Quendrith Johnson

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

It wasn’t too long ago that the words “Golden Globes” would raise the specter of litigation, corruption, and a whiff of foul play - but no more. For 2015, it looks like current President Theo Kingma has cleaned house over at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Because everything that won for 2015 looks to be incredibly legitimate to the prevailing sentiment among film critics. Even the usual detractors, as well as wry observers, of the annual Hollywood Awards Season spectacle agree… the Golden Globe 2015 choices are spot on.

For those not familiar with post-WWII founded HFPA, and its Golden Globe Awards that are voted on each year by approximately 80, 90, maybe 100 journalists worldwide, here’s a refresher in their own words.

“The precursor of today’s Golden Globes was a luncheon held in December of 1947, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, hosted by the newly formed Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association. At the luncheon, Harry M. Warner, president of Warner Brothers, was presented with a plaque in recognition of his humanitarian work as the principal sponsor of the “Friendship Train,” which left Hollywood with food, clothing and medical supplies for the needy of Europe.”

Let’s hope HFPA stick to their mandate, bylaws, and play nice from now on.

And yes, Amazon is a Studio now, go figure... Netflix paved the way, ps.

As for the Winners and Nominees of the show, here’s a complete rundown.

 

THE GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS FOR 2015, PLUS STUDIO, FILM, TV BREAKDOWN

(courtesy of HFPA)

 

 

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

 

a***

BOYHOOD

IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction; IFC Films

 

b

FOXCATCHER

Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Classic

 

c

THE IMITATION GAME

Black Bear Pictures and Bristol Automotive; The Weinstein Company

 

d

SELMA

Pathé, Harpo Films; Paramount Pictures

 

e

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Working Title Films; Focus Features

 

 

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

 

a

JENNIFER ANISTON

CAKE

 

b

FELICITY JONES

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

 

c***

JULIANNE MOORE

STILL ALICE

 

d

ROSAMUND PIKE

GONE GIRL

 

e

REESE WITHERSPOON

WILD

 

 

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

 

a

STEVE CARELL

FOXCATCHER

 

b

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

THE IMITATION GAME

 

c

JAKE GYLLENHAAL

NIGHTCRAWLER

 

d

DAVID OYELOWO

SELMA

 

e***

EDDIE REDMAYNE

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

 

 

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a

BIRDMAN

New Regency and M Productions and Le Grisbi Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures

 

b***

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

American Empirical Picture; Fox Searchlight Pictures

 

c

INTO THE WOODS

Disney; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

 

d

PRIDE

Pathé Productions Limited, British Broadcasting Corporation, The British Film Institute and Calamity Films; CBS Films Inc.

 

e

ST. VINCENT

Chernin Entertainment; The Weinstein Company

 

 

 

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a***

AMY ADAMS

BIG EYES

 

b

EMILY BLUNT

INTO THE WOODS

 

c

HELEN MIRREN

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

 

d

JULIANNE MOORE

MAPS TO THE STARS

 

e

QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS

ANNIE

 

 

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a

RALPH FIENNES

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

 

b***

MICHAEL KEATON

BIRDMAN

 

c

BILL MURRAY

ST. VINCENT

 

d

JOAQUIN PHOENIX

INHERENT VICE

 

e

CHRISTOPH WALTZ

BIG EYES

 

 

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

 

a

BIG HERO 6

Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

 

b

THE BOOK OF LIFE

Twentieth Century Fox and Reel FX Animation Studios; Twentieth Century Fox

 

c

THE BOXTROLLS

LAIKA; Focus Features

 

d***

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

DreamWorks Animation; Twentieth Century Fox

 

e

THE LEGO MOVIE

Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / RatPac-Dune Entertainment / Lego System A/S / Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

 

 

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

 

a

FORCE MAJEURE

(SWEDEN)

(Turist)

Plattform Produktion AB

 

b

GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM 

(ISRAEL)

Gett

DBG, Elzévir & Compagnie, Riva Filmproduktion, Arte France Cinéma; Music Box Films

 

c

IDA

(POLAND/DENMARK)

Phoenix Film; Opus Film; Music Box Films

 

d***

LEVIATHAN

(RUSSIA)

