On January 26, 1985, Elizabeth Taylor received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony that year. The Cecil B. DeMille Award, first presented in 1952, is an honorary award given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Taylor quips in her speech: "I never dreamed ever that I would be standing here one day holding this award myself…and to be given it by the press! That's really incredible!"

Director and actor Ben Affleck is interviewed on the red carpet prior to the start of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony on his film, Argo, which won Best Director and Best Motion Picture–Drama in 2013. The movie went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Here Affleck tells Ryan Seacrest that the location of the awards ceremony, The Beverly Hilton, was used as a set in Argo. The 70th Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 13, 2013.