Firing up the 2012 award season are the 69th Golden Globes – all the winners posted below.
What’s come to be known as ‘Awards Season’ is already underway, but the Globes are the first of the big three (followed by the BAFTAs on Feb 12th, Oscars on Feb 26th). Winners are decided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) – an organisation of about 90 Los Angeles-based writers working for non-US media.
They’re not a good indicator of Oscar glory (in the past 10 years only four films to win either Golden Globe Best Film category have gone on to win the big one), they’re often mocked for being all glitz and no substance, they’re derided for catering to the masses, or they’re or accused of being bought-off – like the curious nomination for Cher-starring Burlesque in 2010 after the film’s studio sent the entire HFPA tickets to a Cher concert.
But we like the Globes that are Golden because they’re more inclined to choose a sexier film: one that hits it off with critics AND audiences, than its big brother Oscar. For example, take past winners of Best Film (Comedy/Musical) – Lost in Translation and The Hangover; for Best Film (Drama) – The Social Network and Avatar. Plus, they’ve got Ricky Gervais as host.
THE WINNERS…
Best Film (Drama): The Descendants
Nominated: War Horse | The Help | Hugo | Moneyball | The Ides of March
Best Film (Comedy/Musical): The Artist
Nominated: 50/50 | Midnight in Paris | Bridesmaids | My Week with Marilyn
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran)
Nominated: In the Land of Blood and Honey | The Kid with a Bike | The Skin I Live In | The Flowers of War
Best Animated Feature Film:
Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Nominated: Rango | Cars 2 | Arthur Christmas | Puss in Boots
Best Actress (Drama): Meryl Streep,
The Iron Lady
Nominated: Viola Davis, The Help | Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin | Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Glenn Glose, Albert Nobbs
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical):
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Nominated: Charlize Theron, Young Adult | Jodie Foster, Carnage | Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids | Kate Winslet, Carnage
Best Actor (Drama): George Clooney,
The Descendants
Nominated: Michael Fassbender, Shame | Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar | Brad Pitt, Moneyball | Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Best Actor (Comedy/Musical):
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Nominated: Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love | Brendan Gleeson, The Guard | Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer,
The Help
Nominated: Bérénice Bejo, The Artist | Jessica Chastain, The Help | Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs | Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Nominated: Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn | Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method | Albert Brooks, Drive | Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Nominated: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris | George Clooney, The Ides of March | Alexander Payne, The Descendants | Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Nominated: The Descendants – Jim Rash, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon | The Ides of March – Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Beau Willimon | The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius | Moneyball – Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian<
Best Original Song: ‘Masterpiece’ by Madonna, James Harry from W.E.
Nominated: The Help – ‘The Living Proof’ | Gnomeo & Juliet – ‘Hello Hello’ | Machine Gun Preacher – ‘The Keeper’ | Albert Nobbs – ‘Lay Your Head Done’
Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Nominated: W.E. – Abel Korzeniowski | Hugo – Howard Shore | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor | War Horse – John Williams
TV winners…
BEST TV SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL): Modern Family
BEST TV SERIES (DRAMA): Homeland
BEST MINI SERIES OF MOVIE MADE FOR TV: Downton Abbey
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA): Claire Danes, Homeland
BEST ACTRESS (MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TV): Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL): Laura Dern, Enlightened
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA): Kelsey Grammar, Boss
BEST ACTOR (MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TV): Idris Elba, Luther
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL): Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TV): Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TV): Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
SEE A FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS HERE.
