Hosted by the entertaining duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards took place tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles this evening.  Honouring the best movies and TV shows of 2012, numerous celebrities were on hand to present and accept the awards, and it’s clear that the Golden Globes like to “spread the love” by awarding different films throughout the categories.

Best Picture – Drama went to the excellent Argo and Ben Affleck also picked up the Best Director trophy for the film, and the winner of Best Picture – Comedy or Musical was Les Misérables.  Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) and Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) both triumphed in the supporting categories, with Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) all picking up trophies for their leading work.

Quentin Tarantino picked up the Best Screenplay award for his multilayered script behind Django Unchained, Pixar pulled off a surprise win for Best Animated with Brave, and Michael Haneke took home Best Foreign Language for his deeply moving Austrian film Amour.  Best Score went to Canada’s own Mychael Danna for his beautiful music behind Life of Pi, and Adele was the very deserving winner of Best Song for “Skyfall.”  All in all, I had a good time watching the Golden Globes and we would like to take a moment to say congratulations to all of the winners and nominees.

I tweeted my brief thoughts on the winners throughout the show, but please come back tomorrow for my full article about everything that happened tonight, including thoughts on my favourite moments and Jodie Foster’s lovely and deeply moving acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award.  We have included the complete list of nominees in all of the film categories after the break, with the winners highlighted in bold.

-John C.

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Misérables

Moonrise Kingdom

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Richard Gere, Arbitrage

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jack Black, Bernie

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables

Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Maggie Smith, Quartet

Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, Argo

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Master

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

BEST SCREENPLAY

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

Tony Kushner, Lincoln 

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook 

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Chris Terrio, Argo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Brave

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transvylvania

Rise of the Guardians

Wreck-It Ralph

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Amour

A Royal Affair

The Intouchables

Kon Tiki

Rust and Bone

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Mychael Danna, Life of Pi

Alexandre Desplat, Argo

Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina

Tom Tywker, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek, Cloud Atlas

John Williams, Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“For You” from Act of Valor

“Not Running Anymore” from Stand Up Guys

“Safe and Sound” from The Hunger Games

“Skyfall” from Skyfall

“Suddenly” from Les Misérables