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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Jean Dujardin won the Golden Globe for Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical on Sunday evening for his winning performance in “The Artist.”
He defeated Brendan Gleeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling and Owen Wilson.
Because of the dual categories at the Globes, Dujardin didn’t have to compete against George Clooney, so we really don’t know which actor has the upper hand in the Oscar race. But the Best Actor category does seem to come down to the two of them.
We’ll see what happens …
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- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Martin Scorsese won the Golden Globe for Best Director – Drama on Sunday evening for his work on the 3D opus, “Hugo.”
Scorsese triumphed over Woody Allen, George Clooney, Alexander Payne and the perceived Oscar frontrunner, Michel Hazanavicius, director of “The Artist.”
I wonder. Does this mean the Oscars are a two-horse race? It seems to be that way. Which is fine. We could use a little drama in the race at this stage, just to keep it interesting.
And the Globes trudge on and on …
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- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: The excellent “A Separation” won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Feature on Sunday evening.
It defeated “The Flowers Of War” (China), Angelina Jolie’s “In The Land Of Blood And Honey” (United States), “The Kid With A Bike” (Belgium), and Pedro Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In” (Spain).
Right now, “A Separation” seems like the film to beat at the Oscars. We can only hope.
And the Globes trudge on …
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- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Woody Allen won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay on Sunday evening for his “Midnight in Paris” script.
It triumphed over Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash’s “The Descendants,” George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon’s “The Ides Of March” and Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkinc and Steven Zaillian’s “Moneyball” (which really should have won).
Woody, of course, wasn’t there to accept.
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- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures Of Tintin” won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature on Sunday evening.
It defeated “Arthur Christmas,” “Cars 2,” “Puss In Boots” and “Rango.”
For continued Golden Globes coverage throughout the evening, keep visiting HollywoodNews.com’s Awards Alley.
Awards Alley brings you the best Oscar coverage. Click below to read our exclusive interviews with:
- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Ludovic Bource won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score on Sunday evening for his work on “The Artist.” It was his first win at the Globes.
His score triumphed over “W.E.” (Abel Korzeniowski), “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross), “Hugo” (Howard Shore) and “War Horse” (John Williams).
Is this the first of many wins for “The Artist” at the Globes?
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Awards Alley brings you the best Oscar coverage. Click below to read our exclusive interviews with:
- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: It’s a quiet Friday in Hollywood as the industry recuperates from the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and prepares for Sunday’s Golden Globes. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t news and analysis to be found, so let’s run through the hot topics of the day.
- In case you missed it, I break down where the race stands in the wake of the CCMAs, which has been a reliable predictor of the Oscar race in year’s past.
- My colleague, Scott Feinberg, does the same, and calls last night’s CCMA winners “the frontrunners” in their respective categories.
- Looking ahead to Sunday’s Globes, host Ricky Gervais is warming up his insult wagon, and says he has very specific targets in mind this year. Honestly, I can’t wait for his monologue. The rest of the show might be a snoozer, but Gervais is sure to have people in front of their TV sets early.
- Oscar ballots are due back today. Here are 10 surprises we could see, according to The Wrap.
- And finally, Steven Spielberg spills a few details on a “Tintin” sequel, which Peter Jackson likely would direct.
Awards Alley brings you the best Oscar coverage. Click below to read our exclusive interviews with:
- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: The 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be held tonight, Thursday, Jan. 12, on VH1 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and the frontrunner to take home the top prize is … well, your guess is as good as mine.
I’m a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. I know which movie I voted for (“Moneyball,” I don’t mind telling you). But I couldn’t tell you which movie was the clear-cut favorite to win Best Picture. It could be “The Artist.” It might be “Hugo.” “The Descendants” is possible, as is Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” or Tate Taylor’s “The Help.” But this year’s awards race has refused to define a frontrunner, the way last year’s marathon had anointed “The King’s Speech” early and then waited to see if anything could muster enough support to knock it off of its perch.
Nothing did.
