Golden Globes 2012: Winners and Nominees

The season of awards has been opened! The 69th Golden Globe Awardsare the first in row and were aired live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 15, 2012, by NBC channel. Ricky Gervais opened the 2012 Golden Globes with a series of bold jokes, taking aim at everyone from Kim Kardashian and Mel Gibson to Eddie Murphy and Jodie Foster. The theme this year was composed by Yoshiki Hayashi, leader of the Japanese band X Japan. So, let’s focus on the most nominated movies. The Artist, which led the film category nominations with six noms, got award for best motion picture comedy or musical, the leading star Jean Dujardin gained the best acting award and the film also won for best original score. The Descendants, which had been nominated in five categories, won for both best motion picture drama and George Clooney for best acting, while Octavia Spencer brought in The Help’s won only best supporting actress in a motion picture ( it also had five nominations). In the television categories, Downton Abbey got the Golden Globe for best mini-series or motion picture created for television. Kate Winslet won for her acting in Mildred Piercewhile Modern Family and Homelandeach earned an award for best television series comedy or musical and drama, respectively.

So, here is the full list of winners and nominees!

Best Actress – drama
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady – Winner
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Actor – drama
George Clooney, The Descendants – Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress – TV drama
Claire Danes, Homeland– Winner
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Actor – TV drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss – Winner
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Actress – comedy/musical
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristin Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn – Winner
Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Actor – comedy/musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist – Winner
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Actress – miniseries/movie
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce – Winner

Best Actor – miniseries/movie
Hugh Bonneville,Downton Abbey
Idris Elba,Luther – Winner
William Hurt, Too Big to Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West,The Hour

Best Actress – TV comedy/musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened – Winner
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor – TV comedy/musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Davis Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes – Winner

Best Comedy Series
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family – Winner
New Girl

Best Drama Series
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland – Winner

Best supporting actress – series, miniseries or movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story – Winner
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Best Supporting Actor – series, miniseries or movie
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones – Winner
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help – Winner
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners – Winner

Best Miniseries/Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey – Winner
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big To Fail

Best Motion Picture – comedy
50/50
The Artist – Winner
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Motion Picture – drama
The Descendants – Winner
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Director
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo – Winner

Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tin Tin – Winner
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris – Winner
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball

Best Original Song
Hello, Hello, Gnomeo & Juliet
Keeper, Machine Gun Preacher
Lay Your Head Down, Albert Nobbs
The Living Proof, The Help
Masterpiece, W.E. – Winner

Best Original Score
Winner: The Artist
W.E.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse

Best Foreign Language Film
Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid With a Bike
A Separation – Winner
The Skin I Live In

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