Sunday, January 13, 2013

'Les Miz,' 'Argo' win Golden Globes; Jodie Foster is speak of display

The epic musical "Les Miserables" dominated the 70th yearly Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening with 3 trophies, together with 1 for most effective 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 very best dramatic film and director for Affleck. It had been a little bit of vindication, possibly, to the filmmaker, who was remarkably absent final week once the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations for director.

Considering the fact that the Oscar snub Thursday, Affleck hasn't only won a Golden Globe but he also obtained a Critics' Decision Film Award for directing at the same time.

"Les Miz" was probably the most honored film from the ceremony held in the Beverly Hilton Hotel's Worldwide Ballroom and telecast reside on NBC. In addition to ideal musical or comedy, it won lead actor for Hugh Jackman, who admitted in his acceptance speech that at 1 stage he virtually quit the venture soon after a grueling rehearsal. And Anne Hathaway sang her solution to a supporting actress win since the tragic Fantine.

With her pixie haircut and tasteful white gown, Hathaway was reminiscent of the youthful Audrey Hepburn.

"Thank you for this wonderful blunt object," Hathaway advised the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. "I'll permanently use it being a weapon against self-doubt."

The wins for "Les Miz" and "Argo" at the same time since the two Golden Globes for "Django Unchained" assistance give these films momentum major to your Oscars on Feb. 24. But people honors do tiny to bring clarity to a topsy-turvy awards season which has witnessed a lot of exceptional films to select from ?a but handful of clear-cut front-runners.

One example is, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" went in to the evening with 7 Golden Globes nominations ?a a lot more than any other film. Former President Bill Clinton even appeared to a standing ovation and thunderous applause to introduce the clip to the historical epic. But in lieu of "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 within a drama for Daniel Day-Lewis.

Considered one of quite possibly the most gorgeous moments came courtesy Jodie Foster, who took for the stage to present a ... retirement speech? A coming-out speech? It had been tough 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 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 several persons to its feet. Foster mentioned that she has lived practically her total existence inside the public eye still wished to help keep some items private. "I have offered almost everything up there in the time I was three many years old," she stated. "That is reality sufficient." Even backstage, speaking face-to-face using the media, she was cryptic about what, precisely, she was wanting to say with her speech. (Memo to Foster: Absolutely nothing will ruin an try at privacy like telling the planet you desire to help keep your lifestyle private.)

In other film awards, Jessica Chastain won lead actress inside a drama for her function being a CIA operative who assists track down Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty." Jennifer Lawrence won lead actress within a comedy or musical for "Silver Linings Playbook" for her overall performance like a widow during the quirky romantic comedy. "I beat Meryl!" Lawrence joked as she accepted the trophy. (Meryl Streep was nominated inside the identical category, for "Hope Springs.") Amid Lawrence's thank-yous: "Thank you, Harvey Weinstein, for killing whoever you needed to destroy to acquire 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 your controversial spaghetti Western set throughout the slavery era, beating out this kind of favorites because the writers of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln," "Argo," and "Silver Linings Playbook."

"Wow, I was not expecting this," mentioned an effusive Tarantino. "I'm joyful for being amazed."

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 to the most current James Bond installment.

About the Television side, the Golden Globes honored Showtime's "Homeland" and HBO's "Game Change" and "Girls" with several trophies.

"Homeland," the political thriller that counts President Obama as certainly one of 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 Alter," the drama about then-Gov. Sarah Palin's run for that vice presidency in 2008, also carried out very well. 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 even though 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 in the Television series, miniseries or film for taking part in the acerbic dowager in PBS' "Downton Abbey."

Just 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 in regards to the controversy surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty."


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