This Article is From Jan 14, 2013

Ben Affleck upsets Spielberg at Golden Globes; Day-Lewis wins Best Actor

Ben Affleck upsets Spielberg at Golden Globes; Day-Lewis wins Best Actor

Highlights

  • Ben Affleck emerged as the giant-killer at the Golden Globes this year, winning Best Director and Best Picture - Drama for Argo, beating Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, Ang Lee's Life Of Pi and Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. This, just days after he was snubbed for Best Director in the Oscar nominations.
  • Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which leads the Oscar race with 12 nominations, scored just one Globe for Daniel Day-Lewis who won Best Actor - Drama. Zero Dark Thirty, also an Oscar favourite, won Best Actress - Drama for Jessica Chastain.
  • Les Miserables scooped three Globes, the most this year, winning Best Picture - Comedy/Musical, Best Actor - Comedy/Musical for Hugh Jackman and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway.
  • Les Miserables also won its face-off with Silver Linings Playbook, which won just a single Globe, Best Actress - Comedy/Musical for Jennifer Lawrence. The two movies will be facing off at the Oscars again.
  • Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained scored twice. Christoph Waltz picked up the first award of the evening - Best Supporting Actor, his second Globe for his second Tarantino movie after Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino also won Best Screenplay.
  • Life Of Pi won Best Original Score while Adele won Best Original Song for Skyfall. Homeland blitzed the TV awards winning Best Drama Series as well as Best Drama Actor and Actress for Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, who won her third in a row Globe, and second in a row for Homeland.
  • Jodie Foster received the Cecil B DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement from actor Robert Downey Jr.
  • Complete list of winners:
  • Best Motion Picture - Drama: Argo
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
  • Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
  • Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
  • Best Director - Motion Picture: Ben Affleck - Argo
  • Best Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie: Julianne Moore - Game Change
  • Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
  • Best Mini Series or Motion Picture made for TV: Game Change
  • Best Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical: Don Cheadle - House Of Lies
  • Best Actor In A Television Series - Drama: Damian Lewis - Homeland
  • Best Television Series - Drama: Homeland
  • Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Mychael Danna - Life Of Pi
  • Best Original Song - Motion Picture: Adele for Skyfall - Skyfall
  • Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoys
  • Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Ed Harris - Game Change
  • Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
  • Best Foreign Film: Amour (Austria)
  • Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Claire Danes - Homeland
  • Best TV Series Comedy Or Musical: Girls
  • Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Les Miserables
New Delhi: Ben Affleck emerged as the giant-killer at the Golden Globes this year, winning Best Director and Best Picture - Drama for Argo, beating Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, Ang Lee's Life Of Pi and Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. This, just days after he was snubbed for Best Director in the Oscar nominations.

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which leads the Oscar race with 12 nominations, scored just one Globe for Daniel Day-Lewis who won Best Actor - Drama. Zero Dark Thirty, also an Oscar favourite, won Best Actress - Drama for Jessica Chastain.

Les Miserables scooped three Globes, the most this year, winning Best Picture - Comedy/Musical, Best Actor - Comedy/Musical for Hugh Jackman and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway.

Les Miserables also won its face-off with Silver Linings Playbook, which won just a single Globe, Best Actress - Comedy/Musical for Jennifer Lawrence. The two movies will be facing off at the Oscars again.

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained scored twice. Christoph Waltz picked up the first award of the evening - Best Supporting Actor, his second Globe for his second Tarantino movie after Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino also won Best Screenplay.

Life Of Pi won Best Original Score while Adele won Best Original Song for Skyfall.Homeland blitzed the TV awards winning Best Drama Series as well as Best Drama Actor and Actress for Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, who won her third in a row Globe, and second in a row for Homeland.

Jodie Foster received the Cecil B DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement from actor Robert Downey Jr.

Complete list of winners:

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Argo
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Hugh Jackman - Les MiserablesBest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Best Director - Motion Picture: Ben Affleck - Argo
Best Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie: Julianne Moore - Game Change
Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Best Mini Series or Motion Picture made for TV: Game Change
Best Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical: Don Cheadle - House Of Lies
Best Actor In A Television Series - Drama: Damian Lewis - Homeland
Best Television Series - Drama: Homeland
Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Mychael Danna - Life Of Pi
Best Original Song - Motion Picture: Adele for Skyfall - Skyfall
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoys
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Ed Harris - Game Change
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Best Foreign Film: Amour (Austria)
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Claire Danes - Homeland
Best TV Series Comedy Or Musical: Girls
Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical: Les Miserables
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