Golden Globe Awards January 2023: Presenting 12 unknown facts about the prestigious awards

The 80th Golden Globe Awards will be held this year in Hollywood on January 11 Organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association this yearrsquos ceremony will be hosted by the wellknown actorcomedian Jerrod CarmichaelOn the occasion of the prestigious awards here are 12 unknown facts about the prestigious awardsThe 87 year old Ennio Morricone is the oldest Golden Globe Award winnerEven though itrsquos always said that lsquoAge is just a numberrsquo Ennio Morricone went on to prove that itrsquos so true when it comes to talent Ennio Morricone is the oldest Golden Globe Award winner and hold your breathhellip he is 87 years old He had bagged the Golden Globe award for the Best Original Score for the lsquoThe Hateful Eightrsquo which was released in the year 2015View this post on InstagramA post shared by Maestro Ennio Morricone maestro_ennio_morriconeNine year old Ricky Schroder is the youngest Golden Globe Award winnerOn the other hand the 9yearold Ricky Schroder happens to be the youngest winner of the prestigious Golden Globe award He had won the lsquoBest New Star Of The Yearrsquo award for the film lsquoThe Champrsquo which was released in the year 1980View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ricky Schroder rickyschroderMeryl Streep has the most individual nominations of all timeDid you know that the extremely talented Meryl Streep is possibly the only actor who has to her credit of having the most individual nominations of all timeView this post on InstagramA post shared by Meryl Streep merylstreepGolden Globes Awards were held between 1995 and 2010 with no hostYou will be really surprised to know that between the years 1995 and 2010 the prestigious Golden Globes had no host at allView this post on InstagramA post shared by Golden Globes goldenglobesAlso ReadGolden Globe Awards 2023 SS Rajamoulirsquos RRR bags two nominationsOnly once did Golden Globe Awards saw a threeway tieIn the entire history of the Golden Globe awards there has been only once when there was a threeway tie for the lsquoBest Actressrsquo award The actresses who were in a tie were Jodie Foster for the film lsquoThe Accusedrsquo Shirley MacLaine for the film lsquoMadame Sousatzkarsquo and Sigourney Weaver for the film lsquoGorillas in the MistrsquoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Jodie Foster Fanpage jodiefosterworldGolden Globes were initially given out by journalistsYou will be surprised to know that till the year 1958 the Golden Globes were given out by journalists who were members of the Association The next year Frank Sinatra Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr walked up on stage and took the responsibility of hosting the show themselvesView this post on InstagramA post shared by Dean Martin deanmartinofficialThe 1976 film lsquoNashvillersquo had topped the list of nominations with nine nominationsIt was the 1976 film lsquoNashvillersquo which had topped the list of nominations with a total of nine nominations The film then landed up winning one award for the Best Song lsquoI am Easyrsquo by Keith CarradineView this post on InstagramA post shared by Golden Globes goldenglobesAlso ReadRRR is the mostfavoured international film on the US awards circuit todayThe 1976 film lsquoOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nestrsquo film had bagged five awardsOn the other hand the 1976 film lsquoOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nestrsquo has the record of being the only film to have won five prestigious Golden Globes in the major categories including Best Motion Picture Actor Actress Director and ScreenplayView this post on InstagramA post shared by Modern Times oneflewoverthecuckoosnestWhen two cult films did not bag even a single awardThe following fact is strange but true Even though the films lsquoWhos Afraid of Virginia Woolfrsquo and lsquoThe Godfatherrsquo Part 3 had received 7 nominations each but did not win even a single Golden GlobeView this post on InstagramA post shared by The Godfather thegodfathermovieTwo times when the prize winners refused to receive the awardWhile everyone across the globe is dying to become a recipient of the prestigious lsquoGolden Globersquo award there have been two times when the recipients actually refused to receive the awardView this post on InstagramA post shared by Golden Globes goldenglobesThe first refusal of the award was from the producers of the film lsquoZrsquoThese two times were when the producers of the film lsquoZrsquo refused the Golden Globe for lsquoBest Foreign Language Filmrsquo The reason Wellhellip they wanted their film to be included in the main lsquoBest Motion Picturersquo categoryView this post on InstagramA post shared by Golden Globes goldenglobesThe second person to refuse the award was the legendary Marlon BrandoThe second time when someone refused the award was when the legendary Marlon Brando was called up on stage to receive the award That time he refused to receive the award as a protest to US racism and imperialism Reports have it that he had even refused to accept the Oscar award as well and that he had sent his representative to deliver a political speechView this post on InstagramA post shared by Marlon Brando themarlonbrando