‘Boyhood,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ win Golden Globe Awards

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel have won Golden Globes for best picture.

Boyhood, a drama directed by Richard Linklater, follows the life of one boy, played by sensitive newcomer Ellar Coltrane. It was filmed over 12 years, a much-acclaimed feat that provides a unique perspective on the evolution of a family. The film also stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.

Arquette and Linklater also won Globes Sunday night.

Other nominees included The Imitation Game, Selma, Foxcatcher and The Theory of Everything.

The Grand Budapest Hotel won the Golden Globe for best picture, musical or comedy.

Directed by Wes Anderson, the film is a visually sumptuous concoction starring Ralph Fiennes – displaying admirable comic chops – as the pompous concierge of an Eastern European resort between the two world wars.

The other nominees were: Birdman, Into the Woods, Pride, and St. Vincent.

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Eddie Redmayne has the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama for The Theory of Everything.

Redmayne plays the real-life role of brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking, who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. The actor has been praised for his skillful depiction of Hawking’s gradual physical decline, eventually using only his eyes and a crooked smile to express what’s inside Hawking’s mind.

Michael Keaton won for best actor in a musical or comedy for Birdman.

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Keaton, in a career-topping performance, plays an aging movie actor trying to exorcise his superhero past – and jumpstart his fading career – by putting on a serious Broadway play.

Julianne Moore won the award for best actress in a drama for Still Alice.

In the most acclaimed performance by an actress this awards season, Moore gives a heart-rending portrayal of a vibrant and ambitious Columbia University professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Amy Adams won her second consecutive Golden Globe — this time for her role in Big Eyes.

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George Clooney accepted a lifetime achievement award by honoring others – his Hollywood colleagues, his new wife and millions who marched in the wake of attacks in France last week.

The veteran actor who moved from ER into movies was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honour that has gone to the likes of Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Alfred Hitchcock and, in recent years, to Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman and Robert DeNiro. He was introduced by two former co-workers, Julianne Margulies and Don Cheadle.

“You’ve always been very kind to me,” he said, addressing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has nominated Clooney in more Golden Globe categories than any person. “I thank you for keeping small films alive. Big ones do fine. It’s the little ones that need an audience.”

The newlywed actor’s wife, Amal Alamuddin, watched from the audience.

“It’s a humbling thing when you find someone to love,” Clooney said, looking out at her. “Even better when you’ve been waiting your whole life.”

He recalled how actors who are nominated but don’t win awards can go home feeling like losers and reminded those in the audience that they aren’t.

“If you are in this room, you’ve caught the brass ring,” he said. “You’ve gotten to do what you’ve always dreamed of doing. That isn’t losing.”

Clooney wore a “Je Suis Charlie” button on his tuxedo lapel in support of the French satirical magazine that was targeted by gunmen in France last week. He saluted the millions of people who honoured the victims by marching in the street this weekend.

“They didn’t march in protest,” Clooney said. “They marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear.”

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Here are the winners of the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards:

MOVIES

Picture, Drama: Boyhood

Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Actor, Drama: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Actress, Drama: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Michael Keaton, Birdman

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, Big Eyes

Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Foreign Language: Leviathan

Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

TELEVISION

Series, Drama: The Affair

Actor, Drama: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Actress, Drama: Ruth Wilson, The Affair

Series, Musical or Comedy: Transparent

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Miniseries or Movie: Fargo

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart