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Winners of the 2012 Golden Globes
Winners of the 2012 Golden Globes ‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Artist’ proved to be the big winners at this year’s Golden Globe Awards.
While many of the biggest names in showbiz were in attendance at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, many viewers were really tuning in to see whether Ricky Gervais would give all the stars a second serve. And while the comedic host toned it down a considerable notch this year, there were still a couple of classic one-liners, one such being that between them Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler had played all the roles in The Help...
But onto the important stuff... the Awards, right? So who were the big winners of the night besides the television networks? George Clooney and Ryan Gosling were both multiple nominees. Clooney, for The Ides of March which he wrote, acted in and directed (nominated in all three categories) and The Descendants, definitely a change of pace from cocky Presidential candidate to father of two struggling to keep his family and himself afloat after a boating accident leaves his wife in a coma.
Gosling was also nominated for The Ides of March as well as Crazy, Stupid, Love in the Comedy/Musical category. His third feature for 2011, Drive was a notable absence from the ballot paper. Not to worry, the Oscar nominations are announced next week where his turn as a stoic stunt driver/getaway driver may get a reprieve.
As it turned out, Gosling missed out, but Clooney walked away successful. His directing efforts may have been unrewarded but his performance in Alexander Payne's The Descendants was. As was the film itself, taking home the big gong of Best Picture (Drama).
Silent film and critical darling The Artist picked up the most awards of the night, taking out Best Original Score, Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Jean Dujardin and Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). Meanwhile, Meryl Streep's performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady won her Best Actress (Drama). Michelle Williams' portrayal of another real life icon Marilyn Monroe won her the Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) Globe for My Week With Marilyn.
Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer rounded out the acting categories for their supporting performances in Beginners and The Help respectively, as Woody Allen took home the Best Screenplay gong for his film about a writer (Owen Wilson) lost in Paris and time in Midnight In Paris.
Meanwhile, all those who baulked at the idea of Martin Scorsese making a children's film were forced to bite their tongues as he accepted the Best Director award for Hugo alongside friend Steven Spielberg who also won for his high flying epic The Adventures of Tintin in the Best Animated Film category. Iran's complex moral drama A Separation won Best Foreign Film.
In the television categories, after taking home the Golden Globe last year for Temple Grandin, Claire Danes has triumphantly returned with her very own series Homeland which gave her a Best Actress gong and the show itself won Best Television Series Drama.
Lovers of Modern Family weren't disappointed with the merry band of misfits winning Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical), with Kelsey Grammer, Laura Dern and Matt LeBlanc all taking home statues for their roles in Boss, Enlightened and Episodes respectively, with the latter seeing LeBlanc funnily enough play himself... sort of.
When it came to the Mini-series and Motion Picture Made for Television awards, Downton Abbey was the best of them. Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage won Best Supporting Actor. Jessica Lange won for her supporting role in American Horror Story. Idris Elba was back again, this time he didn't leave empty handed, winning Best Actor for Luther after losing out to Al Pacino last year. And Kate Winslet won yet another trophy for the mantelpiece for Mildred Pierce.
Check our photo gallery of how things went down on the night!
Picture caption: George Clooney, courtesy of Getty Images/Kevin Winter.
