Golden Globe Moment

Lauren Bacall holds the Cecil B. deMille trophy, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Outstanding Contributions to the World of Entertainment, at the 50th Golden Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday January 23, 1993.

Kevin Costner holds the two Golden Globes he won for Best Director and producer of the Best Motion Picture-Drama for Dances with Wolves (he was nominated for Best Actor for the same film) at the award ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, January 19, 1991.   It is not uncommon for male actors turned directors to win two Golden Globes- Robert Redford, for example, did it in 1981 for Ordinary People but did not attend the ceremony.

Tony Curtis, winner of the special award for World Film Favorite with the presenter, his actress wife Janet Leigh, backstage at the Golden Globes, Wednesday, February 26, 1958, Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. Tony Curtis won World Film Favorite again in 1961 and was nominated for Best Actor in 1959,  for the Best Picture-Drama winner The Defiant Ones - his costar Sidney Poitier and director Stanley Kramer were also nominated.

Laura Dern, daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, was chosen as Miss Golden Globe at age 15, for the 39th awards to be held on Saturday January 30, 1982 at the Beverly Hilton hotel.  Traditionally, starting in 1963, the daughter, and occasionally the son (John Clark Gable in 1995), of Hollywood actors are selected every year by the HFPA board as Miss or Mr.

Kim Novak receives a special award as World Film Favorite, presented by Vincent Price, at the 14th Golden Globes, on Thursday, February 28, 1957, at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel.

In 1960 Marilyn Monroe attended the 17th Golden Globes, held on Tuesday, March 8 at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, when she won as Best Actress for the comedy Some Like It Hot, directed by Billy Wilder costarring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. On that occasion, she wore a white fur stole over a white dress.