Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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Dreamgirls wins big at the Golden Globes

Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy both take home acting awards

It was a dream-making night for onetime American Idol contestant Jennfier Hudson, who kicked off the Golden Globes with a win for her role in Dreamgirls.

"I had always dreamed, but I never ever dreamed this big," Hudson said as she accepted her best supporting actress trophy. "This goes far beyond anything I could have ever imagined."

It turned into a big night for the film, which took the best movie (musical or comedy) category and best supporting actor trophy for Eddie Murphy. "Wow," he said. "I'll be damned."

Sacha Baron Cohen won best actor for Borat – and gave the best acceptance speech as he described getting up close and personal with his costar's "wrinkled golden globes" in the film's naked wrestling scene.

Top drama winners included Helen Mirren (best actress for The Queen), Babel, (best drama) and Forest Whitaker (best actor for The Kind of Scotland). In comedy, America Ferrera won for her lead role in ABC's Ugly Betty, which also took home the TV comedy prize, and Meryl Streep earned a trophy for The Devil Wears Prada.

NOMINEES & WINNERS

TV DRAMA SERIES

Big Love
WINNER Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
Lost
24

TV DRAMA SERIES ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, Medium
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Evangeline Lily, Lost
Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy
WINNER Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

TV DRAMA SERIES ACTOR

Patrick Dempsey, Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
WINNER Hugh Laurie, House
Bill Paxton, Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

TV COMEDY SERIES

Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
WINNER Ugly Betty
Weeds

TV COMEDY SERIES ACTRESS

Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
WINNER America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

TV COMEDY SERIES ACTOR

WINNER Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Zach Braff, Scrubs
Steve Carell, The Office
Jason Lee, My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub, Monk

BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA

WINNER Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

BEST MOTION PICTURE COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
WINNER Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE DRAMA

Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
WINNER Helen Mirren, The Queen
Kate Winslet, Little Children

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE DRAMA

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
WINNER Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Annette Bening, Running With Scissors
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Beyoncé Knowles, Dreamgirls
WINNER Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger, Miss Potter

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL

WINNER 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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
WINNER Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
WINNER Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Brad Pitt, Babel
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood, Flags Of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Babel
WINNER Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

WINNER Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Apocalypto (USA)
WINNER Letters From Iwo Jima (USA/Japan)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Volver (Spain)