The 2009 Golden Globes were held tonight at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and there were a few surprises to say the least.
Of course I would say the big winner was Kate Winslet who went home with two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Supporting Actress in The Reader and another for Best Actress for her performance in Revolutionary Road. Slumdog Millionaire was the night’s other “big” winner as it won for Director (Danny Boyle), Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Score (A.R. Rahman) and Picture (Drama). Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona was the winner for Best Picture (Comedy/Musical) and Mickey Rourke edged out Sean Penn for Best Actor (Drama) giving Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler second place for the night winning two awards, the other for best Original Song for Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wrestler.”
Sally Hawkins almost broke down on stage after winning Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) for Happy-Go-Lucky and a welcome surprise came as Colin Farrell won for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) for his role in In Bruges which he said on stage he would cut in half and five a hemisphere to co-star Brendan Gleeson.
The virtually locked awards didn’t change as WALL-E won for Best Animated and Heath Ledger was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
The complete list can be found below with the winners bolded and in red along with the Primetime Television award winners on the second page. You can also get tonight’s winners and the complete Golden Globe history right here. Basically, RopeofSilicon has you covered.
Stay tuned as I will be bringing my Golden Globes vs. Oscars article online in the next 24 hours as well as updated Oscar predictions. If you want to read my complete Live Blog of the night click here.
Always remember I am keeping track of everything award related under the sun in “The Contenders“! Enjoy the noms…
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Revolutionary Road
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Mamma Mia!
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Burn After Reading
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- In Bruges
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
- Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
- Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Colin Farrell, In Bruges
- James Franco, Pineapple Express
- Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
- Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
- Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
- Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
- Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
- Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
- WALL-E
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hare, The Reader
- Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
- Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
- Gomorrah
- I’ve Loved You So Long
- Waltz with Bashir
- The Baader Meinhof Complex
- Everlasting Moments
- James Newton Howard, Defiance
- Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
- Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon
- Clint Eastwood, Changeling
- “Down to Earth” from WALL-E
- “Gran Torino” from Gran Torino
- “I Thought I’d Lost You” from Bolt
- “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records
- “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler
The television winners are on the next page…
