80 Days to 80th Golden Globes

A Golden Globe and multi-nominee sharing a kiss for Golden Globes coming back.

On March 8, 1960, when Porgy and Bess won the Golden Globe for Best Musical, America was still more than four years away from the end of a horrible social ill known as “separate but equal. ”At the time, a Supreme Court decision of 1896, Plessy v.

On February 23, 1956, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held the 13th Golden Globes at the Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The lavish nightclub, known as Hollywood’s “first playground of the stars,” was the top venue of the Golden Globes for 10 of the next 12 years.

In the 1950s, there were a few years when multiple films were awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film (now Best Non-English Language Film), and 1955 was one of those years. The 12th Golden Globes were held on February 24, 1955, at the Ambassador Hotel, and, befitting the organization’s international roots, four foreign films were voted the winners by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

On past Golden Globes red carpets, we asked the stars: "What's in your purse?". The answers may surprise you.