The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures (film) and television (television program). The formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industrys awards season, which culminates each year with the Academy Awards.

The 1st Golden Globe Awards, were held in January 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. The 67th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2009, were presented January 17, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where they have been held annually since 1961.