(Левиафан)

Non-Stop Production, Ministry of Culture of the

Russian Federation of the Cinema Funds, RuArts

Foundation; Sony Pictures Classics

 

e

TANGERINES

(ESTONIA)

(Mandariinid)

Allfilm, Cinema24

 

 

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

 

a***

PATRICIA ARQUETTE

BOYHOOD

 

b

JESSICA CHASTAIN

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

 

c

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

THE IMITATION GAME

 

d

EMMA STONE

BIRDMAN

 

e

MERYL STREEP

INTO THE WOODS

 

 

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

 

a

ROBERT DUVALL

THE JUDGE

 

b

ETHAN HAWKE

BOYHOOD

 

c

EDWARD NORTON

BIRDMAN

 

d

MARK RUFFALO

FOXCATCHER

 

e***

J.K. SIMMONS

WHIPLASH

 

 

11. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

 

a

WES ANDERSON

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

 

b

AVA DUVERNAY

SELMA

 

c

DAVID FINCHER

GONE GIRL

 

d

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

BIRDMAN

 

e***

RICHARD LINKLATER

BOYHOOD

 

 

12. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

 

a

WES ANDERSON

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

 

b

GILLIAN FLYNN

GONE GIRL

 

c***

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ

IÑÁRRITU, NICOLÁS GIACOBONE,

ALEXANDER DINELARIS,

ARMANDO BO

BIRDMAN

 

d

RICHARD LINKLATER

BOYHOOD

 

e

GRAHAM MOORE

THE IMITATION GAME

 

 

13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

 

a

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT

THE IMITATION GAME

 

b***

JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

 

c

TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS

GONE GIRL

 

d

ANTONIO SANCHEZ

BIRDMAN

 

e

HANS ZIMMER

INTERSTELLAR

 

 

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

 

a

“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES

Music by: Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath

Lyrics by: Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath

 

b***

“GLORY” — SELMA

Music by: John Legend, Common

Lyrics by: John Legend, Common

 

c

“MERCY IS” — NOAH

Music by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye

Lyrics by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye

 

d

“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE

Music by: Greg Kurstin, Sia

Lyrics by: Sia, Will Gluck

 

e

“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” - THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1

Music by: Joel Little, Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) 

Lyrics by: Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor)

15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

 

TV GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS 2015

 

a***

THE AFFAIR

SHOWTIME

SHOWTIME Presents, SHELEG, HIGLEWATER

 

b

DOWNTON ABBEY

PBS

A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBCUniversal

 

c

GAME OF THRONES

HBO

HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead;

Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions

 

d

THE GOOD WIFE

CBS

CBS Television Studios with Scott Free Productions and King

Size Productions

 

e

HOUSE OF CARDS

NETFLIX

Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix

 

 

 

16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

 

a

CLAIRE DANES

HOMELAND

 

b

VIOLA DAVIS

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

 

c

JULIANNA MARGULIES

THE GOOD WIFE

 

d***

RUTH WILSON

THE AFFAIR

 

e

ROBIN WRIGHT

HOUSE OF CARDS

 

 

17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

 

a

CLIVE OWEN

THE KNICK

 

b

LIEV SCHREIBER

RAY DONOVAN

 

c***

KEVIN SPACEY

HOUSE OF CARDS

 

d

JAMES SPADER

THE BLACKLIST

 

e

DOMINIC WEST

THE AFFAIR

 

 

18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a

GIRLS

HBO

HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and

I Am Jenni Konner Productions

 

b

JANE THE VIRGIN

THE CW

CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television in association

with Electus

 

c

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

NETFLIX

Lionsgate Television for Netflix

 

d

SILICON VALLEY

HBO

HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec

Berg, Altschuler Krinsky works, and 3 Arts Entertainment

 

e***

TRANSPARENT

AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO

Amazon Studios

 

 

19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a

LENA DUNHAM

GIRLS

 

b

EDIE FALCO

NURSE JACKIE

 

c

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS

VEEP

 

d***

GINA RODRIGUEZ

JANE THE VIRGIN

 

e

TAYLOR SCHILLING

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

 

 

20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

 

a

LOUIS C. K.

