Golden Globe Winners are Now Oscars Frontrunners

Golden Globe winners for the motion picture category are “The Artist” and “The Descendants.”

The French romance film “The Artist” tops this year’s Golden Globe film winners for bagging the Golden Globe Best Picture for Musical/Comedy category. It also nabbed a best actor for musical/comedy trophy for Jean Dujardin and a nod for best musical score.

The Artist is a film Michel Hazanavicius, which takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and focuses on a declining male film star and a rising actress, as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. Most of the film itself is silent; it is shown in black-and-white, and has received wide praise from critics and many accolades. The film debuted at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where its male star Dujardin won the Best Actor Award.

Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” on the other hand, won the Best Picture Drama and a Best Actor for Drama courtesy of George Clooney.

The Descendants is a film based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film also stars Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard and Shailene Woodley, and was directed by Alexander Payne, with a screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

Despite the wins for Best Picture and Best Actor, both “The Artist” and “The Descendant” lost the Best Director award to Martin Scorsese (for “Hugo”).

“The Descendants” won in the drama category, and took a best actor award for George Clooney, where he topped his buddie Brad Pitt. The two will compete against Dujardin for a fairly contested best actor Oscar.

Meanwhile, the Best Actress Drama trophy went to Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady”) and the Best Actress Comedy/Musical was given to Michelle Williams (“My Week with Marilyn”).

The Best Supporting Actor winner was Christopher Plummer for “Beginners” and the Best Supporting Actress trophy went to
Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”

Based on the results of the 69th Golden Globe Awards, we can expect the 2012 Oscars to be contested by the films “The Artist,” “The Descendant,” “The Help,” “The Iron Lady,” “Midnight in Paris” and “My Week with Marilyn.”

The frontrunner for Best Animated Film would be “The Adventures of Tintin” while a shoo-in for Best Foreign Language Film is Iran’s “A Separation.”

Golden Globe 2012 Winners Revealed – ‘The Artist,’ ‘Descendants,’ ‘Homeland’

Golden Globe winners for 2012 revealed during the ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Sunday night.

The 69th Golden Globe Awards was hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais from the hit TV comedy series “The Office.”

The Golden Globe Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

For this year’s edition, “The Artist,” and “Descendants” top the Golden Globe film winners while “Homeland” and “Modern Family” led the TV category.

Here is the complete list of winners for the 69th Golden Globe Awards:

MOTION PICTURES

Motion Picture, Drama: T
he Descendants

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical:
The Artist

Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama:
George Clooney, The Descendants

Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama:
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:
Jean DuJardin, The Artist

Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Director:
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Screenplay, Motion Picture:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Foreign Language Film:
A Separation, Iran

Animated Feature Film:
The Adventures of Tintin

Original Score, Motion Picture:
The Artist, Ludovic Bource

Original Song, Motion Picture:
“Masterpiece,” Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry; W.E.

TELEVISION

TV Series, Drama:
Homeland

TV Series, Comedy:
Modern Family

TV Movie or Miniseries:
Downton Abbey

Actor in a TV Series, Drama:
Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Actress in a TV Series, Drama:
Claire Danes, Homeland

Actor, TV Series Comedy:
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Actress in a TV Series, Comedy:
Laura Dern, Enlightened

Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie:
Idris Elba, Luther

Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie:
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie:
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

CECILE B. DEMILLE AWARD:
Morgan Freeman