18 January 2013
By Shelby Clemons, Staff Writer
The official kick-off of the awards season began when Hollywood’s finest rubbed elbows on Sunday, January 13 at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Television stars, movie stars and a few singers came together to be awarded for entertaining us for the past year.
After charming their way across the red carpet, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the stage as co-hosts and immediately turned the show into an SNL skit. Fey and Poehler, like most hosts, took jabs at the crowd of Hollywood starlets. To Anne Hathaway, Tina joked, “I haven’t seen anyone so abandoned and in so much suffering since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars.” With that, the show was off with a hilarious bang.
The first award was for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, which went to Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained, and Leonardo DiCaprio wept as he was yet again snubbed of an award.
Up next was the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series/Mini-Series, which went to Dame Maggie Smith for her portrayal of Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey. Would it honestly go to anyone else? As for Best Actress in a Mini-Series, Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum) was unfortunately beaten out by Julianne Moore for Game Change.
After welcoming the Hollywood Foreign Press Association president (the association responsible for the awards) by comparing her to a Hunger Games tribute, the award for Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) went to Damian Lewis for Homeland, which was followed by a huge win for Homeland as Best Television Series (Drama).
The awards recognized some musical talent with Best Original Score going to Life of Pi. Original Song went to “Skyfall” by Adele, who proceeded to scream excitedly as Taylor Swift looked on jealously.
After a sad loss for Sherlock, Bill Clinton made a very surprising appearance to talk about Lincoln. The appearance got a standing ovation as well as a truly golden moment from Amy Poehler, who, in the true nature of her female-politician loving Parks and Recreation character Lesley Knope, exclaimed, “That was Hillary Clinton’s husband!”
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell kept the crowd laughing with a hilarious skit to present the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical award that involved them copying each other’s sentences and pretending to describe movies they knew nothing about. Jennifer Lawrence took the gold for Silver Linings Playbook (which caused some serious screaming in my house). As for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy/Musical, the award went to none other than Anne Hathaway who gave the best ten-minute performance you could imagine in Les Miserables. Her “princess of Genovia” reference was a nice touch in her acceptance speech.
Django Unchained was once again the victor when Quentin Tarantino won the award for Best Screenplay.
Back to television series, Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical went to Don Cheadle for House of Lies. Homeland snagged another win with Claire Danes for Best Actress in a Drama, who deserved as much recognition now as she did when she got a Golden Globe at the age of 15 for her role in My So-Called Life. Perhaps a little less deserving was Lena Dunham, who won Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical by beating out the hostesses themselves for her role in Girls, the show which later won for Best Television Series (Comedy/Musical).
The show progressed with faux-drunken antics from Fey and Poehler, including a diss at Taylor Swift’s love life. Then, things got serious when Jodie Foster was recognized for her achievements as an actress, director and producer with the Cecil B. DeMille award, which was accompanied by a speech that had everyone asking, “Did she just come out?” but had all of Hollywood tearing up nonetheless.
Then, it was time for the big dogs. Ben Affleck took the Best Director award for Argo and Hugh Jackman won for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for Les Miserables, which then won the award for Best Comedy/Musical—a surprise to no one, but a disappointment to fans of Silver Linings Playbook, which only won a single award. Zero Dark Thirty won its first award with Jessica Chastain beating out the likes of Marion Cotillard and Helen Mirren. As for Best Actor in a Drama, Daniel Day Lewis won for his portrayal of the great president in Lincoln.
Closing the show was the award for Best Motion Picture (Drama), which went to Argo. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler bid us farewell and proudly announced that they were going home with Jodie Foster.