LOUIE

 

b

DON CHEADLE

HOUSE OF LIES

 

c

RICKY GERVAIS

DEREK

 

d

WILLIAM H. MACY

SHAMELESS

 

e***

JEFFREY TAMBOR

TRANSPARENT

 

 

21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

 

a***

FARGO

FX

FX Productions & MGM Television

 

b

THE MISSING

STARZ

New Pictures, Company Pictures, Two Brothers Pictures,

Playground Entertainment, BBC

 

c

THE NORMAL HEART

HBO

HBO Films in association with Plan B Entertainment,

Blumhouse and Ryan Murphy Productions

 

d

OLIVE KITTERIDGE

HBO

HBO Miniseries in association with Playtone

 

e

TRUE DETECTIVE

HBO

HBO Entertainment in association with Neon Black,

Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger

 

 

22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

 

a***

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

THE HONORABLE WOMAN

 

b

JESSICA LANGE

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

 

c

FRANCES MCDORMAND

OLIVE KITTERIDGE

 

d

FRANCES O’CONNOR

THE MISSING

 

e

ALLISON TOLMAN

FARGO

 

 

23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

 

a

MARTIN FREEMAN

FARGO

 

b

WOODY HARRELSON

TRUE DETECTIVE

 

c

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY

TRUE DETECTIVE

 

d

MARK RUFFALO

THE NORMAL HEART

 

e***

BILLY BOB THORNTON

FARGO

 

 

24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

 

a

UZO ADUBA

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

 

b

KATHY BATES

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

 

c***

JOANNE FROGGATT

DOWNTON ABBEY

 

d

ALLISON JANNEY

MOM

 

e

MICHELLE MONAGHAN

TRUE DETECTIVE

 

 

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

 

a***

MATT BOMER

THE NORMAL HEART

 

b

ALAN CUMMING

THE GOOD WIFE

 

c

COLIN HANKS

FARGO

 

d

BILL MURRAY

OLIVE KITTERIDGE

 

e

JON VOIGHT

RAY DONOVAN

 

 

NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR & TV NETWORK

MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR

 

FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES – 12
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY – 10
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS – 6
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX – 6
FOCUS FEATURES – 5
IFC FILMS – 5
PARAMOUNT PICTURES – 5
Walt Disney STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES – 4
WARNER BROS. PICTURES – 4
MUSIC BOX FILMS – 2
SONY PICTURES RELEASING – 2
A24 – 1
CBS FILMS INC. – 1
CINELOU FILMS – 1
ENTERTAINMENT ONE – 1
FOCUS WORLD – 1
LIONSGATE – 1
MAGNOLIA PICTURES – 1
OPEN ROAD FILMS – 1
TOUCHSTONE PICTURES – 1

TELEVISION NETWORK
HBO – 15
SHOWTIME – 9
FX – 8
NETFLIX – 7
CBS – 4
AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO – 2
PBS – 2
STARZ – 2
THE CW – 2
ABC – 1
CINEMAX – 1
NBC – 1
SUNDANCETV – 1

 

NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION SERIES OR PROGRAM MOTION PICTURE

 

BIRDMAN – 7
BOYHOOD – 5
THE IMITATION GAME – 5
GONE GIRL – 4
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – 4
SELMA – 4
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – 4
BIG EYES – 3
FOXCATCHER – 3
INTO THE WOODS – 3
ANNIE – 2
ST. VINCENT – 2
A MOST VOILENT YEAR – 1
BIG HERO 6 – 1
THE BOOK OF LIFE – 1
THE BOXTROLLS – 1
CAKE – 1
FORCE MAJEURE TURIST – 1
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM – 1
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 – 1
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY – 1
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 – 1
IDA – 1
INHERENT VICE – 1
INTERSTELLAR – 1
THE JUDGE – 1
THE LEGO MOVIE – 1
LEVIATHAN – 1
MAPS TO THE STARS – 1
NIGHTCRAWLER – 1
NOAH – 1
PRIDE – 1
STILL ALICE – 1
TANGERINES MANDARIINID – 1
WHIPLASH – 1
WILD – 1

 

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