‘Brokeback Mountain’ Wins Globes

By Rachel Nowery
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards was broadcasted on Jan.16.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards the Golden Globes to honor achievements in film and television during the calendar year. Millions of viewers worldwide tuned into NBC’s live broadcast of this annual event.

Some feature films that won Globes were the controversial gay cowboy film “Brokeback Mountain” starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall, which won four Golden Globes and the Johnny and June Cash film, “Walk the Line.” This film starred Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix and won three Globes, including best actor in a musical or comedy, best actress in a musical or comedy, and best musical or comedy film.

The Golden Globes is also the award show for television as well as movies. Television shows that won globes were Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Commander in Chief, Desperate Housewives, House, and The Office.

Also, every year a special award is given to an outstanding actor over the course of the years. It is the Cecil B. DeMille award and this year it was awarded to Anthony Hopkins. Previous winners include a wide range of actors such a Robin Williams, Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Audrey Hepburn and many more dating back to the 1950s.

In December of 2005 when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association opened its doors for nominations in the required categories, over 300 nominations were submitted. To have been selected to be in the final nominations (which narrowed down to 125 nominees) and even win an award is a great achievement and it is every actor’s dream to stand behind the podium and say, “I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press…”