The Golden Globes are seen as the measure of what will do well or otherwise at the Big One, The Academy Awards, held towards the end of February. Her is a brief run down what won in the movie categories. The Television section has been omitted as it’s not really relevant here.

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THE WINNERS

• LES MISERABLES – 3
• ARGO – 2
• DJANGO UNCHAINED – 2
• AMOUR – 1
• BRAVE – 1
• LIFE OF PI – 1
• LINCOLN – 1
• SILVER LINING PLAYBOOK – 1
• SKYFALL – 1
• ZERO DARK THIRTY – 1

BEST PICTURE – DRAMA

ARGO, (Ben Afleck)

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Jessica Chastain – (ZERO DARK THIRTY)

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Daniel Day-Lewis – (LINCOLN)

BEST PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

LES MISERABLES (Tom Hooper)

BEST ACTRESS – MUSIC OR COMEDY

Jennifer Lawrence – (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK)

BEST ACTOR – MUSIC OR COMEDY

Hugh Jackman – (LES MISERABLES)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BRAVE (Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman)

BEST FOREIN LANGUAGE FILM

AMOUR (AUSTRIA) (Michael Haneke)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway – (LES MISERABLES)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christoph Waltz – (DJANGO UNCHAINED)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Quentin Tarantino – (DJANGO UNCHAINED)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Mychael Danna – (LIFE OF PI)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“SKYFALL” – (SKYFALL) Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth & Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth

So far so good as for my Oscar predictions, with Lincoln (Steven Spielberg) failing to steal the show, but receiving one Globe for Danial Day Lewis’s performance of the doomed President. Anne Hathaway won her’s for Les Miserables (Tom Hooper), but Life Of Pi (Ang Lee) didn’t do as well as I would have thought. Besides Les Miserables, with 3 Golden Globes, there was no clear winner as such, and I suspect that this is a trend which will spill over into the Academy Awards.

Argo (Ben Afleck) was a clear favourite and I was glad to see Adele winning with “Skyfall” and that Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino) won more than I though that it would.