Golden Globes 2018: 6 facts you didn't know about the awards
Golden Globe Awards for the year 2018 will make history when celebs will walk the red carpet wearing all black ensembles and 'Times Up' pins to show solidarity towards the victims of sexual harassment. Men are also going for black tuxedos and the fashion world is frenzied making last minute changes. Nevertheless, the award ceremony will honour the best and brightest of the showbiz and many of the Hollywood bigwigs, for example, Meryl Streep for The Post, is nominated along with rookies like Greta Gerwig for Ladybird.
Golden Globe Awards for the year 2018 will make history when celebs will walk the red carpet wearing all black ensembles and 'Times Up' pins to show solidarity towards the victims of sexual harassment. Men are also going for black tuxedos and the fashion world is frenzied making last minute changes. Nevertheless, the award ceremony will honour the best and brightest of the showbiz and many of the Hollywood bigwigs, for example, Meryl Streep for The Post, is nominated along with rookies like Greta Gerwig for Ladybird.
The ceremony will take place at Beverly Hills Hilton in Los Angeles on Monday 7.30 AM (IST). Seth Meyers will be hosting the show. Let's take a look at some facts you probably did not know about the awards given by Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Indian viewers can catch the simulcast on VH1, Comedy Central, and Colors Infinity on January 8.
The Awards began in 1944, but surprisingly ran for the first 14 years without a host. In 1958 that Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. became the first unofficial host as they took over the stage themselves. (AFP)
A single Golden Globe statuette is exactly 10.75 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. It costs about $800 and is plated in 24-karat gold. (Reuters)
Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles has played witness to the birth of the glamorous Golden Globe Awards and has journeyed alongside for the past 75 years. (AFP)
In 1989, there was a three-way tie for Best Actress between Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine and Sigourney Weaver. (Twitter)
Meryl Streep has had the most individual nominations of all time, with an incredible 30 nominations. She had won an amazing eight times, but the star who holds the record for most won is Barbra Streisand with nine. (Reuters)
Golden Globe Awards 2017 had a defining moment as La La Land hit all the right notes, took home 7 Globes and broke the record for the Most Wins by a Film. It is followed by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Midnight Express (1978) with six wins each. (AFP)
Indian viewers can catch the simulcast on VH1, Comedy Central, and Colors Infinity on January 8.