GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - 12 YEARS AND HUSTLE ON TOP

The HFPA couldn't choose between the top three Oscar contenders in the end and so split their top three awards between them. It looked unlikely that 12 Years a Slave could win Best Picture after it lost out in six other categories, but the old truth that the HFPA loves their most-nominated films continued. In the Musical or Comedy categories, American Hustle was more successful, winning for both of its leading female actors, and Dallas Buyers Club won for both of its leading male actors. On a night where the Cecil B. DeMille award went to Woody Allen, the star of his latest film Blue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett, won her third Golden Globe.

Best Picture - Drama

12 Years a Slave

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

American Hustle

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Drama

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Drama

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Screenplay

Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Original Score

Alex Ebert (All Is Lost)

Best Original Song

Bono, Brian Burton, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. - 'Ordinary Love' (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Animated Film

Frozen

Best Foreign Language Film

The Great Beauty

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Woody Allen

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS LED BY 12 YEARS AND AMERICAN HUSTLE

To the majority of audiences, the Golden Globes are the second-most prestigious film awards of the year. To the rest of us, they're not. Just when it looked like American Hustle wasn't living up to expectations set by the NYFCC, along comes the HFPA with seven nominations for David O. Russell's film, including one for each of its four leads. In the drama categories, 12 Years a Slave matches it, and considering the HFPA's tendency to give out Best Picture prizes to the most-nominated films, I'd say we have our two frontrunners! Also noteworthy: Lee Daniels' The Butler is shut out entirely, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom scores three nominations, entering the race with some impact, The Wolf of Wall Street looks to still be suffering from a lack of visibility with voters, and the comedy / musical categories are as strong as they have been for years, overall, mostly due to a lack of actual musicals or comedies in the lineup.

Best Picture – Drama

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Philomena

Rush

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

American Hustle

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)

Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Alexander Payne (Nebraska)

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Drama

Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Joaquin Phoenix (Her)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Drama

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Kate Winslet (Labour Day)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)

Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Daniel Brühl (Rush)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

AMERICAN HUSTLE IS A COMEDY, ACCORDING TO THE HFPA

Their awards, their rules. David O. Russell's American Hustle doesn't look like a comedy, but that's not what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association thinks. They've seen the whole film, though. But it's official - the film will compete for Golden Globes in the Musical / Comedy category, meaning that it will face far weaker competition and will likely score more nominations and awards as a result, thus strengthening its chances in the Oscar race. Dunno if this is Columbia's doing or the HFPA's. It'll probably work in both groups' favour. Columbia could probably do with having a little extra publicity generated for their big awards contender after spending so much money on so much shit this year.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON INELIGIBLE FOR GOLDEN GLOBES

The jury at the Rome Film Festival may have liked her voice performance in Spike Jonze's Her so much that they saw fit to award her their Best Actress prize, but the HFPA aren't so keen. Since they didn't get the chance to ogle at ScarJo's bits and bobs like they're used to (and remember, this is the group that nominated her four times, even for A Love Song for Bobby Long lol), they're not interested. But she's ScarJo, so she'll probably still get an invite to their ceremony so she can appear on their red carpet. I hope she shits all over it.

GOLDEN GLOBE CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD TO GO TO WOODY ALLEN

'Talented individuals who have made an incredible impact on the world of entertainment'. Not the HFPA, but the recipients of their annual Cecil B. DeMille award. This coming year, that'll be writer-director-actor Woody Allen. There's no doubt, despite all his shortcomings (as a filmmaker, not as a human being, that's irrelevant), that the above description applies to Mr. Konigsberg. Since 2000, the HFPA have been bestowing this honour on Hollywood legends, including filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Last year's award went to Jodie Foster. Will Woody be able to top her acceptance speech? Will he even turn up?