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77th Golden Globe Awards — 2020 film and television award ceremony, on the 5th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2019 filmmaking and televisionmaking

January 1, 2020

The 77th Golden Globe Awards recognized 2019 film and television achievements, with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917 among the top winners.

Quick Facts

Year
2020
Category
general

Key Facts

Date
January 5, 2020
Host
Ricky Gervais (fifth time)
Top film winner
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (3 awards)
Best Motion Picture – Drama
1917
Most film nominations
Marriage Story (6 nominations)
Broadcast network
NBC (United States)

By the Numbers

52,020
Date
3
Top film winner
1,917
Best Motion Picture – Drama
6
Most film nominations

Location

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Cause → Event → Consequence

Cause

Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association selects nominees from the preceding year's film and television output. For the 77th ceremony, nominees were announced on December 9, 2019, by Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, and Susan Kelechi Watson, with Marriage Story leading all films with six nominations.

Event

The 77th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held on January 5, 2020, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, broadcast live on NBC. Ricky Gervais hosted for the fifth time. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood won three awards including Best Musical or Comedy Film, while 1917 took Best Drama Film. Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres received the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett Awards respectively.

Consequence

The ceremony earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) and Outstanding Production Design. The wins for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917 boosted both films' profiles ahead of the broader awards season, while Succession, Fleabag, and Chernobyl each claimed two television awards.

Timeline Context

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