Tom Hanks To Be Honored With Cecil B. DeMille Award at Tonight’s Golden Globes
Tonight is one of the biggest days of the year in Hollywood with the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards which will be broadcast on NBC this evening (Sunday January 5, 2020.) As part of this evening’s festivities, we’re excited to let you know that one of our favorite actors and the voices of one of our favourite Disney characters – Tom Hanks will receive a very special honor.
This year’s Golden Globes will pay tribute to Hanks’ many film achievements. This includes a whopping 8 Golden Globe Awards and 15 nominations. Hanks has also received two Academy Awards. Hanks will receive the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award which honors those making “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” This includes Hanks critically acclaimed roles in films like Philadelphia, Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Castaway and more! Disney fans will, of course, love hanks for his role as the voice of Woody in the beloved Pixar Toy Story franchise as well as his turn as Walt Disney himself in Saving Mr. Banks.
“The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is proud to bestow the 2020 Cecil B. DeMille Award to Tom Hanks,” Lorenzo Soria, HFPA president, said in a statement. “For more than three decades, he’s captivated audiences with rich and playful characters that we’ve grown to love and admire. As compelling as he is on the silver screen, he’s equally so behind the camera as a writer, producer and director.”
Tom has more than 90 acting credits, nearly 60 producing credits and 8 director credits to his name making him one of the most highly regarded actors and filmmakers to receive the award.
The Award takes its names from Cecil B. DeMille who was one of Hollywood’s founding fathers and responsible for classics like The Ten Commandments and The King of Kings among others. Past recipients include Hollywood tastemakers like Walt Disney, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Poitier and, more recently, luminaries such as Opera Winfrey, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro and Steven Spielberg have been given the honor.
That’s not all the awards Hanks could be taking home this evening. Hanks has also received a 2020 Golden Globe nomination for best performance by an actor for his role in the 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, based on the life of Fred Rogers. Disney Pixar animation, Toy Story 4 is also a nominee for best-animated motion picture.
The Golden Globe Awards will air live on NBC on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.
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