It's Just Movies

— by ADAM POYNTER —

With the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards occurring last night, awards season is now officially in full swing. With winners being chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press from the best performances in television and movies for the past year, we are drawing even closer to the biggest accolade for anyone involved in entertainment, the Academy Awards.

Ricky Gervais returned as the slightly-controversial host. While he revels in making the audience of celebrities squirm, a few Hollywood’s biggest stars anticipated these verbal assaults and had their own witty repartee loaded and ready to fire right back. Overall, Gervais was entertaining but the show went as planned — which doesn’t equal too much excitement for the viewers at home.

Now, when it came to the winners of the night, one thing was sure, it was a good night for premium television. There weren’t really any major upsets, as each category had a few nominees that were apparent front-runners.

The biggest revelation of the night is that the two champions battling at the Academy Awards next month appear to be “The Descendants” and “The Artist.” So, we shall see if once again the Golden Globes have a way of prediction those who will win the biggest prize of the year.

Here is a full list of last night’s big winners:

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Morgan Freeman

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Best Animated Feature Film: The Adventures of Tintin

Best Motion Picture Drama: The Descendants

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Meryl Streep, Iron Lady

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Motion Picture for Musical or Comedy: The Artist

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Jean DuJardin, The Artist

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Foreign Language Film: A Separation, Iran

Original Song, Motion Picture: “Masterpiece,” Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry

Original Score, Motion Picture: The Artist, Ludovic Bource

Best TV Series, Drama: Homeland

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical: Modern Family

Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Laura Dern, Enlightened

Best Actor, TV Series Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

TV Movie or Miniseries: Downton Abbey

Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Idris Elba, Luther

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Did you watch and if so, did all of your picks for victors turn out the way you had hoped they would?

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