69th Golden Globe Awards

69th Golden Globe Awards
Official poster
Date January 15, 2012
Site The Beverly Hilton,
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Hosted by Ricky Gervais
Highlights
Best Film: Drama The Descendants
Best Film: Musical or Comedy The Artist
Best Drama Series Homeland
Best Musical or Comedy Series Modern Family
Best Miniseries or Television movie Downton Abbey

The 69th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2011, were broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 15, 2012, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais, for the third consecutive year.[1] The musical theme for the year was composed by Yoshiki Hayashi, leader of the Japanese band X Japan.[2] The nominations were announced by Woody Harrelson, Sofía Vergara, Gerard Butler and Rashida Jones on December 15, 2011.[3] Multiple winners for the night included the silent film The Artist which won three awards and The Descendants winning two awards. Freshman television series Homeland also won two awards.[4][5]

Winners and nominees

George Clooney, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner
Meryl Streep, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner
Jean Dujardin, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner
Michelle Williams, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner
Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor winner
Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress winner
Kelsey Grammer, Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama winner
Claire Danes, Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama winner
Matt LeBlanc, Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner
Laura Dern, Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner
Idris Elba, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
Kate Winslet, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
Peter Dinklage, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner
Jessica Lange, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

These are the nominees for the 69th Golden Globe Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list.

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor Actress
Supporting Actor Supporting Actress
Best Director Best Screenplay
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Best Animated Feature Film Best Foreign Language Film

Television

Best Series
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor Actress
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Actor Actress
Best Miniseries or Television Film

Multiple nominations

Films

The following 15 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Films
6 The Artist
5 The Descendants
5 The Help
4 The Ides of March
4 Midnight in Paris
4 Moneyball
3 Albert Nobbs
3 Hugo
3 My Week with Marilyn
2 50/50
2 Bridesmaids
2 Carnage
2 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2 War Horse
2 W.E.

Television

The following 15 series received multiple nominations:

Nominations Series
4 Downton Abbey
4 Mildred Pierce
3 Boardwalk Empire
3 Cinema Verite
3 Homeland
3 The Hour
3 Modern Family
3 Too Big to Fail
2 30 Rock
2 American Horror Story
2 Boss
2 Enlightened
2 Episodes
2 Games of Thrones
2 New Girl

Multiple wins

Film

The following 2 films received multiple wins:

Wins Film
3 The Artist
2 The Descendants

Television

The following series received multiple wins:

Wins Series
2 Homeland

Presenters

See also

References

  1. "Golden Globe and Emmy Award Winner Ricky Gervais Set for the Third Consecutive Year as Host of NBC's Live Broadcast of 'The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards' on Sunday, January 15, 2012". Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. "MTV Iggy:X Japan's Yoshiki On Composing For The Golden Globe Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. "It's Nominations Time!". Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. "Golden Globe winners: Christopher Plummer, Morgan Freeman, Idris Elba and more". Washington Post. 15 January 2012.
  5. "Golden Globes 2012 – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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