'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' big winners at Golden Globes

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"The Artist" solidified its status as the Oscar frontrunner with a leading three wins at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards Thursday. The Valentine to the silent film era won Best Comedy/Musical Picture, Best Comedy/Musical Actor (Jean Dujardin) and Best Score (Ludovic Bource) (See full list of winners here).

However, it faces a strong challenge from "The Descendants" which won Best Drama Picture and Best Drama Actor (George Clooney). Clooney's other contender -- his political drama "The Ides of March" -- was shut out despite four nominations.

While Meryl Streep extended her Globe record to seven awards with a victory for "The Iron Lady," this was her first win in the Drama Actress race since "Sophie's Choice" in 1982. That film marked the second of her two Oscar wins; she has lost a dozen bids since then.

"Hugo" won only one of its three bids but it was a big one -- Best Director. 2010 Cecil B. DeMille honoree Martin Scorsese now has a bookend to his 2006 trophy for "The Departed."

Octavia Spencer, who inspired her character in "The Help," was almost overcome as she accepted the Supporting Actress prize. She has dominated the precursor prizes and is far ahead to repeat at the Oscars.

Veteran actor Christopher Plummer won his first Golden Globe for his supporting turn in "Beginners" and delivered an eloquent speech as befits a two-time Tony winner.

Third time proved the charm for Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn") who claimed Comedy/Musical Actress. In her charming acceptance speech, she mentioned that Marilyn Monroe won this same prize in 1959 for "Some Like It Hot."

Unlike the Oscars, there is only one Screenplay award. Woody Allen won for his original script for "Midnight in Paris." He had won only one of his 11 previous Globe bids when he claimed this same award in 1985 for "The Purple Rose of Cairo." Among those he defeated this year, the two adapted frontrunners "The Descendants" and "Moneyball."

"A Separation" added another Foreign Langugage Film prize as it hopes to make the cut with the Academy.

Steven Spielberg saw "War Horse" shut out but won Best Animated Feature for "The Adventures of Tintin," edging out frontrunner "Rango." And Madonna may not have met with critical approval for helming "W.E.," but the HFPA liked the sound of "Masterpiece," the tune she co-wrote with Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry which won Best Song.

The HFPA has about 85 members drawn from media who cover Hollywood for international outlets. Five-time Globe nominees Morgan Freeman received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. He won the Best Comedy/Music Actor award for "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989. Ricky Gervais returned to host the live NBC kudocast on Jan. 16.

The HFPA continued its love affair with new TV shows. "Homeland" won Best Drama Series for its first season on Showtime. It beat last year's champ "Boardwalk Empire" and three other rookie shows -- "American Horror Story," "Boss" and "Game of Thrones."

"Homeland" star Claire Danes won Best Drama Actress, getting a bookend to her 1994 win for "My So-Called Life." She is three-for-three with the Globes, having prevailed last year for her starring role in the telefilm "Temple Grandin."

Kelsey Grammer won his first Drama Actor prize for the freshman Starz series "Boss" to join the pair of Comedy Actor trophies he claimed for "Cheers." Among those he defeated was last year's winner Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire") as well as Bryan Cranston who may have three Emmys but is still without a Globe for "Breaking Bad."

Matt LeBlanc won Best Comedy Actor for the first season of "Episodes." Playing an exaggerated version of himself proved more winning than his role of Joey Tribiani on "Friends" and "Joey" where he lost this category three times.

After winning twice for supporting turns in telefilms, Laura Dern won Best Comedy Actress for her first TV series, the new HBO laffer "Enlightened." Among those she defeated was another rookie series star Zooey Deschanel ("New Girl") as well as last year's winner Laura Linney ("The Big C") and two-time champ Tina Fey ("30 Rock," 2007; 2008). The HFPA really didn't take to Emmy champ Melissa McCarthy ("Mike & Molly") who was also snubbed on the film side for "Bridesmaids."

