The epic musical "Les Miserables" dominated the 70th yearly Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening with 3 trophies, like one particular for ideal musical or comedy. However the evening belonged to Ben Affleck.
Affleck's political thriller "Argo," about a CIA plot to rescue Americans trapped in Iran in 1979-80, won for ideal dramatic film and director for Affleck. It had been a little bit of vindication, probably, for your filmmaker, who was remarkably absent final week once the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations for director.
Given that the Oscar snub Thursday, Affleck hasn't only won a Golden Globe but he also obtained a Critics' Decision Film Award for directing likewise.
"Les Miz" was essentially the most honored film from the ceremony held in the Beverly Hilton Hotel's Global Ballroom and telecast reside on NBC. Aside from very best musical or comedy, it won lead actor for Hugh Jackman, who admitted in his acceptance speech that at a single stage he virtually quit the venture soon after a grueling rehearsal. And Anne Hathaway sang her approach to a supporting actress win since the tragic Fantine.
With her pixie haircut and tasteful white gown, Hathaway was reminiscent of the younger Audrey Hepburn.
"Thank you for this pretty blunt object," Hathaway advised the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. "I'll permanently use it as being a weapon against self-doubt."
The wins for "Les Miz" and "Argo" also because the two Golden Globes for "Django Unchained" assistance give these films momentum top for the Oscars on Feb. 24. But people honors do very little to bring clarity to a topsy-turvy awards season which has noticed lots of excellent films to select from ?a but handful of clear-cut front-runners.
Such as, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" went in to the evening with 7 Golden Globes nominations ?a greater than any other film. Former President Bill Clinton even appeared to a standing ovation and thunderous applause to introduce the clip for your historical epic. But as an alternative to "Lincoln" by a landslide, the film with regards to the 16th president's struggle to finish the Civil War and slavery won just one honor: lead actor inside a drama for Daniel Day-Lewis.
Among by far the most beautiful moments came courtesy Jodie Foster, who took towards the stage to offer a ... retirement speech? A coming-out speech? It had been difficult to inform. She was getting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement when she ramped as much as confess that she was ?- single. And though she appeared to consider pains to sidestep addressing her sexual orientation she did thank her ex-partner and co-parent of her two boys, Cydney Bernard.
Her speech was also a rant in favor of privacy that brought several men and women to its feet. Foster mentioned that she has lived almost her total lifestyle during the public eye still needed to help keep some items private. "I have offered every little thing up there from your time I was three many years old," she mentioned. "That is reality adequate." Even backstage, speaking face-to-face with all the media, she was cryptic about what, specifically, she was looking to say with her speech. (Memo to Foster: Practically nothing will ruin an try at privacy like telling the planet you wish to maintain your daily life private.)
In other film awards, Jessica Chastain won lead actress inside a drama for her part being a CIA operative who assists track down Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty." Jennifer Lawrence won lead actress inside a comedy or musical for "Silver Linings Playbook" for her efficiency like a widow during the quirky romantic comedy. "I beat Meryl!" Lawrence joked as she accepted the trophy. (Meryl Streep was nominated while in the exact same category, for "Hope Springs.") Amongst Lawrence's thank-yous: "Thank you, Harvey Weinstein, for killing whoever you needed to destroy to have me up right here."
Christoph Waltz won for supporting actor for taking part in a bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained." The maverick filmmaker was a surprise screenplay winner for that controversial spaghetti Western set throughout the slavery era, beating out this kind of favorites since the writers of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln," "Argo," and "Silver Linings Playbook."
"Wow, I was not expecting this," mentioned an effusive Tarantino. "I'm delighted to become shocked."
Austria's "Amour" won foreign language film, and "Brave" won for animated film. Mychael Danna won for creating the score for Ang Lee's "Life of Pi." Unique song went to pop singer Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall," the title tune for that newest James Bond installment.
To the Television side, the Golden Globes honored Showtime's "Homeland" and HBO's "Game Change" and "Girls" with many trophies.
"Homeland," the political thriller that counts President Obama as among its most significant followers, won its 2nd consecutive award for drama series. Claire Danes won her second-in-a-row Globe for lead dramatic actress from the series. Her co-star Damian Lewis took lead actor.
"Game Transform," the drama about then-Gov. Sarah Palin's run for that vice presidency in 2008, also carried out effectively. It snapped up 3 awards: miniseries or Television film, supporting actor for Ed Harris, and lead actress for Julianne Moore for her uncanny channeling of Palin.
"Girls" won finest comedy series although its younger star and creator, Lena Dunham, won for lead actress. Don Cheadle won lead actor inside a comedy series for Showtime's "House of Lies." Kevin Costner won lead actor in the miniseries or Television film for Background Channel's "Hatfields & McCoys." Maggie Smith won for supporting actress within a Television series, miniseries or film for taking part in the acerbic dowager in PBS' "Downton Abbey."
Right after a controversial three-year stint as host, Ricky Gervais turned over the emcee duties to Globe nominees Amy Poehler ("Parks & Recreation") and Tina Fey ("30 Rock"). The pair were only slightly less irreverent, skewering Hollywood by poking fun of pill-popping Hollywood and "rat-faced" Television types and joking with regards to the controversy surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty."
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