Golden Globes 2010: And the Winners Are…

Avatar won the top honor at the Golden Globes, garnering a Best Picture and Best Director award, while Crazy Heart took home two awards for Best Actor – Jeff Bridges and best song.

Meryl Streep competed with herself in the Best Actress, Musical/Comedy category and walked away with a win for her role in Julie & Julia, while Blind Side actress, Sandra Bullock won the Best Actress Award. Precious star, Mo’Nique won the Best Supporting Actress Award in a Drama.

Inglourious Basterds actor, Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor in Drama and Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical/Comedy for his role in Sherlock Holmes.

In television, Glee walked away with the award for Best Musical/Comedy, while AMC’s hit show, Mad Men took home the Best TV Drama award for the third consecutive time. Michael C. Hall won Best Actor, while The Good Wife star Julianna Marguiles won Best Actress.

Photos: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

(More photos and a complete list of winners after the jump!)

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Edited: January 18th, 2010

‘Glee’ Wins Big at Golden Globes

Fox’s hit TV show, Glee has beat 30 Rock and won the Best Television Series – Comedy/Musical.

Glee was up against Entourage, Modern Family, The Office and 30 Rock.

“Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press and Miss Barbra Streisand,” said “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy during his acceptance speech. “We would like to thank all the wonderful people who actually thought a musical would work on primetime televsion.“

Glee star Lea Michele was up for the Best Actress award in a musical/comedy, but lost to The United States of Tara star Toni Colette and Jane Lynch was nominated for best supporting actress in a musical/comedy, but lost out to Big Love’s Chloë Sevigny.

Glee returns to fox in April, after American Idol finishes its season.

Edited: January 18th, 2010

Robert Downey Jr. Wins Golden Globe

Robert Downey Jr. won the Best Actor Golden Globe for his role in Sherlock Holmes.

The actor gave a funny speech where he said:

“If you start playing violins, I will tear this joint apart.”

He thanked his wife, Susan, for telling him that Matt Damon was going to win and “don’t bother to prepare a speech. That was about 10 a.m.”

“Avatar was going to take us to the cleaners,” he continued. “If they didn’t have me, we didn’t have a shot. What am I going to do? Thank Joel Silver, the guy who’s only restarted my career 12 times since I began 25 years ago? I really don’t want to thank my wife because I could be busy tables at the Daily Grill if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that would be.”

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 18th, 2010

Avatar Wins Best Picture

Avatar won several awards at the Golden Globes including the top one: Best Picture.

The box-office hit beat out The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air.

Director James Cameron also won the Best Director award, where he competed with Clint Eastwood (Invictus), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker).

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 18th, 2010

Sandra Bullock: Golden Globes’ Best Actress

Sandra Bullock looked stunning at the Golden Globes in her purple Bottega Veneta dress.

The 45-year-old actress won the Best Actress award for her role in The Blind Side.

The beat out Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious).

‘There’s no surprise that my work got better when I met you,” said Bullock to her husband Jesse James. ”Because I never knew what it felt like for someone to have my back.”

FYI: Julia Roberts was initially offered the lead role in The Blind Side, but turned it down because of the low amount of money she was offered.

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 18th, 2010

Jeff Bridges Wins Best Actor for ‘Crazy Heart’

Actor Jeff Bridges won the Best Actor award for his performance as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart.

He beat out George Clooney (Up in the Air), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and Tobey Maguire (Brothers).

When NYGossipGirl talked to Bridges last month, he wasn’t originally going to play Bad Blake.

“First I turned it down because there was no music and it’s about music…finally, when things came into place, a year after, T Bone [Burnett] fell in place and I was there.”

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 17th, 2010

Meryl Streep Wins Golden Globe for ‘Julie & Julia’

Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Award in a Musical/Comedy for her portrayal of Julia Child, in Julie & Julia.

The 60-year-old actress was up against Sandra Bullock (The Proposal), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Julia Roberts (Duplicity) and herself in It’s Complicated.

“I come to Golden Globes weekend and I am conflicted how to have my happy movie self in the face of everything I’m aware of in the real world, and that’s when I have my mother’s voice coming to me: Partners in Health, shoot some money to Partners In Health, and be damn grateful you have the dollars to help. And I am grateful. I’m really grateful,” said Streep during her acceptance speech.

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 17th, 2010

Michael C. Hall Wins Golden Globe: Best Actor

Michael C. Hall won the Best Actor in a TV Drama award for his role in Showtime’s Dexter.

The actor, who sported a knitted black cap, is in remission after being diagnosed for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The actor thanked the cast and crew of Dexter as well as his co-star and wife Jennifer Carpenter.

When he went to the press room, Hall discussed why he wouldn’t talk about his current battle with cancer on stage.

“Well, it’s a personal matter and to be completely frank, I had every intention of keeping it quiet. Because the award shows were imminent, I figured I would make a statement. It was also nice to make a statement at the point in my treatment that I did, where I was able to assure people that I am really on the road to recovery. And it’s nice to have a justifiable excuse for accessorizing.”

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 17th, 2010

Mo’Nique: Golden Globes’ Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique won Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role for her role in Precious at tonight’s Golden Globes Awards.

She was up against Penelope Cruz (Nine), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) and Julianne Moore (A Single Man).

The actress gave a powerful and emotional speech saying: “I celebrate this award with all the Preciouses, with all the Marys. I celebrate this award with every person that’s ever been touched. It’s now time to tell.”

Mo’Nique also thanked Precious director Lee Daniels and her co-star Gabourey Sidibe.

Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Edited: January 17th, 2010

And The Golden Globe Nominees Are…

Check out the nominees in the movie categories for this year’s Golden Globe awards.

The awards show will air on Jan. 17.

Best Picture, Musical/Comedy
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Best Actor, Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Best Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best Actor, Musical/Comedy
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Actress, Musical/Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Screenplay
District 9
The Hurt Locker
It’s Complicated
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air

Best Score
Up
The Informant!
Avatar
A Single Man
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Song
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want to Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I Will See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers

Best Animated Film
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess & The Frog
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Baria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Television Nominations after the jump!

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Edited: December 15th, 2009

Ricky Gervais to Host the Golden Globes

Funnyman Ricky Gervais will put his comedic chops to the test in January, when he’ll host the 67th Annual Golden Globes.

“Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry, which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free reign as a host,” Gervais told People. “I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don’t turn down.”

Gervais will be the first person to host the show since 1995.

Will YOU tune in?

Edited: October 26th, 2009