The Golden Globes were handed out last Sunday. This year's crop of winners offered an interesting mix of buzz coming true and bold wisdom on the part of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
For the awards on the film side, there was little surprise to be had. \Chicago"" and ""The Hours"" were both favorites going in, receiving the two highest tallies of nominations. Sure enough, the Globes, with their funny category divisions, allowed both to win best picture, for musical or comedy and drama, respectively. Nicole Kidman took home the best actress award for ""The Hours,"" while Renee Zellweger won the musical equivalent for ""Chicago,"" joining her male counterpart Richard Gere in victory.
Meanwhile, Jack Nicholson was honored with a well-deserved best actor nod for his work in ""About Schmidt."" Chris Cooper received the best supporting actor trophy for ""Adaptation,"" which was also not much of a surprise. The only real shame is that Daniel Day-Lewis was nominated for best actor, not best supporting actor. Real justice would have been for Day-Lewis and Nicholson to both be honored. Nonetheless, Cooper was deserving.
For behind-the-scenes awards, Martin Scorcese was rewarded as best director for his epic ""Gangs of New York,"" which came after years of attempting to get the movie made, resulting in a visually stunning movie. Alexander Payne was deservedly honored for the screenplay he wrote, adapted from Jim Taylor's novel for ""About Schmidt."" Rounding out the movie awards, Pedro Almodovar's ""Talk To Her"" won for best foreign film, while U2 won best original song for ""The Hands That Built America.""
On the TV side of the show, most of the awards landed in the laps of cable shows. FX's brilliant cop drama ""The Shield"" was rewarded with best drama, while its leading man, Michael Chiklis, was awarded the best actor award. Meanwhile, HBO's ""Curb your Enthusiasm"" won best comedy, Edie Falco of HBO's ""The Sopranos"" won best actress in a drama, and Tony Shalhoub was named best comedic actor for his role in USA's ""The Monk."" Jennifer Aniston was the big exception to the cable rule, winning best comedic actress for her role in ""Friends.""
