By the Numbers: The Golden Globe Awards from Time magazine
GETTING READY
$78,000: Typical cost for female attendees to get “Golden Globes ready” (not including the cost of borrowed jewelry)
93: Number of voting members of the HFPA as of December 2012
$17,500: Price per person of the 2011 Globes package at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, including two-night accommodations, breakfast, lunch, seats at the gala itself, and one A-list after-party of the buyer’s choice
$5 million: Value of the most expensive jewelry ever worn at the event (a record shared by J. Lo and Sofia Vergara)
AT THE EVENT
$1,800: Cost of the dessert served at last year’s ceremony
39: Number of consecutive years the event has been held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
1: Number of on-stage moonings (by Jack Nicholson, in 1990)
1: Number of times the ceremony was cancelled, due to the 2007-8 writer’s strike
9,000: Glasses of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Brut 2002 served throughout the night (at a typical retail price of $84.95 a bottle, that’s about $84,950 worth of champagne)
THOSE GOLDEN MEN
$800: Cost of manufacturing a Golden Globe statue
5.5: Weight, in pounds, of the iconic statuettes, which were first introduced in 1946
25: Number of awards bestowed each year
HEY, CHAMP
3: Most nominations for a single person in a single year; by Jamie Foxx in 2005, when he was up for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, for “Ray”; Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama, for “Collateral;” and Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, for “Redemption.”
8: Number of awards bestowed over the years on Meryl Streep, winner of the most individual performance-based Globes
9: Age of the youngest Globe recipient, Ricky Schroeder, when he took the 1980 Best New Star of the Year award for his role in “The Champ”
80: Age of the oldest award winner, Jessica Tandy, when she took Best Actress for “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1990
