Slumdog Millionaire Turns Top Dog at the Golden Globes 2009

The Golden Globes awards last night were exactly what we needed in this time of hardships. Last night, the stars dazzled us once again, taking us on a ride of bewilderment and nostalgia. I sure couldn't help but feel a step down in the outrageously sparkling and gaudy. The frivolous took a back seat to the reasonable and effectively chic. The star were immaculately dressed and still in touch with the hardships faced by a majority of us.

The night belonged to the fresh and low budget Slumdog Millionaire, which took home four awards: film (drama), director (Danny Boyle), screenwriter (Simon Beaufoy) and composer (A.R. Rahman). Slumdog Millionaire, for those of you who haven't watched it ...yet... is spectacularly charged, funny, shocking and heartfelt all rolled into one. The Film is adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A, the film is set in modern-day Mumbai. My husband and I having watched the movie a few months ago and swore by it. It was inspiring to see new talent flow into Hollywood.

Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona was named best comedy. WALL-E won for animated feature. The Israeli film Waltz with Bashir took home the best foreign-language film.

The award for best actor in a drama went to Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Mickey Rourke's comeback has been accepted with a bang. The teary eyed Kate Winslet was a big winner last night pocketing both the dramatic actress prize for Revolutionary Road and the supporting-actress trophy for The Reader.

The British Iles swept up the top brass for acting in a comedy, with Ireland's Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and England's Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky).

The Diabolical Joker in The Dark Knight won late Heath Ledger, the best supporting actor award. Now Ledger has increasing his chances of becoming the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar. The director of Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan accepted the award for Ledger, who died last Jan. 22 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. The Oscar nominations come out on the first anniversary of Ledger's death.

The Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award went to the very deserving Hollywood veteran Steven Spielberg.

2008, was kind to Tina Fey once again. Tina picked up the best actress in a television series (comedy or musical) and the best television series (comedy or musical) went to 30 Rock.

All in all, the night was spectacular and undoubtedly was an ode to the up and coming global talent that makes Hollywood bedazzle us even more.

For those who could not watch the event, the complete list of nominees and winners is listed below or you can access http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ :

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY

• Burn After Reading
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Mamma Mia!
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Winner)

ACTOR, DRAMA

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn, Milk
• Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (Winner)

ACTRESS, DRAMA

• Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie, Changeling
• Meryl Streep, Doubt
• Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
• Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road (Winner)

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Colin Farrell, In Bruges (Winner)
• James Franco, Pineapple Express
• Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
• Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey

ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (Winner)
• Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
• Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
• Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
• Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
• Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
• Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (Winner)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, Doubt
• Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis, Doubt
• Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet, The Reader (Winner)

DIRECTOR

• Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)
• Stephen Daldry, The Reader
• David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
• Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

SCREENPLAY

• Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)
• David Hare, The Reader
• Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
• Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
• Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
• Gomorrah (Italy)
• I've Loved You So Long (France)
• Waltz With Bashir (Israel) (Winner)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• WALL-E (Winner)

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Clint Eastwood, Changeling
• James Newton Howard, Defiance
• A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)
• Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Down to Earth," WALL-E; music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; lyrics by Peter Gabriel
• "Gran Torino," Gran Torino; music by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; lyrics by Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
• "I Thought I Lost You," Bolt; music & lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
• "Once in a Lifetime," Cadillac Records; music & lyrics by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
• "The Wrestler," The Wrestler; music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (Winner)

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Dexter
• House
• In Treatment
• Mad Men (Winner)
• True Blood

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• January Jones, Mad Men
• Anna Paquin, True Blood (Winner)
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (Winner)
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• 30 Rock (Winner)
• Californication
• Entourage
• The Office
• Weeds

ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock (Winner)
• Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
• Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Winner)
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Kevin Connolly, Entourage
• David Duchovny, Californication
• Tony Shalhoub, Monk

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• A Raisin in the Sun
• Bernard and Doris
• Cranford
• John Adams (Winner)
• Recount

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Judi Dench, Cranford
• Catherine Keener, An American Crime
• Laura Linney, John Adams (Winner)
• Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
• Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris
• Paul Giamatti, John Adams (Winner)
• Kevin Spacey, Recount
• Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
• Tom Wilkinson, Recount

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Eileen Atkins, Cranford
• Laura Dern, Recount (Winner)
• Melissa George, In Treatment
• Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
• Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
• Denis Leary, Recount
• Jeremy Piven, Entourage
• Blair Underwood, In Treatment
• Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (Winner)