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    2011 Golden Globes Rundown

    By Pam Parent | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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    On Jan. 16, the 2011 Golden Globes will be broadcast from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Ricky Gervais hosted the 2010 Golden Globes, and will be back for another round of hosting this year. The Golden Globes is one of the few award shows that honors both television and movies.

    Here are some fun and interesting facts about the Golden Globes:

    * The first telecasts of the Golden Globes, 1958 through 1963, were only aired locally in Los Angeles.

    * Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Mila Kunis are all first-time Golden Globe nominees. Stone has been nominated for her role in "Easy A," Lawrence for her role in "Winter's Bone," and Kunis for her role in "Black Swan."

    * This will be the 41st time the Golden Globes will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

    * "The King's Speech" has received seven nominations, the most nominations for the 68th Golden Globes.

    * The most Golden Globes a film has won is five. Five winners have shared this honor: "Doctor Zhivago," "Love Story," "The Godfather," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "A Star is Born."

    * In 1973, Marlon Brando refused his Golden Globe for Best Actor in the movie "The Godfather." He claimed he was protesting "U.S. imperialism and racism."

    * Meryl Streep has had 25 Golden Globe nominations. This is the highest number of nominations for a Golden Globe, with Jack Lemmon coming in second with 22 nominations.

    * When Ricky Schroder was 9, he became the youngest actor to win a Golden Globe for his role in "The Champ."

    * When Jessica Tandy was 80 years old, she became the oldest actress to win a Best Actress Golden Globe for her role in "Driving Miss Daisy." Henry Fonda was 76 years old and the oldest to win a Best Actor award for his role in "On Golden Pond."

    * The biggest shut-outs at the Golden Globes were the movies "Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "The Godfather III." Each film received seven nominations with no wins.

    * The Golden Globe nominations are often a prediction of what movies will receive an Oscar nomination.

    * The Golden Globes acknowledges achievements in 25 categories. There are 14 in movies and 11 in television. Dick Clark Productions has produced the Golden Globes Award Show since 1983.

     

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