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Monday January 12, 2009

The Golden Globe Awards returned with a bang last night – with Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke and the late Heath Ledger stealing the show.

Last year’s event (the 65th Golden Globe Awards) was reduced to a press conference due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event and by actors, threatening to boycott the ceremony, rather than cross picket lines. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast.

But it was back in full swing Sunday – with likes of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp taking to the red carpet.

Inside the ceremony, British actress Kate Winslet scooped best supporting actress for Nazi drama The Reader and best drama actress for her role with Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road.

Kate apologized to the other actresses in her category when accepting her award for the latter: “I’m so sorry, Meryl (Streep), Anne (Hathaway), Kristin (Scott-Thomas), the other one… Angelina (Jolie)!,” she gasped.

“Thank you so much… thank you soooo much!,” before adding to longtime friend and fellow Titanic star DiCaprio: “I love you with all my heart, I really do!”

It was only the third time in Golden Globes history that an actor or actress had been honored with two awards on the same night.

Fellow British actress Sally Hawkins also landed best actress in a musical or comedy for her role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky and there was also a posthumous Golden Globe for the late Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight.

However, Brit director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner on the night, scooping a massive four awards, including best drama, best screenplay and best music.

Other winners included Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona which won best comedy film and Steven Spielberg was honored with the Golden Globes Cecile B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field”.

Waltz With Bashir won best foreign language film, Wall-E best animated film and Irish heart-throb Colin Farrell won the best actor in a comedy or musical for his performance in In Bruges.

The full list of winners – as voted by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press – is as follows:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama – Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama – Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Best Motion Picture, Drama – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song, Motion Picture – Bruce Springsteen for The Wrestler

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Tom Wilkinson for John Adams

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Laura Dern for Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama – Gabriel Byrne for In Treatment

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama – Anna Paquin for True Blood

Best Animated Feature Film – Wall-E

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie – John Adams

Best Foreign Language Film – Waltz With Bashir

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Laura Linney for John Adams

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture – Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy – Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Paul Giamatti for John Adams

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy – 30 Rock

Best Original Score, Motion Picture – A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy – Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Cecil B. DeMille Award – Steven Spielberg

Best Director, Motion Picture – Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy – Colin Farrell for In Bruges

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Television Series, DramaWinner – Mad Men