Reigning two-time Emmy champ "Modern Family" won Comedy Series at the Globes for the first time, finally beating "Glee" after two losses.

"Downton Abbey" repeated its Emmy win, prevailing in the Movie/Miniseries race edging out, among others, "Mildred Pierce" which saw its star Kate Winslet prevail for Movie/Mini Actress just as she had at the Emmys. Idris Elba won Movie/Mini Actor for "Luther."

Jessica Lange won her fifth Golden Globe nomination for her turn on the new series "American Horror Story." She won prizes for both her Oscar-winning roles in "Tootsie" and "Blue Sky" as well as the TV version of "A Streetcar Named Desire." Her fifth trophy was for her debut in "King Kong."

And Peter Dinklage now has a Golden Globe to join the Emmy he won last September for his supporting performance in "Game of Thrones."

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Complete rundown of the 69th annual winners and nominees in all categories.

The biggest stars of film and television descended upon the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 15 for Hollywood's "biggest party" and for the announcement of this year's 69th annual Golden Globes.

The Artist, which led the film category nominations with six noms, took home best motion picture comedy or musical, star Jean Dujardin nabbed the best acting award and the film also won for best original score.

The Descendants (which went in with five nominations) won for both best motion picture drama George Clooney for best acting, while Octavia Spencer brought in The Help's only win (it also had five nominations) with best supporting actress in a motion picture.

In the television categories, Downton Abbey nabbed the Golden Globe for best mini-series or motion picture made for television. Kate Winslet won for her performance in Mildred Pierce while Modern Family and Homeland each earned trophies for best television series comedy or musical and drama, respectively.

The full winners and nominee list is below.

MOTION PICTURE

Motion Picture, Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Performance By An Actress in A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanvicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation (Iran)
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid With A Bike (Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Masterpiece” — W.E.
Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry

“Hello Hello” — Gnomeo & Juliet
Music by: Elton John
Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin

“The Keeper” — Machine Gun Preacher
Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell

"Lay Your Head Down” — Albert Nobbs
Music by: Brian Byrne
Lyrics by: Glenn Close

“The Living Proof” — The Help
Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.
Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse

TELEVISION

Best Television Series – Drama
Homeland, Showtime
American Horror Story, FX
Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Boss, STARZ
Game of Thrones, HBO

Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Modern Family, ABC
Enlightened, HBO
Episodes, Showtime
Glee, FOX
New Girl, FOX

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Downton Abbey, PBS (Masterpiece)
Cinema Verite, HBO
The Hour, BBC America
Mildred Pierce, HBO
Too Big to Fail, HBO

Best Performance By An Actor in A Supporting Role in A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series, Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Idris Elba, Luther
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
William Hurt, To Big to Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour

Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult

Congrats to the Decendants, Jessica Lange and Octavia!

I as well was happy Lang won the Globe for American Horror Story.

I enjoyed the first season a lot.

The tv actor/actress winners were not any I really cared for mainly because I don't watch the shows that they won for. I want to check out Homeland for sure and same with Game of Thrones I just have yet to.

The 4 people to win the lead actor/actress in a drama or comedy/musical and the 2 who won for Supporting roles were all predictable as well.

I think this basically seals the deal that Clooney, Plummer, and Spencer will win the Oscar next month.

Meryl Streep and Viola Davis are still in a tight race imo for lead actress at the Oscars. Only really Michelle Williams could make it a three way race but even then her chance of winning seems to be small.

The director race this year is pretty stacked. I guess it is between The Artist's director and Scorsese.

I saw and liked The Artist so it winning for Best Picture Musical or Comedy was nice although very easy to predict. Same goes for The Descendants which makes it a 2 horse race [sorry Warhorse you are not one of them.. ] to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards between The Artist and The Descendants.

We'll see who [if any] pulls ahead before the Oscars considering there are still SAGS, BAFTAs, the first ever Australian Academy Awards and many other smaller ceremonies!

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