Golden Globes winners

While what else did you expect? It’s a diner party where the guests drink (sometimes get drunk) and make their speeches a tad to long (Beatty), it’s a predictable awards show where newbies make insignificant victory speeches and where acting vets have at least one great line to deliver. It’s a moment where I get to know more about what’s going on in T.V land, and a moment when I ponder whether I should ever give a mini-series a chance. Kudos go to the HFP for picking Borat for best comedy actor (I didn’t think they had the ‘balls’) – but the real question is Dreamgirls for real? Despite picking up 3 awards, I have yet to see it, and probably won’t but will it be a contender during the bigger party next month. We’ll see how the noms turn out next week. Here are the winners listed in timeline fashion.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
ADRIANA BARRAZA – BABEL
CATE BLANCHETT – NOTES ON A SCANDAL
EMILY BLUNT – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
JENNIFER HUDSON – DREAMGIRLS
RINKO KIKUCHI – BABEL

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“A FATHER’S WAY” — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce Lyrics by: Seal
“LISTEN” — DREAMGIRLS Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyoncé Knowles
“NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH” — BOBBY Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
“THE SONG OF THE HEART” — HAPPY FEET Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
“TRY NOT TO REMEMBER” — HOME OF THE BRAVE Music & Lyrics by:Sheryl Crow

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
CARS – Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studio; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
HAPPY FEET – Kingdom Pictures, LLC; Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures
MONSTER HOUSE – Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ANNETTE BENING – RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
TONI COLLETTE – LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BEYONCÉ KNOWLES – DREAMGIRLS
MERYL STREEP – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
RENEE ZELLWEGER – MISS POTTER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
BEN AFFLECK – HOLLYWOODLAND
EDDIE MURPHY – DREAMGIRLS
JACK NICHOLSON – THE DEPARTED
BRAD PITT – BABEL
MARK WAHLBERG – THE DEPARTED

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
GUILLERMO ARRIAGA – BABEL
TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA – LITTLE CHILDREN
PATRICK MARBER – NOTES ON A SCANDAL
WILLIAM MONAHAN – THE DEPARTED
PETER MORGAN – THE QUEEN

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
APOCALYPTO (USA) Touchstone Pictures/Icon Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN) Warner Bros. Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY) Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion; Sony Pictures Classics
PAN’S LABYRINTH (MEXICO) Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto; Picturehouse
VOLVER (SPAIN) El Deseo; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – THE PAINTED VEIL
CLINT MANSELL – THE FOUNTAIN
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA – BABEL
CARLO SILIOTTO – NOMAD
HANS ZIMMER – THE DA VINCI CODE

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
CLINT EASTWOOD – FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
CLINT EASTWOOD – LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
STEPHEN FREARS – THE QUEEN
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑÁRRITU – BABEL
MARTIN SCORSESE – THE DEPARTED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SACHA BARON COHEN – BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
JOHNNY DEPP – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST
AARON ECKHART – THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – KINKY BOOTS
WILL FERRELL – STRANGER THAN FICTION

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
PENÉLOPE CRUZ – VOLVER
JUDI DENCH – NOTES ON A SCANDAL
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL – SHERRYBABY
HELEN MIRREN – THE QUEEN
KATE WINSLET – LITTLE CHILDREN

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN One America; Twentieth Century Fox
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox
DREAMGIRLS DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/Content Film; Fox Searchlight Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
LEONARDO DICAPRIO – BLOOD DIAMOND
LEONARDO DICAPRIO – THE DEPARTED
PETER O’TOOLE – VENUS
WILL SMITH – THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
FOREST WHITAKER – THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BABEL Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De Zeta Film/Central Film Production; Paramount Pictures/Paramount Vantage
BOBBY Bold Films; The Weinstein Company
THE DEPARTED Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
LITTLE CHILDREN New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema
THE QUEEN A Granada Production; Miramax Films