Avatar. Avatar Avatar Avatar. Jeff Bridges. That pretty much sums up a surprising night at the Golden Globes yesterday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association shocked everyone when they awarded Avatar Best Picture and Best Director. Even Cameron agreed that his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, should've got the award for The Hurt Locker.
Others were more expected - Up got Best Animation, Meryl Streep struck gold with Julie & Julia (one of two nominations), and Jason Reitman got his well-earned Screenplay award for Up in the Air - but did anyone see Robert Downey Jr winning Best Comedy Actor for Sherlock Holmes? Even fewer predicted The Hangover walking away with Best Comedy Picture. Mostly because (500) Days of Summer deserved it.
But on a night when sense when out the window and blue was the in colour, it's hard to grumble about such as thing as taste. Who needs that when you've got $500 million and a fistful of 3-D glasses? Taste certainly ran away once our host Ricky Gervais found his stride. Quipping, plugging and drinking his way through the evening, he came up with several corkers which stunned the room of stars ("I like a drink as much as the next man. Unless the next man is... Mel Gibson!")
The highlight, however, was Martin Scorsese's win of the Cecil B DeMille Award, which saw Robert De Niro and Leonard DiCaprio graphically describing the director's sexual affair with film reel. Then old Marty himself stood up and waggled his eyebrows for a bit. It was lovely.
There were some TV shows in there too. Including Mad Men, of course. Glee won stuff as well. But the memory the stays in my head? Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to pronounce "Avatar". Read on for the full list of winners. And a clip of Arnie's incredible tribute to James Cameron. And then head over here for our full-on golden photo gallery of winners.
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar
Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Hangover
Best Animated Feature Film
Up
Best Foreign Film
The White Ribbon
Best Actor, Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress, Motion Picture - Drama
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Actor, Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes
Best Actress, Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Mo'Nique, Precious
Best Director, Motion Picture
James Cameron, Avatar
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
T Bone Burnett, 'The Weary Kind', Crazy Heart
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up
Cecil B DeMille Award
Martin Scorsese
Best TV Series, Drama
Mad Men
Best TV Series, Comedy Or Musical
Glee
Best Actor, TV Series - Drama
Michael C Hall, Dexter
Best Actress, TV Series - Drama
Juliana Margulies, The Good Wife
Best Actress TV Show, Comedy Or Musical
Toni Colette, United States Of Tara
Best Actor, TV Series, Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Miniseries Or TV Movie
Grey Gardens
Best Actor In Miniseries Or TV Movie
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Best Actress In Miniseries Or TV Movie
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Best Supporting Actor, TV Series Or Miniseries
John Lithgow, Dexter
Best Supporting Actress, TV Series Or Miniseries
Chloe Sevigny, Big Love
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