The Hollywood glitterati dressed up Sunday night to celebrate Sunday night at the 71th Annual Golden Globes. Comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returned to host for a second year. The live broadcast, shown online & NBC, is always lively and unexpected probably due to the drinks that are imbibed by the nominees and guests during the show. The Golden Globes also kept the audience updated on the Red Carpet and behind the scenes show action via YouTube, Instagram, Facebookand Twitter
Since 1944, the Hollywood Foreign Press has been honouring their choices for the best of Movies and Television, covering 25 categories. This year,12 Years A Slave, American Hustle with 7 each and Nebraska with 5 lead the pack of multiple nominated movies going into the night. Behind The Candelabra and House Of Cards lead the television categories with 4 nominations each. As the night closed, movies American Hustle went home with 3 awards and Dallas Buyers Club with 2. In TV newcomer Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Breaking Bad and Behind The Candelabra each took home 2 awards.
Movies:
Best Motion Picture:
Musical/Comedy – American Hustle
Drama – 12 Years A Slave
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Actor – Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
Actress – Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy:
Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf Of Wall Street
Actress – Amy Adams in American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity
Best Screenplay: Spike Jonze for Her
Best Original Score: Alex Ebert for All Is Lost
Best Original Song: U2 for Ordinary Love from Mandella: Long Walk To Freedom
Best Animated Feature Film: Frozen
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
Television:
Best Series:
Musical/Comedy – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Drama – Breaking Bad
Best Miniseries or TV Film – Behind The Candelabra
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama:
Actor – Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Actress – Robin Wright in House Of Cards
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical/Comedy:
Actor – Andy Samberg in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Actress – Amy Poehler in Parks And Recreation
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film:
Actor – Michael Douglas in Behind The Candelabra
Actress – Elizabeth Moss in Top Of The Lake
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film:
Actor – Jon Voight in Ray Donovan
Actress – Jacqueline Bisset in Dancing OnThe Edge
The Cecil B. DeMille Award, honoring the lifetime achievements of actors and filmmakers was presented to Woody Allen