The epic musical "Les Miserables" dominated the 70th yearly Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening with 3 trophies, like one particular for very best 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, maybe, to the 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 on the ceremony held on the Beverly Hilton Hotel's Worldwide Ballroom and telecast reside on NBC. Aside from finest 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 right after a grueling rehearsal. And Anne Hathaway sang her method to a supporting actress win because the tragic Fantine.
With her pixie haircut and tasteful white gown, Hathaway was reminiscent of the younger Audrey Hepburn.
"Thank you for this wonderful blunt object," Hathaway advised the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. "I'll permanently use it like a weapon against self-doubt."
The wins for "Les Miz" and "Argo" too because the two Golden Globes for "Django Unchained" support give individuals films momentum foremost for the Oscars on Feb. 24. But these honors do minor to bring clarity to a topsy-turvy awards season which has observed lots of exceptional films to select from ?a but couple of clear-cut front-runners.
For instance, 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 that historical epic. But in place of "Lincoln" by a landslide, the film regarding the 16th president's struggle to finish the Civil War and slavery won just one honor: lead actor within a drama for Daniel Day-Lewis.
Among by far the most spectacular moments came courtesy Jodie Foster, who took to your stage to provide a ... retirement speech? A coming-out speech? It had been tough to inform. She was obtaining the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement when she ramped as much as confess that she was ?- single. And even 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 numerous men and women to its feet. Foster mentioned that she has lived almost her whole lifestyle inside the public eye but desired to help keep some elements private. "I have offered almost everything up there from your time I was three many years old," she mentioned. "That is reality sufficient." Even backstage, speaking face-to-face along with the media, she was cryptic about what, specifically, she was seeking to say with her speech. (Memo to Foster: Nothing at all will ruin an try at privacy like telling the entire world you would like to maintain your lifestyle private.)
In other film awards, Jessica Chastain won lead actress inside a drama for her part as being a CIA operative who aids 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 within the quirky romantic comedy. "I beat Meryl!" Lawrence joked as she accepted the trophy. (Meryl Streep was nominated inside the very same category, for "Hope Springs.") Amid Lawrence's thank-yous: "Thank you, Harvey Weinstein, for killing whoever you needed to destroy to obtain 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 through 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 satisfied to become astonished."
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 your hottest James Bond installment.
To the Television side, the Golden Globes honored Showtime's "Homeland" and HBO's "Game Change" and "Girls" with a number of trophies.
"Homeland," the political thriller that counts President Obama as one among its largest 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 Adjust," 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 youthful 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 regarding the controversy surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty."
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