Next Thursday the recepient of this award will be announced. Who do you think will be the winner?

Here are the past recpients

09- Steven Spielberg
07- Warren Beattt
06- Anthony Hopkins
05- Robin Williams
04- Michael Douglas
03- Gene Hackman
02- Harrison Ford
01- Al Pacino
00- Barbara Streisand
99- Jack Nicholson
98- Shirley MacLaine
97- Dustin Hoffman
96- Sean Connery
95- Sophia Loren
94- Robert Redford
93- Lauren Bacall
92- Robert Mitchum
91- Jack Lemmon
90- Audrey Hepburn
89- Doris Day
88- Clint Eastwood
87- Anthony Quinn
86- Barbara Stanwyck
85- Elizabeth Taylor
84- Paul Newman
83- Laurence Olivier
82- Sidney Poitier
81- Gene Kelly
80- Henry Fonda


They are usually all about the big stars and lately all about the men. It would be nice to see a female chosen. Who I think have a good shot at the award and I did my top 5 in no order for both genders

Men:
Tom Hanks
Robert De Niro
Denzel Washington
Robert Duvall
Michael Caine

Women:
Meryl Streep
Jane Fonda
Whoopi Goldberg
Julie Andrews
Susan Sarandon



Thoughts?

Well normally they don't honor someone with this award if there is a chance that they might be nominated, so you can cross off Duvall and Streep.

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Well normally they don't honor someone with this award if there is a chance that they might be nominated, so you can cross off Duvall and Streep.

that is true however sophia loren was nominated the year she was honored. i am not sure how her nomination was taken that year.

Michael Caine is a decent choice.

Woody Allen? Diane Keaton?

I really wish they would choose a woman since they haven't honored one since 2000. Which IMO is ridiculous when you think about all of the amazingly talented actresses there are.

Some of my personal choices would be:
Eileen Atkins
Carol Channing
Angela Lansbury
Holland Taylor

I know these choices are extremely unlikely, but they are people I would like to see honored.

If it is a woman, I think Angela Lansbury, Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett or Mary Tyler Moore would be the most likely.

Somehow, I have been thinking lately it would go to Denzel Washington this time. They have only honored one minority EVER, plus DW has a movie opening in January. That would make perfect sense.

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One of the greatest actresses of the XX century Angela Lansbury deserves every award she can get, but does she really need Cecil B. DeMille Award?
She already holds the record for the most Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a television drama series and tied with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep for most Golden Globes wins for a performer with six awards. What she really needs and deserves it an Honorary Oscar or a interesting movie role so she can win a competitive one.
But I agree that a woman should get one for a change (kudos to SAG Awards and Academy Awards (finally!) for awarding Betty White and Lauren Bacall this year).

I would've love to see legendary Jeanne Moreau to be awarded.

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Martin Scorsese is this year's recipient.

http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/146

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Martin Scorsese is this year's recipient.

Boring choice.

I find it very interesting that the last 3 recipients have been Golden Globe Award (and Oscar) winning directors. If this trend continues, it will be so much harder for a woman to win again, as the most recent female recipient is also the most prominent (and only Golden Globe Award winning) female director there is.

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I could have sworn that Marty got one already. Oh well like Tom said boring old white man.

That's certainly one way to go. At least the presentation will be a strong one with a wealth of material to work off of. Congrats to Marty!

Agree with Tom's sentiments completely.

Why is there such a lack of diversity in this award? Why such few women???

Scorsese's an okay choice. Nothing exciting.