The Golden Globes 2012: full list of winners

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has rarely been a reliable indicator of excellence over the years with its Golden Globes awards, particularly with regards movies, but its 69th giving out of gongs seemed to get a lot of things right, and pointed towards some likely Oscar winners, too.

For instance, the battle for Best Picture is now a two horse race between The Descendants and The Artist, a pair of film that both took home a top prize from the gongs. Likewise, George Clooney and Meryl Streep look good bets for the top acting prizes, Woody Allen’s screenplay award should be replicated at the Oscars, and don’t be surprised if the supporting acting gongs go to Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer.

The giving of the Best Animated Feature prize to The Adventures Of Tintin is the film award that perplexed me the most (outside of best song, but then, the best songs weren’t even nominated). Putting aside arguments over whether Tintin was a true animated film, my biggest complaint was that Rango and Arthur Christmas were both better, and deserved the award a lot more.

I’d be surprised, too, if Martin Scorsese got the Best Director Oscar, although he did win the Golden Globe for the divisive Hugo.

In the world of television, it was harder to find too many grumbles. Downton Abbey’s success was little surprise, but I was thrilled to see Peter Dinklage (Game Of Thrones) and Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) pick up prizes for genre shows (and a welcome win for Idris Elba, as well). It’s hard to argue against Modern Family and Homeland, too.

Here, then, is the complete list of winners from the night…


BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Nominees:
The Help (DreamWorks Pictures)
Hugo (Paramount Pictures)
The Ides of March (Columbia Pictures)
Moneyball (Columbia Pictures)
War Horse (DreamWorks Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Nominees:
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 - DRAMA
George Clooney - The Descendants

Nominees:
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Artist (The Weinstein Company)

Nominees:
50/50 (Summit Entertainment)
Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
My Week with Marilyn (The Weinstein Company)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Nominees:
Jodie Foster - Carnage
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet - Carnage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Nominees:
Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50
Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tintin

Nominees:
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss In Boots
Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation

Nominees:
The Flowers of War (New Pictures Film Company)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (FilmDistrict)
The Kid with a Bike (Sundance Selects)
The Skin I Live In

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Octavia Spencer - The Help

Nominees:
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen- A Dangerous Method

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Nominees:
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
George Clooney - The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne - The Descendants

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Nominees:
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 SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Ludovic Bource - The Artist

Nominees:
Abel Korzeniowski - W.E.
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore - Hugo
John Williams - War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
Masterpiece - W.E.

Nominees:
Hello Hello - Gnomeo & Juliet
The Keeper - Machine Gun Preacher
Lay Your Head Down - Albert Nobbs
The Living Proof - The Help

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Homeland (Showtime)

Nominees:
American Horror Story (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Boss (Starz)
Game of Thrones (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Claire Danes - Homeland

Nominees:
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 - DRAMA
Kelsey Grammer - Boss

Nominees:
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeremy Irons - The Borgias
Damien Lewis - Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Modern Family (ABC)

Nominees:
Enlightened (HBO)
Episodes (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
New Girl (Fox)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Laura Dern - Enlightened

Nominees:
Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Laura Linney - The Big C
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes

Nominees:
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
David Duchovny - Californication
Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane - Hung

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Downton Abbey

Nominees:
Cinema Verite
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce

Nominees:
Romola Garai - The Hour
Diane Lane - Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey
Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Idris Elba - Luther

Nominees:
Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey
William Hurt - Too Big to Fail
Bill Nighy - Page Eight
Dominic West - The Hour

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

Nominees:
Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce

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

Nominees:
Paul Giamatti - Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins - Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family

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