The Golden Globe Award Winners

Well, another award show is in the books. The 66th Golden Globe Awards has come to a fairly non-surprising close. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE picked up another 4 awards to add to the handful it won at the Critics Choice Awards last Thursday. Among them was composer A.R. Rahman who delivered the score for the film. Having seen Slumdog a couple of times, it is certainly a feel-good hit and it is nice to see such an comparatively obscure film get recognized. It still isn't the best film of the year though. My personal opinion aside, it wasn't much of a surprise to see it pick up as many awards as it did. The film has been steadily picking up momentum over the last couple of months...and will likely have even more now going into the Oscars.

It was great to see Kate Winslet pick up 2 Golden Globes for her performances in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and THE READER (both of whom's score left a lot to be desired). Still, her performances were perfect and most deserving and her sincerity and graciousness on stage is really refreshing. I would not have not been upset to see Meryl Streep win for Best Actress either.

I did hope that Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel would nab best song for WALL*E, but that went again to Bruce Springsteen for "The Wrestler" as it did at the Critics Choice Awards. Speaking of THE WRESTLER, Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Drama was one of the more surprising moments...with his "dog thanking" and being flipped the bird by director Aronovsky.

Below are the full results from the show, ordered in a soundtrack-friendly way.

ORIGINAL SCORE

Winner! A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
James Newton Howard - Defiance
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hans Zimmer - Frost/Nixon
Clint Eastwood - Changeling


ORIGINAL SONG

Winner! "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
"Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel / Thomas Newman - Wall-E
"Gran Torino" by Clint Eastwood / Kyle Eastwood - Gran Torino
"I Thought I'd Lost You" by Miley Cyrus - Bolt
"Once in a Lifetime" by Beyoncé Knowles - Cadillac Records


BEST DRAMA

Winner! Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
The Reader


DIRECTOR

Winner! Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road


ACTOR (DRAMA)

Winner! Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Winner! Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long


ANIMATED FILM

Winner! Wall-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda


BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Winner! Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mamma Mia!
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges


ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Winner! Colin Farrell - In Bruges
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges


ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Winner! Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona


FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Winner! Waltz with Bashir
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Everlasting Moments



SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner! Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess


SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner! Kate Winslet - The Reader
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler


SCREENPLAY

Winner! Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare - The Reader
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt