Golden Globe Awards Fast Facts

January 6, 2019 - The 76th Annual Golden Globes are scheduled to take place.

January 7, 2018 - The 75th Annual Golden Globes are presented in Beverly Hills, California, and air live on NBC with Seth Meyers as host.

Other Facts:
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a group representing journalists from 55 countries, presents the awards.

The awards are presented in the fields of both television and motion pictures.

The motion picture awards were first presented in 1944.

Awards for television were first presented in 1955.

The Golden Globes were not regularly broadcast on TV until the early 1980s.

On January 7, 2008, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the cancellation of the traditional Golden Globes ceremony due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike. The winners were announced during an hour-long press conference on January 13.

As of January 2018, Meryl Streep is the actor with the most nominations - 31. She has eight wins, also a record.

January 7, 2018 - At the 75th Annual Golden Globes a number of actresses and actors attend the event dressed in black to support the Time's Up movement. The movement, launched at the start of the year by women and men from the entertainment industry, aims to combat sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond.

December 11, 2018 - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces a new award named the Carol Burnett Award. The award will be given annually to someone who "has made outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen," according to a statement from HFPA.

2019 Nominees (Selected):
Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Black Panther"
"BlackKklansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"A Star Is Born"

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Glenn Close ("The Wife")
Lady Gaga ("A Star Is Born")
Nicole Kidman ("Destroyer")
Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?")
Rosamund Pike ("A Private War")

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born")
Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate")
Lucas Hedges ("Boy Erased")
Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody")
John David Washington ("BlackKklansman")

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
"Crazy Rich Asians"
"The Favourite"
"Green Book"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Vice"

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt ("Mary Poppins Returns")
Olivia Coleman ("The Favourite")
Elsie Fisher ("Eighth Grade")
Charlize Theron ("Tully")
Constance Wu ("Crazy Rich Asians")

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale ("Vice")
Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Mary Poppins Returns")
Vigo Mortensen ("Green Book")
Robert Redford ("The Old Man in the Gun")
John C. Reilly ("Stan and Ollie")

Best Director
Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born")
Alfonso Cuaron ("Roma")
Peter Farrelly ("Green Book")
Spike Lee ("BlackKklansman")
Adam McKay ("Vice")

Best TV series - Drama
"The Americans"
"The Bodyguard"
"Homecoming"
"Killing Eve"
"Pose"

Best TV series - Musical or Comedy
"Barry"
"The Good Place"
"Kidding"
"The Kominsky Method"
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Complete list of nominees

2018 Winners (Selected):
Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Frances McDormand - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Gary Oldman - "Darkest Hour"

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
"Lady Bird"

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Saoirse Ronan - "Lady Bird"

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
James Franco - "The Disaster Artist"

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro - "The Shape of Water"

Best TV series - Drama
"The Handmaid's Tale"

Best TV series - Comedy or Musical
"Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"