娱乐英语新闻:Stars awaiting the party as Golden Globes return

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A host of movie stars will attend the Golden Globes in Los Angeles later Sunday, for what is expected to be the glitziest event so far in this year's awards season.

    After Hollywood labor strife shut down the Golden Globes in 2008, organizers promised their show would be back, bigger and better than ever.    

    More than 50 Hollywood stars have been set as presenters at "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" to be telecast live on NBC Sunday at The Beverly Hilton.    

    Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep are just a few of the heavyweights vying for awards at the Globes, regarded as second only to the Academy Awards.

    The Globes are often regarded as an indicator of the movies and actors who will go on to win honors at the Academy Awards on Feb. 22.

    Unlike the Oscars, however, the ceremony has different categories for dramas and comedies.

    Brad Pitt's fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is nominated in five film categories, as are the stage-play adaptations Doubt and Frost/Nixon.

    The show could be punctuated with a solemn moment, though. Nearly a year after his death, Heath Ledger might be honored as best supporting actor for his frenzied performance as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight."

    Steven Spielberg will receive this year's Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field."

    The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets.

    Sunday's Golden Globes party will get started at 8:00 p.m. EST (0100 GMT, 0900 Beijing Time, Monday).