The BFCA proudly claims that the CCMAs accurately predict the Oscar race, though last year we went with David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Maybe this year we’ll help solidify an Oscar campaign – particularly if our group happens to go with Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” which is the closest thing we have to a frontrunner at this stage.
Or maybe we’ll turn the race on its ear by going with a film that’s perched on the edge of the Oscar race, still hoping to get in. Like “Moneyball,” which I supported.
Tune in tonight and see which films and talents emerge victorious. We’ll have complete coverage on the site, so check back often.

Awards Alley brings you the best Oscar coverage. Click below to read our exclusive interviews with:
- Harvey Weinstein
- The cast of “The Artist.”
- Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
- Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
- Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
- David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
- Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
- Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
- Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
- Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
- Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
- Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
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By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Anyone who claims this year’s Oscar marathon has lacked drama or surprise simply has not been paying attention.
While I’m unsure whether I’m a fan of the rule change that implemented a fluid number of Best Picture nominees (and won’t pass judgment until the experiment plays out in full), I will say that the existence of mystery has made predicting the annual Oscar race that much more complicated … and, as a result, that much more exciting.
I think it’s largely believed that Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” and Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” are in the BP race. Neither film has suffered a serious setback as the guilds have been announcing their year-end nominees, and both have been bolstered by guild support.
After that, it’s pretty close to a crapshoot. Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” certainly has its supporters. So does “War Horse,” “The Help,” “Midnight in Paris” and “Moneyball.” Because we might have 10 nominees, all could get in the race. But, because we might only have five nominees, some could be left out.
A late charger in the Oscar race is David Fincher’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” which received its biggest boost when the director was part of the 5 honored by the DGA this morning. (Results can be found here.) As you can see, Fincher joins Hazanavicius, Scorsese, Payne and Woody Allen.
A prestigious list, and one the Academy could mirror. But who would that leave out? Spielberg’s not on that list, which is a true shock. Tate Taylor wasn’t recognized by DGA, though I still think “The Help” is a safe bet. Same for “Moneyball,” despite the omission of Bennett Miller. Stephen Daldry appears ready to snap his streak of Oscar-nominated features. And Fincher is collecting the right amount of love at the right time.
Fincher is a two-time Oscar nominee, and there are those who believed he should have won lats year for “The Social Network.” (Tom Hooper won the Oscar for “The King’s Speech,” instead.)
Could this be the year the Academy corrects a mistake, as the organization so often has done in the past, handing a director an Oscar for a film when they kind of deserved it for another? Yes, that’s possible. The DGA nod for Fincher certainly helps his case. Or maybe it doesn’t. This year is so wide open, predicting is maddening.
And that’s most of the fun.
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HollywoodNews.com: Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011.
The directors nominated this year for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award have each demonstrated an inspired command of the medium. The fact that their prodigious talents have been recognized by their peers is the highest honor a director can achieve,? said Hackford. ?I offer my most sincere congratulations to each of the nominees.?
The winner will be named at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
WOODY ALLEN
Midnight in Paris
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Mr. Allen?s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: Matthieu Rubin, Helen Robin
· First Assistant Director: Gil Kenny
· Second Assistant Director: Delphine Bertrand
This is Mr. Allen?s fifth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Annie Hall (1977), and was previously nominated in that category for Manhattan (1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Mr. Allen was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
DAVID FINCHER
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Mr. Fincher?s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Daniel M. Stillman
· First Assistant Director: Bob Wagner
· Second Assistant Director: Allen Kupetsky
· Production Manager (Sweden Unit): Karolina Heimburg
· Second Assistant Directors (Sweden Unit): Hanna Nilsson, Pontus Klänge
· 2nd Second Assistant Director (Sweden Unit): Niklas Sjöström
· 2nd Second Assistant Director (U.S. Unit): Maileen Williams
· Unit Production Manager (Zurich Unit): Christos Dervenis
· Unit Production Manager (U.K. Unit): Lara Baldwin
· Second Assistant Director (U.K. Unit): Paul Taylor
This is Mr. Fincher?s third DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He [...]