The full list of 2013 Golden Globe winners:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: “Argo”
» “Django Unchained”
» “Life of Pi”
» “Lincoln”
» “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: “Les Miserables”
» “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
» “Moonrise Kingdom”
» “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
» “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
» Richard Gere – “Arbitrage”
» John Hawkes – “The Sessions”
» Joaquin Phoenix – “The Master”
» Denzel Washington – “Flight”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
» Marion Cotillard – “Rust and Bone”
» Helen Mirren – “Hitchcock”
» Naomi Watts – “The Impossible”
» Rachel Weisz – “The Deep Blue Sea”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Hugh Jackman – “Les Miserables”
» Jack Black – “Bernie”
» Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
» Ewan McGregor – “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
» Bill Murray – “Hyde Park on Hudson”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
» Maggie Smith – “Quarter”
» Emily Blunt – “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
» Judi Dench – “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
» Meryl Streep – “Hope Springs”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Christoph Waltz – “Django Unchained”
» Alan Arkin – “Argo”
» Leonardo DiCaprio – “Django Unchained”
» Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
» Tommy Lee Jones – “Lincoln”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Anne Hathaway – “Les Miserables”
» Amy Adams – “The Master”
» Sally Field – “Lincoln”
» Helen Hunt – “The Sessions”
» Nicole Kidman – “The Paperboy”
Best Director – Motion Picture
WINNER: Ben Affleck – “Argo”
» Kathryn Bigelow – “Zero Dark Thirty”
» Ang Lee – “Life of Pi”
» Steven Spielberg – “Lincoln”
» Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
WINNER: Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
» Mark Boal – “Zero Dark Thirty”
» Tony Kushner – “Lincoln”
» David O. Russell – “Silver Linings Playbook”
» Chris Terrio – “Argo”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
WINNER: “Skyfall” – “Skyfall”
» “For You” – “Act of Valor”
» “Not Running Anymore” – “Stand Up Guys”
» “Safe and Sound” – “The Hunger Games”
» “Suddenly” – “Les Miserables”
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
WINNER: “Life of Pi”
» “Argo”
» “Anna Karenina”
» “Cloud Atlas”
» “Lincoln”
Best Animated Film
WINNER: “Brave”
» “Frankenweenie”
» “Hotel Transylvania”
» “Rise of Guardians”
» “Wreck-It Ralph”
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: “Amour”
» “A Royal Affair”
» “The Intouchables”
» “Kon-Tiki”
» “Rust and Bone”
Best Television Series – Drama
WINNER: “Homeland”
» “Breaking Bad”
» “Boardwalk Empire”
» “Downton Abbey”
» “The Newsroom”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: “Girls”
» “Big Bang Theory”
» “Episodes”
» “Modern Family”
» “Smash”
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: “Game Change”
» “The Girl”
» “Hatfields & McCoys
» “The Hour”
» “Political Animals”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
WINNER: Damien Lewis – “Homeland”
» Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire”
» Brian Cranston – “Breaking Bad”
» Jeff Daniels – “The Newsroom”
» Jon Hamm – “Mad Men”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
WINNER: Claire Danes – “Homeland”
» Connie Britton – “Nashville”
» Glenn Close – “Damages”
» Michelle Dockery – “Downton Abbey”
» Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Don Cheadle – “House of Lies”
» Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”
» Matt LeBlanc – “Episodes”
» Louie C.K. – “Louie”
» Jim Parsons – “Big Bang Theory”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Lena Dunham – “Girls”
» Zooey Deschanel – “The New Girl”
» Julia Louis-Dreyfu – “Veep”
» Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
» Amy Poehler – “Parks and Recreation”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Kevin Costner – “Hatfields & McCoys”
» Benedict Cumberbatch – “Sherlock”
» Woody Harrelson – “Game Change”
» Toby Jones – “The Girl”
» Clive Owen – “Hemingway & Gellhorn”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Julianne Moore – “Game Change”
» Nicole Kidman – “Hemingway & Gellhorn”
» Jessica Lange – “American Horror Story”
» Sienna Miller – “The Girl”
» Sigourney Weaver – “Political Animals”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Ed Harris – “Game Change”
» Max Greenfield – “New Girl”
» Danny Huston – “Magic City”
» Mandy Patinkin – “Homeland”
» Eric Stonestreet – “Modern Family”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: Maggie Smith – “Downton Abbey”
» Hayden Panettiere – “Nashville”
» Archie Panjabi – “The Good Wife”
» Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
Courtesy of static.guim.co.uk