Call it "the British invasion": thespians and filmmakers from England dominated the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards last night.
This year's "little movie that could," Slumdog Millionaire only strengthened its Oscar momentum (which is timely, because Jan. 12 is the last day of submission of nomination ballots for Academy members) as it won four major awards including Best Drama Picture, Director (Danny Boyle), and Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy). The presence of Bollywood royalties Sharukh Khan (who presented the Slumdog clip) and co-star Anil Kapoor added some sort of 'Indian' flavour in the Caucasian-filled room.
BRITS RULE IN THE ACTING CATEGORIES
In a night of veterans gunning for their umpteenth nod (two time nominees Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep; Cecil B. de Mille Award honoree Steven Spielberg, presenter Martin Scorsese), newcomers (two of them are Irish) were singled out in the acting categories. Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) won Best Musical/Comedy Actor and Actress respectively, while seven time nominee Kate Winslet can hardly compose herself upon winning Best Drama Actress (for husband Brit helmer Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road) and Best Supporting Actress (for the Weinstein's The Reader). (She tied the record set by Sigourney Weaver in 1989 for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl.) And speaking of Weinsteins, their other 2008 release, Vicky Christina Barcelona was voted Best Musical/Comedy Picture, becoming the third Woody Allen film to win the award (after 1977's Annie Hall and 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters).
'UNCENSORED' TV
Most winners either blubbered (Farrell, Winslet, Hawkins, Boyle, TV Movie Sup. Actor Tom Wilkinson, TV Drama Series Actress Anna Paquin--all Brits), rushed (Winslet, Slumdog writer Beaufoy, TV Comedy Series actress-producer-writer Tina Fey), or said expletives (Best Drama Actor Mickey Rourke - one of the three recipients of standing ovation this year, Farrell, Slumdog producer Christian Colson) during their speech. Which is good as the rather staid and predictable show gave it the much needed momentum to keep things rolling (though not necessarily exciting).
Here are the winners:
BEST DRAMA PICTURE - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight and Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA - Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road (Paramount Vantage and Film Four)
BEST MUSICAL/COMEDY PICTURE - Vicky Christina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)
BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL/COMEDY - Colin Farrell, In Bruges (Focus Features)
BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL/COMEDY - Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (Miramax Films and Film Four)
BEST SUP. ACTOR - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
BEST SUP. ACTRESS - Kate Winslet, The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
BEST DIRECTOR - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SCREENPLAY - Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - WALL-E (Buena Vista Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Waltz with Bashir, Israel (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - "The Wrestler," from The Wrestler (music and lyric by Bruce Springsteen)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - A. H. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
CECIL B. DE MILLE AWARD - director-producer Steven Spielberg
BEST DRAMA SERIES - Mad Men (AMC)
BEST COMEDY SERIES - 30 Rock (ABC)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR - Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS - Anna Paquin, True Blood (HBO)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR - Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS - Tina Fey, 30 Rock
BEST MADE FOR TV MOVIE - John Adams (HBO)
BEST MADE FOR TV ACTOR - Paul Giamatti, John Adams
BEST ACTRESS - Laura Linney, John Adams
BEST SUP. ACTOR, TV SERIES, MINISERIES OR MADE FOR TV MOVIE - Tom Wilkinson, John Adams
BEST SUP. ACTRESS - Laura Dern, Recount (HBO)
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