‘The Artist’ gets Golden Globes Oscar boost

16/01/12 16:45 CET

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The biggest movie stars from around the world hit the red carpet for the 2012 Golden Globes, the

accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association; picks that are closely looked at come the Oscars.

‘The Artist’ was the most-nominated film coming into the Golden Globes, and won three out of the six awards it was up for, including best comedy or musical film, best actor in that category for Jean Dujardin, and best original film score.

Alexander Payne’s ‘The Descendants’ won two Golden Globe trophies, including top honour of best dramatic movie and another for George Clooney as best actor.

Michelle Williams took the trophy for best actress in a comedy or musical with her role as Marilyn Monroe in ‘My Week with Marilyn’.

In her acceptance speech Williams said, “I consider myself a mother first and an actress second. The person I most want to thank is my daughter, my little girl,” referring to her child with the late actor Heath Ledger

Other key winners included Meryl Streep for best actress in a film drama with her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’.

Iranian film ‘A Separation’ was named best foreign language film, and its director, Ashgar Farhadi, used the opportunity to tell world audiences that “my people. I think they are a truly peace-loving people”.

‘A Separation’ deals with one of the central themes in modern Iran, to stay, or to go? Stay, and do your duty, or leave for the promise of a better future?

Among the other prizes, Woody Allen was given a Golden Globe for his screenplay for ‘Midnight in Paris’ and Steven Spielberg won the best animated film award with his rollicking ‘The Adventures of Tintin’.