'Boyhood' wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

'Boyhood' wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

MUMBAI:  Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' walked away with top awards at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, including the best drama, best director and best supporting actress.

 

Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the glamorous evening was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third consecutive and final time. Produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Golden Globe Awards 2015 honoured the best in film and American television of 2014.

 

The first award of the night went to JK Simmons for best supporting actor for his performance as a domineering jazz teacher in the acclaimed indie 'Whiplash'.

 

Amy Adams accepted the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for her performance in 'Big Eyes' while Michael Keaton, who played a former superhero star mounting a serious play on Broadway, won the best actor in a comedy or musical for 'Birdman'.

 

'Birdman' also won the best screenplay award while The DreamWorks sequel 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' took best animated film.

 

Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' won the best picture, comedy or musical while the Stephen Hawking biopic 'The Theory of Everything' won best score for Johann Johannsson, and the Russian entry 'Leviathan' took best foreign language film.

 

Eddie Redmayne won the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture, drama, for portraying Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything' while Julianne Moore took the best dramatic actress award for playing a professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's in 'Still Alice'.

 

The Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award went to George Clooney.

 

Here is the full list of winners:

 

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Boyhood

 

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

Best TV Series, Drama

The Affair

 

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Transparent

 

Best Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Fargo

 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Michael Keaton, Birdman

 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Amy Adams, Big Eyes

 

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

 

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Ruth Wilson, The Affair

 

Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

 

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

 

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Billy Bob Thortnon, Fargo

 

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

 

Best Director, Motion Picture

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

 

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Birdman

 

Best Foreign-Language Feature

Leviathan (Russia)

 

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2

 

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

"Glory," Selma

 

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

The Theory of Everything