Some Surprises at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
January 14 2013 12:31 AM ET UPDATED: January 14 2013 10:45 AM ET
Jodie Foster's coming out/retirement speech wasn't the only surprise during Sunday's Golden Globes awards. While Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award for drama for Lincoln, the film penned by gay writer Tony Kushner was largely shut out of the awards. And that's even after a surprise appearance from former President Bill Clinton, who introduced the film, which was nominated for the motion picture award.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got high marks for their co-hosting gig. The duo inhabited a series of costumes as faux nominees and after Clinton received a standing ovation Poehler gushed, "Wow, what a special guest. That was Hillary Clinton's husband."
Among the award winners:
Director, Motion Picture: Ben Affleck, Argo
TV Series, Comedy: Girls
Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Les Misérables
Actress in Motion Picture, Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Actor in Motion Picture, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (Day-Lewis said living every day without the wealth of language from Kushner reminds him of the impoverishment of his own. Lewis has had LGBT fans since his early role as a gay man in My Beautiful Laundrette.)
Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
TV Movie or Miniseries: Game Change
Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Lena Dunham, Girls (A shaky but jubilant Dunham said, "This award is for every woman who felt like there wasn't a space for her. This show has made a space for me.")
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Jodie Foster (Read her acceptance speech, which was both a coming out speech and a goodbye nod to retirement.)
Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Julianne Moore, Game Change
Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Damian Lewis, Homeland
TV Series, Drama: Homeland
Original Score, Motion Picture: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi (Life of Pi was directed by Ang Lee, who also directed the gay classic Brokeback Mountain.)
Original Song, Motion Picture: "Skyfall" by Adele & Paul Epworth (Adele said, "It's very strange to be here, thank you for letting me be a part of your world for a night, it's amazing.")
Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Ed Harris, Game Change
Supporting Actress in Motion Picture: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Screenplay, Motion Picture: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Actor in TV Series, Comedy: Don Cheadle, House of Lies (In Lies, Cheadle plays the father of a gender variant kid, among other things.)
Foreign-Language Film: Amour
Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland
Animated Feature Film: Brave (Remember, many critics said the heroine in this film is a young lesbian, she just doesn't have need to come out yet.)
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