen its voting membership. In June 2022, the HFPA approved a reorganization of the Golden Globes into a for-profit venture owned by Eldridge Industries. This was finalized in June 2023, with the ceremony's assets being acquired by the Eldridge-owned Dick Clark Productions (which has produced the Golden Globes telecast since 1993), and the Golden Globe Foundation being established to continue the HFPA's philanthropic activities.[4][5]

Rules[edit]

Eligibility[edit]

The qualifying eligibility period for all nominations is the calendar year from January 1 through December 31.[39]


Voice-over performances and cameo appearances in which persons play themselves are not eligible from all film and TV acting categories.


Films must be at least 70 minutes and released for at least a seven-day run in the Greater Los Angeles area, starting prior to midnight on December 31. Films can be released in theaters, on pay-per-view, or by digital delivery.[39]


For the Best Foreign Language Film category, films do not need to be released in the United States. At least 51 percent of the dialogue must be in a language other than English, and they must first be released in their country of origin during a 14-month period from November 1 to December 31 prior to the Awards. However, if a film was not released in its country of origin due to censorship, it can still qualify if it had a one-week release in the United States during the qualifying calendar year. There is no limit to the number of submitted films from a given country.[39]


A TV program must air in the United States between the prime time hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (or 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sundays). A show can air on broadcast television, on basic or premium cable, or by digital delivery; it does not qualify if it is only on pay-per-view or via digital delivery of film. Also, a TV show must either be made in the United States or be a co-production financially and creatively between an American and a foreign production company. Furthermore, reality and non-scripted shows are disqualified.[39]


A film cannot be entered in both the film and TV categories, and instead should be entered based on its original release format. If it was first aired on American television, then it can be entered into the TV categories. If it was released in theaters or on pay-per-view, then it should instead be entered into the film categories. A film festival showing does not count towards disqualifying what would otherwise be a TV program.[39]


Actors in a TV series must appear in at least six episodes during the qualifying calendar year. Actors in a TV film or miniseries must appear in at least five percent of the time in that TV film or miniseries.[39]

Nominations and voting[edit]

Entry forms for films need to be received within ten days of the official screening. TV programs should be submitted "as early as possible" before the deadline.[39] For TV programs, they must merely be available to be seen by voters in any common format, including the original TV broadcast.


As of the 2023 ceremony, the HFPA removed a requirement that an exclusive press conference be hosted by the organization for each nominated film—a practice that had contributed to transparency issues.[40]


Ballots to select the nominations are sent to voters in November, along with a "Reminder List" of eligible film and TV programs.[41] Each HFPA member then votes for their top five choices in each category, numbering them 5 to 1, with 5 being their top choice. The nominees in each category are then the five selections that receive the most votes. The ranked voting is only used to break ties, with number 5 worth 5 points, number 4 worth 4 points, and so on.[39]


After the nominations are announced in mid-December, voters receive the final ballots.[41] The winner in each category is selected from among the nominees by plurality voting. In case of a tie, the winner is the one that had the most votes on the nomination ballot.[39]


As of the 2024 ceremony, the voting body consisted of 310 individuals, including representatives of 76 countries, international journalists, and 95 members that were members of the HFPA.[42][43]

: since 1943 (separated genre in 1951)

Best Motion Picture – Drama

: since 1951

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

: since 1948

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

: since 2006

Best Motion Picture – Animated

: since 2024

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement – Motion Picture

: since 1943

Best Director – Motion Picture

: since 1943 (separated genre in 1951)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

: since 1951

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

: since 1943 (separated genre in 1951)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

: since 1951

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

: since 1943

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

: since 1943

Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

: since 1947

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

: since 1947

Best Score – Motion Picture

: since 1961

Best Song – Motion Picture

: since 1951

Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures

Two Acting Wins in Same Year

Sigourney Weaver

Most awards won by a single film

La La Land

Most nominations received by a single film

Nashville

Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category)

La La Land

Most nominations without winning an award

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oldest person to win an award

Ennio Morricone

Youngest person to win an award

Ricky Schroder

Golden Globe Foundation

List of American television awards

List of film awards

List of Golden Globe Awards ceremonies

List of Golden Globe Award winners

List of Golden Globe Award winning films

List of Indian winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Awards

Official Golden Globes website

Awards listing at Official Golden Globes website

at the IMDb

Awards listing

Golden Globes Nominations 2024 list