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Atonement,
the epic romantic drama of redemption, won the 65th
annual Golden Globe for best motion picture, drama,
Sunday evening, capping off a night overshadowed by the
crippling Writers Guild strike.
The
strike forced the cancellation of the usually
star-studded awards ceremony that was to be telecast on
NBC. It was replaced by a press conference, where TV
reporters who specialize in celebrity news—such as Mary
Hart from Entertainment Tonight—announced the winners.
The
Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Jorge
Camara, after announcing the final honor, promised that
next year, “The Golden Globes will be back, bigger and
better than ever.”
Atonement
led the pack going into the evening with seven Golden
Globe nominations, but had been largely ignored this
awards season by other critics groups as well as the
Screen Actors Guild awards. It also won best original
score.
Veteran
Julie Christie won best actress in a motion picture,
drama, for her role as a woman suffering from
Alzheimer’s in Away From Her. Daniel Day-Lewis
picked up a Golden Globe for best actor in a dramatic
motion picture as a greedy oil tycoon in There Will
be Blood. Johnny Depp, always the bridesmaid but
never the bride, finally got his Golden Globe, winning
best actor in a movie musical or comedy for his role as
the vengeful Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street.
The
grisly musical, directed by Tim Burton, also picked up a
Golden Globe for best motion picture, comedy or musical.
Also
earning two Golden Globes was The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly, the poignant story of a high-flying
magazine editor felled by a devastating stroke. It won
best foreign language film and best director for Julian
Schnabel.
The
gritty Western No Country for Old Men scored two
wins, best screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen
and supporting actor for Javier Bardem’s turn as a
cold-blooded assassin.
Best
supporting actress in a motion picture went to Cate
Blanchett for her audacious turn as a Bob Dylan-esque
singer in I’m Not There.
The
awards got under way in a flurry of announcements and
confusion with top honors going to Glenn Close for best
actress in a TV drama for Damages, Ratatouille
for best animated film, Jon Hamm for best actor in a TV
series, drama, for Mad Men, Marion Cotillard for
best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy for
La Vie en Rose, and Samantha Morton for best
supporting actress in a series, miniseries or TV movie
for Longford. The latter also won for best
miniseries or motion picture made for TV, and for its
star, Jim Broadbent, best actor in a miniseries or
motion picture for TV.
Queen
Latifah won for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie
for Life Support. Jeremy Piven won best
supporting actor in a miniseries or TV movie for
Entourage.
Other
winners: Mad Men for best TV drama, David
Duchovny for best actor in a TV series comedy or
musical for Californication, best TV series
musical or comedy for Extras, Tina Fey for best
actress in a TV series musical or comedy for 30 Rock,
best original score for Atonement, and best
original song for “Guaranteed” from Into the Wild.
*****
GOLDEN GLOBE SCORECARD
FILMS
BEST
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement (winner)
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd (winner)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France/USA)(winner)
The Kite Runner (USA)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)
BEST DIRECTOR
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(winner)
Ridley Scott, American Gangster
Joe Wright, Atonement
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (winner)
James McAvoy, Atonement
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett,
Elizabeth:
The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her (winner)
Jodie Foster, The Brave One
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley, Atonement
BEST ACTOR,
COMEDY
OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd (winner)
Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson’s War
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose (winner)
Ellen Page, Juno
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey
Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (winner)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta, Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There (winner)
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
ANIMATED FILM
Bee Movie
Ratatouille (winner)
The Simpsons Movie
TELEVISION
DRAMATIC
TV SERIES
Big Love
Damages
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Mad Men (winner)
The Tudors
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
John Hamm, Mad Men (winner)
Hugh
Laurie, House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors
Bill Paxton, Big Love
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Glenn Close, Damages (winner)
Minnie
Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Californication
Entourage
Extras (winner)
30 Rock
Pushing Daisies
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication (winner)
Ricky
Gervais, Extras
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
BEST
ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (winner)
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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