Golden Globe Awards, Sunday January 17 - for 2009 films and television
Golden Globe Award Winners presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Avatar
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
[Bridges also sang the winning song, see below]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: The Hangover
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: "Glee"
Best Director - Motion Picture
Winner: James Cameron for Avatar
[Cameron said "I didn't prepare a speech because I thought Kathryn would win" - Kathryn Bigelow has won 24 awards so far for The Hurt Locker]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love"
[Good one - I was beginning to think that this show was facing the same religious persecution that the characters on the show are dealing with, in a land that touts "freedom of religion"]
Best Television Series - Drama
Winner: "Mad Men"
[Mad Men has never lost an Emmy or Golden Globe since it began, two in a row for each]
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock"
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Winner: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (TV)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (TV)
[Incredible Irish actor Brendan Gleeson won the Emmy for this and should have won the Golden Globe as well]
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
[Meryl recently said, "I love food and I love sex so this wasn't a stretch for me]
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Grey Gardens (TV)
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Winner: Up - Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Winner: Crazy Heart - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham ("The Weary Kind")
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Winner: Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Winner: Michael C. Hall for "Dexter"
[Finally! about time for Michael, who was wearing a cap due to chemotherapy treatments]
Best Animated Film
Winner: Up
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: John Lithgow for "Dexter"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Winner: Toni Collette for "United States of Tara"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
[is "Less'Nique" next? Can we please get an end to musicians using just one name? What's gonna happen when about 100 are named "Bill" or "Joe" or "Sue"? Will I get sued if I legally change my name to "Wall-E"? how about "Beaver"?]
