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MUMBAI:
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the
winners of the 65th edition of the Golden Globe Awards.
Mad
Men and HBO's show Extras won for best television
drama and comedy, respectively. The announcement was made
during a half-hour press conference. The normally televised
three-hour show was cancelled on account of the Writers Guild
of America (WGA) strike.
Mad
Men airs on US cable network AMC. It takes place in 1960
at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on New
York City's Madison Avenue and centres on a high-level advertising
executive and the people in his life in and out of the office.
It also depicts the changing social mores of early 1960s America.
Its star Jon Hamm also picked up an award.
Glenn
Close picked up an award for her portrayal of a lawyer in
Damages. The award for best miniseries or film made
for television went to Longford. The film centres around
Labour Party peer Lord Longford and his campaign for the parole
of Moors murderer Myra Hindley.
On
the film side, Atonement and Sweeney Todd picked
up awards for best drama and comedy, respectively. British
thespians Daniel Day Lewis and Julie Christie picked up awards
for their dramatic performances in There Will Be Blood
and Away From Her, respectively. Johnny Depp won in
the comedy or musical category for his work in the musical
Sweeney Todd. The French-US co-prduction Diving
Bell and the Butterfly won best foreign film Globe. Its
director Julian Schnabel was also honoured.
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