Sunday, January 17, 2010

2010 Golden Globe Awards

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"?]