Golden Globe History

When, quite literally, Neile Adams ran into Steve McQueen at the age of 23 on Broadway, she had no idea that the moment would change her life and turn into a scene in a movie. Neile Adams, who grew up in the Philippines, had been through rehearsals at Carnegie Hall.

Cynthia Erivo presents the award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, February 28, 2021. After a year of Covid, the event created a new format, anchored on the International Ballroom with presenters, and reaching out to nominees all over the world.

The war had ended - there was hope for a peaceful and prosperous future. For the third time, the members of the recently created HFPA met at the Knickerbocker Hotel, in Los Angeles, to "honor the best achievements of 1945 filmmaking".

Michael Jackson made one visit to the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton, in 1973. He arrived with his parents, Joe and Katherine, and took the stage to sing "Ben", nominated for Best Song, Motion Picture, for the movie of the same title.

Mary Tyler Moore smiles onstage and backstage as she accepts the Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama Golden Globe for Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford, at the 38th awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, January 31, 1981.   She had already won two Best Actress in a Television Series-Comedy Golden Globes: in 1965 for The Dick Van Dyke Show and in 1971 for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Richard Burton presents the Cecil B. deMille award to Red Skelton at the 35th Golden Globes, held January 28, 1978, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

After the ceremony: Bruce Springsteen winner of the 2009 Golden Globe for Best Orginal Song - Motion Picture and Mickey Rourke winner of the 2009 Golden Globe for Bes Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama and The Wrestler.

A rare black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe with her Golden Globe at the 1952 awards ceremony has been discovered at a West Hollywood memorabilia shop and is now in the HFPA archives. The original print, a bit yellowed at the edges but in good condition for its age, shows the actress seated at a table with her statuette as her unknown tablemate looks on.

Kathleen Turner, winner as Best Actress for the comedy Romancing the Stone, directed by Robert Zemeckis, poses backstage with Dudley Moore, winner as Best Actor for the comedy Micki and Maude directed by Blake Edwards, at the 42nd Golden Globes, held Saturday January 26, 1985 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

23 years ago, before he was the lean, mean, muscled killing machine that is Jason Bourne - and a star and key power player in the industry - Matt Damon had caught our eye as a razor-thin, drug-addicted Army medic in director Edward Zwick’s Courage Under Fire. The Boston native already had entries in his filmography – a bit part in the indie hit (and Julia Roberts’ feature film debut) Mystic Pizza, some TV work and more substantial roles in School Ties and Geronimo: An American Legend.