Ricky Gervais toned down his barbs, if only a bit, as he presided over the Golden Globe Awards last night. Big winners included the black and white silent film The Artist, which took home three Golden Globes including Best Musical or Comedy, and The Descendants which won Best Motion Picture and a Best Actor Award for George Clooney, who was also nominated for directing Ides of March.
Martin Scorsese took home the Best Director Golden Globe for Hugo and Brad Pitt’s Moneyball struck out as neither of its four nominations took home a prize.
Here is a complete list of winners and nominees as well as a few photos and even a video recap! Be sure to tell us what you thought about who won and who didn’t in the comments!
I’ll kick things off with mine:
• I’m a huge fan of Claire Danes and I’ve seen most of the first season of Homeland, but I don’t understand how it beat out Boss, Boardwalk Empire, or even Game of Thrones for that matter. (You don’t want to get me started on the fact that Breaking Bad wasn’t even nominated!)
• I wasn’t a big Kelsey Grammer fan (personally) but he is great in Boss and his award was well-deserved.
• I haven’t seen The Artist. As part of The Weinstein Company’s limited distribution marketing ploy it’s not playing where I live.
• I’m one of those people whose life was altered by The Wire, so I’m glad to see Stringer Idris Elba take home a Golden Globe for his performance in Luther. (Now it’s Chalky White’s turn! OMARRRRR!!!)
• I think George Clooney was even a little less inspired starring as himself in The Descendants than he usually is. I’m just sayin!
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
WINNER The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
50/50
WINNER The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PICTURE
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)
WINNER A Separation (Iran)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Arthur Christmas
DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
WINNER Martin Scorsese, Hugo
ACTOR, DRAMA
WINNER George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
WINNER Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
WINNER Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
WINNER Christopher Plummer, Beginners
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
WINNER Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
SCREENPLAY
WINNER Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball
ORIGINAL SCORE
WINNER 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
ORIGINAL SONG
“Hello Hello” – Music by Elton John. Lyrics by Bernie Taupin. Gnomeo & Juliet
“The Keeper” – Music and lyrics by Chris Cornell. Machine Gun Preacher
“Lay Your Head Down” – Music by Brian Byrne. Lyrics by Glenn Close. Albert Nobbs
“The Living Proof” – Music by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason Jr. Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas. The Help
WINNER “Masterpiece” – Music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry. W.E.
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
TV SERIES, DRAMA
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
WINNER Homeland
ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
WINNER Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland
ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
WINNER Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Episodes
Glee
WINNER Modern Family
New Girl
Enlightened
ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
WINNER Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
WINNER Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Cinema Verite
WINNER Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big To Fail
ACTOR, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
WINNER Idris Elba, Luther
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour
ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
WINNER Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
WINNER Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
WINNER Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Morgan Freeman
