Avatar and The Hangover won the big prizes at the Golden Globes last night, with the former picking up Best Motion Picture, Drama and the latter the Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical award. The Hangover was a bit of a surprise winner, as many had expected (500) Days Of Summer to walk away with the prize, however in many respects this year's Globes was as much a celebration of box office success as anything else.
Also a bit of a surprise was Robert Downey Jr.'s Best Film Actor, Comedy Or Musical win for Sherlock Holmes. Less shocking were the other Best Actor/Actress prizes, which went to Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart, Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (giving Streep a Globe is pretty much an annual tradition, as she now has seven of them) and Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.
However if there was one theme we can pick up from the Globes for the Oscars, it's that it's a pretty open field. While Avatar picked up Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, a wide range of movies picked up other awards, including Precious, The Blind Side, Up In The Air and Inglourious Basterds. So as other awards have suggested, it's unlikely there'll be one film snapping up all the Academy Awards, although it does, of course, give a little bit more impetus to Avatar for the Best Picture win, although it's by no means a shoo-in.
Take a look below for the full list of winners at the 67th Golden Globe Awards:
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Mo’Nique, Precious
OTHER NOMINEES:
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
OTHER NOMINEES:
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Lea Michele, Glee
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
John Lithgow, Dexter
OTHER NOMINEES:
Michael Emerson, Lost
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
William Hurt, Damages
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER:
Up
OTHER NOMINEES:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
WINNER:
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
OTHER NOMINEES:
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Bill Paxton, Big Love
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
WINNER:
Glenn Close, Damages
OTHER NOMINEES:
January Jones, Mad Men
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER:
“The Weary Kind,” Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)
OTHER NOMINEES:
“Cinema Italiano,” Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
“I Want to Come Home,” Music & Lyrics by Paul McCartney (Everybody’s Fine)
“I Will See You,” Music by James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell (Avatar)
“Winter,” Music by U2; Lyrics by Bono (Brothers)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WINNER:
Michael Giacchino, Up
OTHER NOMINEES:
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Grey Gardens
OTHER NOMINEES:
Georgia O’Keefe
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
Taking Chance
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
OTHER NOMINEES:
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
OTHER NOMINEES:
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind
Chiewetel Ejiofor, Endgame
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Jeremy Irons, Georgia O’Keefe
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
OTHER NOMINEES:
Joan Allen, Georgia O’Keefe
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER:
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
OTHER NOMINEES:
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER:
The White Ribbon (Germany)
OTHER NOMINEES:
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
WINNER:
Mad Men
OTHER NOMINEES:
Big Love
Dexter
House
True Blood
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
OTHER NOMINEES:
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Chloë Sevigny, Big Love
OTHER NOMINEES:
Jane Adams, Hung
Rose Byrne, Damages
Jane Lynch, Glee
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
OTHER NOMINEES:
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Cecil B Demille Award: Martin Scorsese
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER:
James Cameron, Avatar
OTHER NOMINEES:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Glee
OTHER NOMINEES:
30 Rock
Entourage
Modern Family
The Office
BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
The Hangover
OTHER NOMINEES:
(500) Days of Summer
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
WINNER:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
OTHER NOMINEES:
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
OTHER NOMINEES:
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
WINNER:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
OTHER NOMINEES:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
WINNER:
Avatar
OTHER NOMINEES:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air