The Golden Globes will be returning in 2009, on January 11th to be precise. This was announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association this past Tuesday. Nominees will be announced on December 11, 2008. It will be broadcast by NBC from the Beverly Hilton.The awards show used to be shown in late January, but after the rescheduling of the Academy Awards in 2004, the date was bumped up to compensate. The Golden Globes are not expect to affect the Academy Awards outcome since the judges for the Oscars are to have mailed in their ballots by the time the Golden Globes are broadcast.
Having adopted a "magazine" format to the 2008 show due to the WGA Strike, the show suffered a serious drop in ratings. They couldn't even have a red carpet event before the show to put the celebrities on display. Most likely, the 2009 broadcast will return to the traditional format and a bump in the ratings.
In a somewhat unprecedented move, 
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Last night at Royal Albert Hall in London, the National TV Awards, in which British viewers voted for their favorites in various categories, were handed out. Doctor Who won a bunch of awards: David Tennant won Most Popular Actor, Billie Piper won Most Popular Actress, and the show won Most Popular Drama; the show swept the three awards last year, as well (Christopher Eccleston won the actor award in 2005, of course). Little Britain won Most Popular Comedy -- one of the nominees was Will & Grace! -- and The X Factor won the Most Popular Entertainment show.
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi sparked a lot of discussion following his behavior on the red carpet last week
while co-hosting the Golden Globes arrival show for E! Some outrageous moments include grabbing Scarlett
Johansson's breast, looking down Teri Hatcher's dress, questioning Eva Longoria about her pubic hair, and referring to
Charlize Theron's character in Monster as a "scary dyke with bad teeth." Yes, he was totally
sexually harassing these women. Although none of those actresses have filed any complaints about their treatment, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is skeptical about whether Mizrahi should be working the red carpet during
the Oscars. A spokesman for the Academy said they expect that Mizrahi won't behave like that on their red carpet and,
if he does, "I cannot predict what we would do afterwards."
We'll have live blog coverage of the red carpet arrivals tonight, starting at 6. Just in case Scarlet
Johansson's nipple accidentally slips out while being interviewed or someone on E! says something really stupid.
We'll blog until 8, and then 
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