AN EVENING OF BEAUTY AND GLAMOUR
The first in a long list of star presenters are announced: Nicole Kidman, Freida Pinto, Salma Hayek, Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen, Antonio Banderas and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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tage is set for an evening of beauty and glamour with the news that an international ensemble of some of the world’s most gorgeous actresses will be presenting Golden Globes during Sunday’s star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Nicole Kidman from Australia, India’s Frieda Pinto and Mexican-born Salma Hayek are among the first group of presenters announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Together with Melissa McCarthy from Bridesmaids they will be joining the handsome trio of Antonio Banderas, Clive Owen and Jake Gyllenhaal at the ceremony, which will be hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais and televised live on NBC.
More presenters will be announced during the coming week.
Pictures: Theo Kingma
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Anke Hofmann (left) and Zoya Malinskaya start the process of printing and issuing 1308 of the hottest tickets in town for next week’s 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
GLOBE PREPARATIONS GET UNDER WAY
With the 69th Annual Golden Globes ceremony only ten days away, preparations at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills have already started.
Yesterday, the International Ballroom opened its backstage doors and numerous – mostly locally hired – crews will start its transformation into one of the most glamorous venues Hollywood has ever seen.
GLOBES MENU SPANS THE CONTINENTS
It has taken six months of meticulous planning for the chefs at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to prepare for the Golden Globe ceremony on January 15. Executive chefs Suki Sugiura and pastry chef Thomas Henzi have created an elegant and mouth-watering menu reflecting the global nature of the Golden Globes and it will take a team of 40 chefs and 110 kitchen staff members to prepare it on show day.
Chef Sugiura has combined local produce with an ensemble of cuisines from around the world to create a globally harmonised menu. It will include an appetiser of pistachio crusted pistou ravioli with wild arugula, smoked tomato, kabocha compote and burrata; a combination entree of miso and sake lees marinated pacific sea bass with grilled king oyster musroom and braised prime short rib of beef with porcini pine nut herb ragout in a light cream of sherry wine ginger tamari sauce with roasted fingerling potatoes, candy striped beets, baby bok choy and yellow baby carrots.
For dessert Chef Henzi will be serving a trio of chocolate delice almond crunch terrine and acacia honey, caramel and fresh berries, which will pair ideally with the Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage 2002 magnums specially created for the show.
GLOBES GUESTS WILL DRINK 9,000 GLASSES OF CHAMPAGNE
More than 1,000 mini bottles and 500 magnums of Grand Vintage 2002 Moet & Chandon champagne —-more than 9,000 glasses—-will be served on the red carpet and inside the ballroom at this year;s glittering Golden Globes awards ceremony on January 15.
For 21 years Moet & Chandon has provided the champagne for the 1,500 guests and this year will be celebrating its anniversary with its specially-created, award-winning 2002 Grand Vintage.
The champagne, which sells at a retail price of $84.95 a bottle, was introduced by Moet’s new home entertaining expert, Aida Mollenkamp (left) at a preview at the Beverly Hilton the week before the show.
“Once again we’re happy to have Moet & Chandon on board with us as the official champagne of the Golden Globes,” said HFPA president Dr. Aida Takla-O’Reilly. “This year marks a special year for us as our partnershi8p enters its 21st year.”
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Woody Harrelson used the early-morning Golden Globes nominations announcement to plug his new movie.
The actor was among the stars helping the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reveal nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globes on a worldwide telecast Thursday, and he appeared to include his yet-to-be-released police drama “Rampart” in the best picture category.
As he read the nominees for best dramatic film, Harrelson said, “‘Rampart,’” followed by a long pause, “opens January 27, but I don’t see it on the list here.”
The nominees for best drama film are “The Descendants,” ”The Help,” ”Hugo,” ”The Ides of March,” ”Moneyball” and “War Horse.” Harrelson, along with Gerard Butler, Sofia Vergara and Rashida Jones, made the announcement at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the Golden Globes will be presented Jan. 15.
Photograph by Theo Kingma
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