Saturday, December 15, 2007

Barong in the 65th Annual Golden Globe Nominations


HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 12, 2007 – Dane Cook, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Reynolds and Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino joined Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara announce the Nominations for “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” last Thursday morning, December 13, 2007 at The Beverly Hilton.

Nominations were announced in 25 categories. “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” will take place Sunday, January 13, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Jorge Camara is President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Terry Bateman and Barry Adelman are executive producers. Chris Donovan is director. Al Schwartz is consulting producer. Ken Shapiro is producer. Ron Weed is consulting producer. Bob Bardo is executive in charge of production.


The 65th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last Thursday in Los Angeles, California. Hayden Panettiere, of Heroes; Ryan Reynolds (Blade: Trinity) and director Quentin Tarantino announced the nominations.

And what stole the show, at least for Filipinos around the world is Mr. Quentin Tarantino donning our national dress for men, the Barong Tagalog. This is the second time in public that Mr. Tarantino wore the Barong. He wore a Barong when he was presented a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Indie Film Festival Cinemanila in Malacanang Palace by President Gloria Arroyo in Manila.

In Manila, he rode a pedicab just to arrive in time to receive the award, so much so that he wore a jogging pants with the Barong. This time Tarantino wore it the usual way, in a formal slacks.