GOLDEN GLOBES
The Golden Globes, the movie awards viewed as a bellwether for the Oscars, delivered few surprises and much Hollywood glamour at the Beverly Hilton this week (January 16). With no obvious front-runner but plenty of hot favourites the awards were wide open. Australia’s hopes rode with George Miller’s Happy Feet and Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) and this year neither made it to the podium.
The big award, best picture drama, went to the Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett vehicle Babel while best picture musical or comedy went to the thinly-veiled Supremes biopic and adaptation of the stage show Dreamgirls.
Forest Whitaker picked up a best actor (drama) award for his role as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland while worldwide hot favourite Helen Mirren won for The Queen. The Brit Dame also pulled off a rare double having already picked up the best actress (TV drama) prize for her role as the earlier,Elizabeth I.
Sacha Baron Cohen surprised some by winning best actor (comedy or musical) for Borat while perpetual nominee-winner Meryl Streep - who realistically had two Best contenders for her contrasting roles in The Devil Wears Prada and A Prairie Home Companion - took the prize for the former.
The list of winners were as follows:
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
BABEL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
HELEN MIRREN (The Queen)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
FOREST WHITAKER (The Last King of Scotland)
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
DREAMGIRLS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
MERYL STREEP (The Devil Wears Prada)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SACHA BARON COHEN (Borat)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
CARS
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
JENNIFER HUDSON (Dreamgirls)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
EDDIE MURPHY (Dreamgirls)
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
MARTIN SCORSESE (The Departed)
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
PETER MORGAN (The Queen)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The Painted Veil)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEET
Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
The Golden Globes also reward excellence in television and for a full list of all the winners from the night you can visit the Golden Globes website.
