Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Artist” and Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” led the winners 69th Golden Globe Awards, each winning a best picture prize and a best actor prize.
“The Artist” topped the best picture – musical or comedy – category, and also nabbed a best actor trophy for Jean Dujardin (also in musical or comedy) and a nod for best musical score. It lost best director, however, to Martin Scorsese (for “Hugo”).
“The Descendants” won in the drama category, and took a best actor award for George Clooney, where he topped his buddie Brad Pitt. The two will compete against Dujardin for a fairly contested best actor Oscar.
The Weinstein Company did exceptionally well at the awards. Besides the 3 “Artist” trophies, it took both best actress honors, including Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady” and Michelle Williams for “My Week With Marilyn.” The two will compete against Viola Davis in another three-way Oscar race.
“Beginners” actor Christopher Plummer continued the road to winning his very first Oscar by taking best supporting actor at the Globes, as did Octavia Spencer, who won best supporting actress for “The Help.”
Other winners included “A Separation” (best foreign language film), “The Artist” (for best original score) and “W.E.” (for best original song.. notably another Weinstein pic).
The full list of Golden Globe film winners:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Descendants
Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
The Artist
Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Midnight in Paris
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Artist
Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Masterpiece” – Madonna (W.E.)
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Morgan Freeman
The full list of Golden Globe television winners:
Best Drama Series
Homeland
Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Modern Family
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Downton Abbey
Best Actress: Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Best Actor: Television Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Best Actress: TV Movie/Miniseries
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Best Actor: TV Movie/Miniseries
Idris Elba, Luther
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
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