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Dream Turns to Gold for Musical as Dreamgirls Take Three Golden Globes
Only at a Hollywood awards show would an actress portraying the royal figure Elizabeth I share the stage with an actor portraying the raunchy role of Borat from Kazakhstan. Yet it was the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards at he Beverly Hilton Hotel and odd couples will meet.
For some the winner’s circle was a reunion of sorts. The critically acclaimed musical Dreamgirls won three Golden Globe Awards. With Best Musical, Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Hudson, and Best Supporting Actor for Eddie Murphy, there was plenty of time for the cast to catch up with each other.
"Babel" won Best Picture at the Globes beating out “Bobby,” “The Departed,” “Little Children,” and “The Queen.”
While “The Queen” didn’t take Best Picture it did produce a Best Actress award for Helen Mirren as well as Best Screenplay for Peter Morgan. Mirren’s night wasn’t all about Elizabeth II, her role in “The Queen,” she also won Best Actress in a television movie or miniseries for her role in HBO’s “Elizabeth I.” Mirren performed double duty as England’s matriarch with roles as both mother and daughter in separate films. “Elizabeth I” was also awarded Best Television Movie or Miniseries and Jeremy Irons was awarded Best Supporting Actor in the picture.
Forest Whitaker’s role as Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland” earned him the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Whitaker fended off tough competition from double-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter O’Toole, and Will Smith.
The night was made complete by the Kazakhstani journalist Borat, a role which gave the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy to Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen’s acceptance speech was enough to make half the actors and actresses double over in laughter.
Cohen’s equal as Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical went to Meryl Streep who won her sixth Golden Globe for her role in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
If the Oscar’s follow the path of the Golden Globes, Martin Scorsese may finally get his Best Director award. Scoreses was presented with Best Director for “The Departed,” it was his second such awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Academy Awards have proven more elusive for the director; having fallen short on four previous nominations he has his hat in the ring once again this year with a strong cast that includes Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Clint Eastwood was awarded Best Foreign Language film for “Letters from Iwo Jima.”
Complete list of nominees and winners from the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards
MOTION PICTURES
Picture, Drama
"Babel," "Bobby," "The Departed," "Little Children," "The Queen"
Actress, Drama
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Actor, Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Picture, Musical or Comedy
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Thank You for Smoking"
Actress, Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"; Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada”; Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"
Actor, Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"; Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"; Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You for Smoking"; Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Kinky Boots"; Will Ferrell, "Stranger than Fiction"
Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"; Brad Pitt, "Babel"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Director
Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers"; Clint Eastwood, "Letters from Iwo Jima"; Steven Frears, "The Queen"; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Foreign Language
"Apocalypto," USA; "Letters from Iwo Jima," USA/Japan; "The Lives of Others," Germany; "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Volver" Spain
Animated Film
"Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House"
Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"; Clint Mansell, "The Fountain"; Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"; Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"; Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"
Original Song
"A Father's Way" from "The Pursuit of Happyness"; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls"; "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby"; "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"; "Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"
TELEVISION
Series, Drama
"24," Fox; "Big Love," HBO; "Grey's Anatomy," ABC; "Heroes," NBC; "Lost," ABC
Actress, Drama
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"; Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"; Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"; Ellen Pompeo, "Grey's Anatomy"; Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Actor, Drama
Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"; Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"; Hugh Laurie, "House"; Bill Paxton, "Big Love"; Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
Series, Musical or Comedy
"Desperate Housewives," ABC; "Entourage," HBO; "The Office," NBC; "Ugly Betty," ABC; "Weeds," Showtime
Actress, Musical or Comedy
Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives"; America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"; Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"; Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
Actor, Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"; Zach Braff, "Scrubs"; Steve Carrell, "The Office"; Jason Lee, "My Name is Earl"; Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
Miniseries or movie
"Bleak House," PBS; "Broken Trail," AMC; "Elizabeth I," HBO; "Mrs. Harris," HBO; "Prime Suspect: The Final Act," PBS
Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Gillian Anderson, "Bleak House"; Annette Bening, "Mrs. Harris"; Helen Mirren, "Elizabeth I"; Helen Mirren, "Prime Suspect: The Final Act"; Sophie Okonedo, "Tsunami, The Aftermath"
Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Andre Braugher, "Thief"; Robert Duvall, "Broken Trail"; Michael Ealy, "Sleeper Cell: American Terror"; Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Tsunami, The Aftermath"; Ben Kingsley, "Mrs. Harris"; Bill Nighy, "Gideon's Daughter"; Matthew Perry, "The Ron Clark Story"
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie
Emily Blunt, "Gideon's Daughter"; Toni Collette, "Tsunami, The Aftermath"; Katherine Heigl, "Grey's Anatomy"; Sarah Paulson, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"; Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie
Thomas Haden Church, "Broken Trail"; Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"; Justin Kirk, "Weeds"; Masi Oka, "Heroes"; Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
