Last night the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held for all to see. The show was hosted by the comedy pair of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who by everyone except maybe Tommy Lee Jones’ standard, proved to be enjoyable host. The pair of female host can be seen to have stolen the show as they brought the quips and poked jokes leading to the highest Golden Globe ratings since the 2007 show.
Some of the best lines of the night:
-“When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron” –The line from Poehler referring to Kathryn Bigelow, director of Zero Dark Thirty.
-“when you run afoul of the Hollywood Foreign Press, they make you host the show two more times.” –Part of Poehler’s opening statement in which she poked a Ricky Gervais, stated there would only be good-natured jokes during the show.
Now the big winners of the Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Winner: Argo
The Ben Affleck directed and starred movie took home the award over other contenders including Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – Drama
Winner: Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain took home the award for her portrayal as CIA officer Maya in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty.
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – Drama
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis
Not his first foray into the Golden Globes, veteran Daniel Day-Lewis took home the award for Best Actor for the second time with his portrayal of America’s 16th President in Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Les Miserables
The Tom Hooper directed Les Miserables snagged the award for Best Motion Picture in its category from other films including The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Silver Linings Playbook.
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
The Hunger Games star wins her first Golden Globe (though, was previously nominated for the film Winter’s Bone) for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Hugh Jackman
Jackman picks up the award for his role as Jean Valjean in the musical Les Miserables.
Best animated feature film
Winner: Brave
Brave beat out contenders in the category composed of Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, Rise of the Guardians and Wreck-It Ralph.
Best foreign language film
Winner: Amour
The French-language Austrian love movie about an elderly couple won the award from fellow nominees A Royal Affair, The Intouchables, Kon-Tiki and Rust and Bone.
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Winner: Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway won the award after playing the role of Fantine in Les Miserables, a role her mother once played onstage when Hathaway was a child.
Best performance by an actor in supporting role in a motion picture
Winner: Christoph Waltz
Waltz wins the award for his portrayal as a bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western Django Unchained.
Best director – Motion Picture
Winner: Ben Affleck
Argo picked up its second award of the night with Affleck accepting the award for best director.
Best screenplay
Winner: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Best original score – Motion Picture
Winner: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Best original song – Motion Picture
Winner: Skyfall
Adele’s hit song Skyfall for the James Bond movie of the same name which is now the highest grossing Bond film of all time took home the award.
Best television series – Drama
Winner: Homeland
Best performance by an actress in a television series – Drama
Winner: Claire Danes – Homeland
Best performance by an actor in a television series – Drama
Winner: Damian Lewis – Homeland
Best television series – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Girls
Best performance by an actress in a television series – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Lena Dunham – Girls
Best performance by an actor in a television series – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Best mini-series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Game Change (HBO)
Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Julianne Moore – Game Change
Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey: Season 2
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Ed Harris – Game Change
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