One month after the nominations were announced at the end of last year, last night saw Ricky Gervais return to his role as host of the 69th Golden Globe Awards. As you can imagine, with the Golden Globes being one of a handful of the most prestige awards in film and television, many will look to the results for an indication of what we can expect from the Academy Awards in just over a month’s time.
Last year saw the release of some fantastic films, and so many of them deserved the recognition that comes with winning an award like this. Of course, not all the films can go home with an award in tow, and here’s a run-down of the results from last night. Let us know your thoughts on last night’s results in the comments below – how did your favourites fare?
FILM
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
- The Descendants
- The Help
- Hugo
- The Ides Of March
- Moneyball
- War Horse
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Artist
- 50/50
- Bridesmaids
- Midnight In Paris
- My Week With Marilyn
Best Actor Performance in a Motion Picture (Drama)
- George Clooney – The Descendants
- Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
- Michael Fassbender – Shame
- Ryan Gosling – The Ides Of March
- Brad Pitt – Moneyabll
Best Actress Performance in a Motion Picture (Drama)
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
- Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis – The Help
- Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Actor Performance in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist
- Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
- Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- Owen Wilson – Midnight In Paris
Best Actress Performance in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
- Jodie Foster – Carnage
- Charlize Theron – Young Adult
- Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
- Kate Winslet – Carnage
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Christopher Plummer – Beginners
- Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
- Albert Brooks – Drive
- Jonah Hill – Moneyball
- Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- Octavia Spencer – The Help
- Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
- Jessica Chastain – The Help
- Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
- Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Best Director
- Martin Scorsese – Hugo
- Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
- George Clooney – The Ides Of March
- Michael Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Best Screenplay
- Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
- George Clooney, Grant Heslove, and Beau Willimon – The Ides Of March
- Michael Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants
- Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball
Best Original Score
- Ludovic Bource – The Artist
- Abel Korzeniowski – W.E.
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Howard Shore – Hugo
- John Williams – War Horse
Best Original Song
- Masterpiece – W.E.
- Hello Hello – Gnomeo & Juliet
- The Keeper – Machine Gun Preacher
- Lay Your Head Down – Albert Nobbs
- The Living Proof – The Help
Best Animated Feature
- The Adventures Of Tintin
- Arthur Christmas
- Cars 2
- Puss In Boots
- Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
- A Separation
- The Flowers Of War
- In The Land Of Blood And Honey
- The Kid With A Bike
- The Skin I Live In
TELEVISION
Best Series (Drama)
- Homeland
- American Horror Story
- Boardwalk Empire
- Boss
- Game Of Thrones
Best Series (Musical or Comedy)
- Modern Family
- Enlightened
- Episodes
- Glee
- New Girl
Best Actor Performance (Drama)
- Kelsey Grammer – Boss
- Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
- Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
- Jeremy Irons – The Borgias
- Damian Lewis – Homeland
Best Actress Performance (Drama)
- Claire Danes – Homeland
- Mireille Enos – The Killing
- Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
- Madeleine Stowe – Revenge
- Callie Thorne – Necessary Roughness
Best Actor Performance (Musical or Comedy)
- Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
- Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
- David Duchovny – Californication
- Johnny Galecky – The Big Bang Theory
- Thomas Jane – Hung
Best Actress Performance (Musical or Comedy)
- Laura Dern – Enlightened
- Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock
- Laura Linney – The Big C
- Amy Poehler – Parks And Recreation
Best Actor Performance in a Mini-Series or Television Film
- Idris Elba – Luther
- Hugh Bonneville – Downtown Abbey
- William Hurt – Too Big To Fail
- Bill Nighy – Page Eight
- Dominic West – The Hour
Best Actress Performance in a Mini-Series or Television Film
- Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce
- Romola Garai – The Hour
- Diane Lane – Cinema Verite
- Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey
- Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult
Best Supporting Actor Performance in a Series, Mini-Series or Television Film
- Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
- Paul Giamatti – Too Big To Fail
- Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce
- Tim Robbins – Cinema Verite
- Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Best Supporting Actress Performance in a Series, Mini-Series or Television Film
- Jessica Lange – American Horror Story
- Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire
- Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
- Sofía Vergara – Modern Family
- Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce
Best Mini-Series Or Television Film
- Downton Abbey
- Cinema Verite
- The Hour
- Mildred Pierce
- Too Big To Fail
As you can see, quite a variety of winners all round, with The Descendants and The Artist taking some of the biggest in the film category, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor in each of their respective categories. If you’re yet to see either (like me), The Artist should be in your local cinema right now, and The Descendants will be coming to the UK later this month, released on 27th January.
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards will also be announced later this month, on 24th January, with the awards themselves presented on 26th February, and it will be interesting to see how they match-up in comparison to the Golden Globes.
