The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards aired live from rainy Beverly Hills Sunday night with many winners announced in both the TV and Movie categories.
The show was hosted by the creator of “The Office” in the U.K., funnyman Ricky Gervais.
“Avatar” continued its impressive run winning awards for Best Dramatic Picture and Best Director James Cameron.
To everyone’s surprise “The Hangover” beat out “500 Days of Summer”, “It’s Complicated”, “Julie & Julia” and “Nine” for the award of Best Picture, Musical or Comedy.
Best Actor and Actress in a Musical or Comedy went to Robert Downey Jr. for “Sherlock Holmes” and Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”.
Sandra Bullock took home the Best Actress in a Drama globe for her role in “The Blind Side” and Jeff Bridges won the Actor category for “Crazy Heart”.
Nobody was surprised when Mo’Nique’s name was called as the winner of Best Supporting Actress for “Precious”.
Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Nazi Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds”.
The animated movie “Up” took home globes for Best Animated Film and the Best Score. In the TV categories, “Mad Men” took home the Golden Globe for the third year in a row for Best Television Drama. The comedy or musical category was taken by the new hit “Glee”.
Toni Collette and Alec Baldwin won the awards for best actor and actress in a comedy or musical television series; Collette for “United States of Tara” and Baldwin for “30 Rock”.
The drama category was won by Michael C. Hall for “Dexter” and Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife”. Michael C. Hall who just announced that he’s battling cancer showed up for the awards and left everyone from the cast of “Dexter” in tears with his acceptance speech.
TV CATEGORIES
Best Television Series – Drama
Big Love (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Glenn Close – Damages (FX)
January Jones – Mad Men (AMC)
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)
Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Simon Baker – The Mentalist (CBS)
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (Fox)
Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)
Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
30 Rock (NBC)
Entourage (HBO)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Toni Collette – United States Of Tara (Showtime)
Courteney Cox – Cougar Town (ABC)
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
Lea Michele – Glee (Fox)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
David Duchovny – Californication (Showtime)
Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)
Matthew Morrison – Glee (Fox)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into The Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Taking Chance (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Joan Allen – Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens (HBO)
Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens (HBO)
Anna Paquin – The Courageous Heart Of Irena (CBS)
Sigourney Weaver – Prayers For Bobby (Lifetime)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon – Taking Chance (HBO)
Kenneth Branagh – Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Endgame (PBS)
Brendan Gleeson – Into The Storm (HBO)
Jeremy Irons – Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Adams – Hung (HBO)
Rose Byrne – Damages (FX)
Jane Lynch – Glee (Fox)
Janet McTeer – Into The Storm (HBO)
Chloë Sevigny – Big Love (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Emerson – Lost (ABC)
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
William Hurt – Damages (FX)
John Lithgow – Dexter (Showtime)
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)
MOVIE CATEGORIES
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Up In The Air
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up In The Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Tobey Maguire – Brothers
Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Sandra Bullock – The Proposal
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Julia Roberts – Duplicity
Meryl Streep – It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine
Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days Of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penélope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Mo’nique – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Best Animated Feature Film
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
Up
Best Foreign Language Film
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (La Nana) (Chile)
A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)
The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band – Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte) (Germany)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Clint Eastwood – Invictus
Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – District 9
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Nancy Meyers – It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up In The Air
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino – Up
Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!
James Horner – Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski – A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell – Where The Wild Things Are
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Cinema Italiano” – Nine
“I See You” – Avatar
“I Want To Come Home” – Everybody’s Fine
“The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” – Crazy Heart
“Winter” – Brothers
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Martin Scorsese
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