Date: 14th January 2013

Golden Globes: Argo scoops two awards.


Ben Affleck has won best director for his film Argo at the Golden Globe awards.

Argo (2012), set amidst the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, also won best drama.

Best actor in a drama went to Daniel Day-Lewis for his role in the biopic Lincoln, while Jessica Chastain won best actress in a drama for Zero Dark Thirty (2012).

Earlier, British singer Adele won best song for the theme to the James Bond film Skyfall (2012).

Collecting her trophy, she said: "Honestly, I've come out for a night out with my friend Ida - we're new mums - I have literally come for a night out. I was not expecting this."

Dame Maggie Smith won best supporting actress in a series for her role in Downton Abbey.

Homeland took best TV drama, with Damian Lewis winning best TV actor for his role in the series.

Quentin Tarantino, accepting the best screenplay award for his film Django Unchained (2012), said: "This is a damn surprise, and I'm happy to be surprised."

Christoph Waltz took best supporting actor for his role in the film.

But the western lost out to Argo in the best drama category along with Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Life of Pi, Ang Lee's adaption of the Yann Martel novel, and Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Amour, directed by Austria's Michael Haneke, won best foreign film.

Source: Press Release


 

 

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