And so we bid farewell to another year of the Golden Globes. The winners this year are a hugely mixed bag – some certain snubs, some hugely deserving winners; unfortunately, unlike last year, there are zero Australian winners on this list. For shame.
Unsurprisingly, Richard Linklater‘s epic and harrowing ‘Boyhood’ – which took twelve years to make – cleaned up the most today at the awards, locking down Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette‘s flawless performance. All it takes is 12 years of your life to make a meal of the Golden Globes, you guys.
Best TV comedy went to ‘Transparent‘, making history as the first Amazon-distributed TV show to win an award at the Globes. And rightly so.
Surprisingly, True Detective and its leads were, IMHO, snubbed, but Fargo is a bloody hoot so I’ll take it.
And the winners are….
FILM
BEST DRAMA
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
WINNER: Boyhood
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
WINNER: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Birdman
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent
WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
WINNER: Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie
WINNER: Amy Adams, Big Eyes
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
WINNER: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
WINNER: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
WINNER: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
WINNER: How to Train Your Dragon 2
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
WINNER: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Lana Del Rey, Big Eyes (from Big Eyes)
Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Mercy Is (Noah)
Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck, Opportunity (Annie)
Lorde, Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1)
WINNER: John Legend, Common, Glory (Selma)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
WINNER: Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Force Majeure Turist
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett
Ida
Tangerines Mandariinid
WINNER: Leviathan
TELEVISION
BEST COMEDY
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Silicon Valley
Orange Is the New Black
WINNER: Transparent
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY SERIES
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
William H. Macy, Shameless
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY SERIES
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse, Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
WINNER: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
BEST MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
The Missing
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
True Detective
WINNER: Fargo
BEST ACTOR – MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
WINNER: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
WINNER: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
BEST ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Jessia Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor, The Missing
Allison Tolman, Fargo
WINNER: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Allison Janney, Mom
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective
WINNER: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
BEST DRAMA
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
WINNER: The Affair
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Clive Owen, The Knick
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
James Spader, The Blacklist
Dominic West, The Affair
WINNER: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Robin Wright, House of Cards
WINNER: Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Lead image by Frazer Harrison via Getty.
