2015 Golden Globe Winners

Hosted by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, the 2015 Golden Globe Awards were given out last night.  Here is the full list of winners:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BOYHOOD – Well deserved winner of Best Picture (Drama) and no surprise!
FOXCATCHER
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JENNIFER ANISTON CAKE
FELICITY JONES THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
JULIANNE MOORE STILL ALICE – Again, no surprise and fully deserved.
ROSAMUND PIKE GONE GIRL
REESE WITHERSPOON WILD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
STEVE CARELL FOXCATCHER
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH THE IMITATION GAME
JAKE GYLLENHAAL NIGHTCRAWLER
DAVID OYELOWO SELMA
EDDIE REDMAYNE THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – A bit of a surprise, but not undeserved.  Was hoping for Jake, expecting David, but fully supportive of Eddie’s win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BIRDMAN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Total Shocker!  I fully thought this was Birdman‘s for the taking!  While I love The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman is just a bit more special.
INTO THE WOODS
PRIDE
ST. VINCENT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
AMY ADAMS BIG EYES – Julianne should have won this one too, but we can’t give her all the awards (I guess).
EMILY BLUNT INTO THE WOODS
HELEN MIRREN THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
JULIANNE MOORE MAPS TO THE STARS
QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS ANNIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
RALPH FIENNES THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN – Obvi.
BILL MURRAY ST. VINCENT
JOAQUIN PHOENIX INHERENT VICE
CHRISTOPH WALTZ BIG EYES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BIG HERO 6
THE BOOK OF LIFE
THE BOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 – WHAT??? The Lego Movie is one of the top films of the year, not even restricted to the animation category!?  Also, Big Hero 6 is fantastic.  Argh…
THE LEGO MOVIE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
FORCE MAJEURE TURIST (SWEDEN)
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL)
IDA (POLAND/DENMARK)
LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA) – Called it!
TANGERINES MANDARIINID (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
PATRICIA ARQUETTE BOYHOOD – 100% behind this!
JESSICA CHASTAIN A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY THE IMITATION GAME
EMMA STONE BIRDMAN
MERYL STREEP INTO THE WOODS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE
ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD
EDWARD NORTON BIRDMAN
MARK RUFFALO FOXCATCHER
J.K. SIMMONS WHIPLASH – Also 100% behind this, but was wondering if Ed Norton would have swooped in for his Birdman performance.

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
AVA DUVERNAY SELMA
DAVID FINCHER GONE GIRL
ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN
RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD – Unsurprising, fully deserved.  Who else spends over 12 years making a movie with such amazing results!?

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
GILLIAN FLYNN GONE GIRL
ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN – Gotta give Birdman the film SOMETHING besides Best Actor!
RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD
GRAHAM MOORE THE IMITATION GAME

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE IMITATION GAME
JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Weird.  Was hoping for Birdman here too.
TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS GONE GIRL
ANTONIO SANCHEZ BIRDMAN
HANS ZIMMER INTERSTELLAR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES
“GLORY” — SELMA – Gotta give Selma something I guess…
“MERCY IS” — NOAH
“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE
“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE AFFAIR – I don’t even know what this show is.
DOWNTON ABBEY
GAME OF THRONES
THE GOOD WIFE
HOUSE OF CARDS NETFLIX

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
CLAIRE DANES HOMELAND
VIOLA DAVIS HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
JULIANNA MARGULIES THE GOOD WIFE
RUTH WILSON THE AFFAIR – Apparently The Affair is pretty good!  And Ruth Wilson & Michelle Monaghan are two different people!
ROBIN WRIGHT HOUSE OF CARDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
CLIVE OWEN THE KNICK
LIEV SCHREIBER RAY DONOVAN
KEVIN SPACEY HOUSE OF CARDS – 8th time’s a charm for Spacey who finally takes home a Golden Globe!
JAMES SPADER THE BLACKLIST
DOMINIC WEST THE AFFAIR

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
GIRLS
JANE THE VIRGIN
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
SILICON VALLEY
TRANSPARENT – Some of the other shows on here are better than Transparent, but politically speaking I guess this is more meaningful?

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL
LENA DUNHAM GIRLS
EDIE FALCO NURSE JACKIE
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS VEEP
GINA RODRIGUEZ JANE THE VIRGIN – Does anyone even know who this is? Why not Dunham??
TAYLOR SCHILLING ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
LOUIS C. K. LOUIE
DON CHEADLE HOUSE OF LIES
RICKY GERVAIS DEREK
WILLIAM H. MACY SHAMELESS
JEFFREY TAMBOR TRANSPARENT – Excellent performance by Tambor and well deserved!

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
FARGO – They got it right!  I thought they would’ve perhaps gone True Detective, but no, the right choice was made.
THE MISSING
THE NORMAL HEART
OLIVE KITTERIDGE
TRUE DETECTIVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL THE HONORABLE WOMAN – Meh.  I prefer Frances & Allison.
JESSICA LANGE AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
FRANCES MCDORMAND OLIVE KITTERIDGE
FRANCES O’CONNOR THE MISSING
ALLISON TOLMAN FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MARTIN FREEMAN FARGO
WOODY HARRELSON TRUE DETECTIVE
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY TRUE DETECTIVE
MARK RUFFALO THE NORMAL HEART
BILLY BOB THORNTON FARGO – Wowzers! Billy Bob beat McConaughey!  I was hoping for Freeman personally.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
UZO ADUBA ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
KATHY BATES AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
JOANNE FROGGATT DOWNTON ABBEY – Yawn, but sociologically relevant storyline.
ALLISON JANNEY MOM
MICHELLE MONAGHAN TRUE DETECTIVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MATT BOMER THE NORMAL HEART – I saw this movie and I couldn’t tell you who this guy is!
ALAN CUMMING THE GOOD WIFE
COLIN HANKS FARGO
BILL MURRAY OLIVE KITTERIDGE
JON VOIGHT RAY DONOVAN

Once again proving that The Golden Globes are completely irrelevant.  Bring on The Oscars!