LOS ANGELES — The film and television nominees for the 71st Golden Globes will finally learn whether their hard work has earned them a coveted statuette on Sunday.
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But what exactly will the winners be clutching in their hands, and what is the history behind the trophy? Mashable got up close with a real Golden Globe award this week at the Beverly Hilton, where the statuettes will be handed out Sunday, starting at 5 p.m. PT on NBC.
Check out these zoomed-in photographs of the award, along with a few tidbits about it:
On Sunday, be sure to follow Mashable's associate entertainment editor Brian Anthony Hernandez, who will be providing live coverage on Twitter (@BAHjournalist) and Instagram (BAHjournalist) from backstage, inside the Beverly Hilton, during the awards ceremony.
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Whether it really happened or not is irrelevant.
They even fit in a Gone with the Wind reference around all the writhing.
Yes "Rural Juror" made almost no sense, but if you're honest, it made you tear up a little.
Maybe you'll be emotionally prepared to talk about it in 2014.
If Zoe was in The Walking Dead she'd have their zombie problem taken care of in a week.
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Admit it, you jumped.
Forget The Miracle of Birth, if you want to scare teens, remind them there's always the possibility that, once pregnant, a zombie apocalypse could break out.
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High Jane Fonda is the best kind of Jane Fonda.
The unchallenged victor of 2013 TV, and it wasn't even technically on TV.
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