Looking ahead

Looking Ahead: News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

Golden Globe Awards

January 11: Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal will host the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards and could well deliver a posthumous award to a former co-star. Heath Ledger, who appeared with Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain but died last year, may be named best supporting actor for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.

North American International Auto Show

January 11: Beleaguered by red ink and buoyed by Washington's $17.4 billion industry bailout, the three Detroit auto titans will showcase new product offerings. After prematurely killing the Taurus in 2006, Ford will debut what CEO Alan Mulally called "the [Taurus] we should've built originally." Meanwhile, General Motors will debut its Chevrolet Cruze, ostensibly a Daewoo rebadged for the American market and meant to compete for price-conscious sedan buyers.