Globe de Cristal Awards
The Globes de Cristal Awards (English: Crystal Globe Awards) is a set of awards bestowed by members of the French Press Association recognizing excellence in home art and culture. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented happens each February. The 1st Globes de Cristal were in 2006 in Paris. The 2014 ceremony was held at Le Lido cabaret on 10 March 2014 and was hosted by Valérie Bénaïm, who is the first woman to host the show, without being a co-host. The "Globe de Cristal Awards" categories are: movies, actors, actresses, theater, concerts, novels, singers, TV series, exhibitions and fashion designers. Best Film Best TV movie/TV Series Best Actor Best Actress Best TV Show Best Male Singer Best Female Singer Best Play (Including Dance) Best Musical Play (Including Opera) Best One-Man-Show Best Literary Piece Best Exposition Best Fashion Designer Honor Globe (Globe d'Honneur) The ceremony takes place at the Lido and is broadcast live on France 3, February at 11PM President of the jury : Jacques Attali Honor Globe (Globe d'honneur) Roberto Alagna Special mention from the jury Guillaume Depardieu (posthumous) Film/ Television Best Film : Mesrine : L'Instinct de mort Best actor : Vincent Cassel for Mesrine : L'Instinct de mort Best actress : Sylvie Testud for Sagan Best TV movie or TV show : Sagan Best documentary : 9/3 : Mémoire d'un territoire by Yamina Benguigui Music Best female performer : Anaïs Best male performer : Julien Doré Theater Best opera dance performance : Blanche-Neige by Angelin Preljocaj Best play : La Vie devant soi, staging by Didier Long at the théâtre de l'Œuvre Best musical : Le Soldat rose by Louis Chedid and Dominique Burgaug Best one-man-show : Valérie Lemercier at the Palace Literature Best novel or essay : Où on va, papa ? by Jean-Louis Fournier Best graphic novel : Une vie de chat by Philippe Geluck Arts Best exhibit : Picasso et les Maîtres at the Grand Palais Best architect or designer : Andrée Putman Best fashion designer : Isabelle Marant The ceremony was replayed in the media especially for its controversy concerning a joke, considered vulgar, by Jean-Luc Delarue.