Paul Giamatti wins Golden Globe for Canadian film Barney's Version
Paul Giamatti won the Golden Globe Award on Sunday as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his role in the Canadian film Barney's Version.
Giamatti - who was pitted against Johnny Depp, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Spacey, "my superiors in every regard, as men and as actors" - stars as Barney Panofsky,, the difficult, alcoholic, and romantic womanizer in the film version of Mordecai Richler's best-seller.
"Jesus Christ, Halle Berry," said Giamatti in accepting the award from the glamorous actress. Giamatti - best known as a character actor with an underdog charm - thanked producer Robert Lantos, director Richard J. Lewis, and the Richler family.
"I got to smoke and drink in this movie and got paid for it," said Giamatti, who also praised Montreal, where the film was shot, as an "incredible beautiful city that I dream about," and acknowledged "the great nation of Canada."
Giamatti's victory was one of the few surprises at the 68th annual Globes ceremony.
The Social Network, the much-honoured drama about the founding of Facebook, was named Best Motion Picture Drama, an award that adds to the best picture momentum for the movie as Oscar season approaches. In addition David Fincher was named best director and Aaron Sorkin was also honoured for his screenplay.
As expected, Colin Firth was named Best Actor in a Drama for his role as the George VI, the monarch who was tormented with a stammer, in The King's Speech. He said the award was the kind of encouragement he needed in mid-career: "Right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson," said Firth, who was favoured for the Globe and is also touted as a likely Oscar winner.
The Kids Are All Right, a comedy with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple, was named Best Comedy or Musical and Bening was named Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. She accepted the award from Robert Downey Jr., who - in the outlaw spirit of the evening - introduced the nominees by saying: "I don't know if an actress has done her best work until I've slept with her," and implying that he had. For her part, Bening thanked the winner of the 1962 Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer: her husband, Warren Beatty.
As expected, Natalie Portman - the odds-on favourite for an Academy Award as well - won the Globe as Best Actress in a Drama for her performance as a conflicted ballerina in the psychosexual drama The Black Swan.
Christian Bale, whose performance as the manic and drug-addicted brother in the film The Fighter has made him the darling of the awards season, was named Best Supporting Actor. Bale, sporting a long beard and untamed hair, paid tribute to Fighter star Mark Wahlberg, saying: "You can only give a loud performance like the one I gave when you have a quiet anchor."
His co-star, Melissa Leo, was named Best Supporting Actress for her ferocious performance as Wahlberg's overbearing mother and manager. She said she accepted the role despite misgivings that she was too young for it.
The Globes are seen variously as a bellwether for the more "important" Academy Awards, which take place Feb. 27.
However, the awards haven't accurately predicted the Oscars for a long time: In the past five years, only Slumdog Millionaire in 2008 has won both a Globe and Oscar for best movie. But they've become a sterling showcase for evening gowns and suntans, the red-carpet and the reliably irreverent Ricky Gervais are the evening's chief attractions.
The association's prestigious Cecil B. DeMille award was given to Robert De Niro, who brought the tone of lifetime achievement back down to earth when he noted that the honour was announced before the reviews of Little Fockers came in. He went on say the actor's job is to make movies and the association's job is to pose with pictures of the movie stars. Speaking of his career, he said: "These movies are all like my children except my children are more expensive and you can't remake them in 3-D to push up the grosses."
The TV awards:
n Best Drama: Boardwalk Empire
n Best Comedy or musical: Glee
n Best Actress, Drama: Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
n Best Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
n Best Actress, Comedy or Musical: Laura Linney, The Big C
n Best Actor, Comedy or Musical: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
n Best Miniseries or TV movie: Carlos
n Best Supporting Actor: Chris Colfer, Glee
n Best Supporting Actress: Jane Lynch, Glee
n Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
n Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
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