Golden Globes'13: a playful ceremony

• Five-star momentum by hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who deserved a Golden Globe themselves.
• European art-house film director Michele Haneke was handled the Globe for Best Foreign Feature by the hands of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Lincoln didn't win this war at all, except for Daniel Day-Lewis. Instead major categories went to Les Miserábles and Argo (thumbs up to Ben Affleck) although they both missed the writing trophy.
• Ben Affleck evoked the absent Paul Thomas Anderson: "(...) I want to thank the many talented people that weren't nominated. Paul Thomas Anderson who's like, I think, Orson Welles. There are so many others."
• One of the best moments of the night, the only person more surprised than you and me to hear "And the Golden Globe [for Best Screenplay] goes to... Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained." was Quentin Tarantino himself. Christoph Waltz mirrored his 2010 win with Inglorious Basterds.

• Lena Dunham and Girls took Best Actress, Comedy and Best Series, Comedy home the night season two premiered. Homeland swept off Best Series, Drama and Lewis and Danes went along. The actress confessed during the second season "Carrie was actually carrying [a baby]".
• Jodie Foster gave a passionate speech, where she kind of came out for the first time in public and spoke about how she values privacy after 47 years in the movie business that turned her life into a reality show. Led everybody to tears when she addressed her sons, her mother and Cydney Bernard, "my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life".

 My picks and the results:

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)

Argo

Alternative: Lincoln

BEST PICTURE (COMEDY)

Silver Linings Playbook

Alternative: Les Miserábles

BEST SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio ("Argo")
Alternative: David O. Russel ("Silver Linings Playbook")

Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained")

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck ("Argo")
Alternative: Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln")

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln)
Alternative: Denzel Washington ("Flight")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables")
Alternative: Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playboy")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Naomi Watts ("The Impossible")

Alternative: Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings PLaybook")
Alternative: Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained")
Alternative: Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")

Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables)

Alternative: Amy Adams ("The Master")

BEST FOREIGN FILME 

Rust and Bone

Alternative: Amour

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Alternative: Wreck-It-Ralph

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
John Williams, "Lincoln."

Alternative: Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Skyfall" ("Skyfall")

"Suddenly" ("Les Miserábles")

BEST SERIES, DRAMA
Homeland
Alternative: Breaking Bad

BEST SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Girls"
Alternative: "Modern Family"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Damian Lewis ("Homeland")

Alternative: Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Michelle Dockery ("Downtown Abbey")

Alternative: Claire Danes ("Homeland")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Louis C. K. ("Louie")

Alternative: Don Cheadle ("House of Lies")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Alternative: Lena Dunham (Girls)

BEST MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV

Game Change

Alternative: The Hour

BEST ACTTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Woody Harrelson (Game Change)
Alternative: Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)

Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys)

BEST ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Julianne Moore (Game Change)
Alternative: Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Max Greenfield (New Girl)
Alternative: Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

Ed Harris (Game Change)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) 

                                      Alternative: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)

Golden Globes'13 later tonight: my picks

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)

Argo

Alternative: Lincoln

BEST PICTURE (COMEDY)

Silver Linings Playbook

Alternative: Les Miserábles

BEST SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio ("Argo")
Alternative: David O. Russel ("Silver Linings Playbook")

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck ("Argo")
Alternative: Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln")

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln)
Alternative: Denzel Washington ("Flight")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables")
Alternative: Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playboy")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Naomi Watts ("The Impossible")

Alternative: Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings PLaybook")
Alternative: Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained")
Alternative: Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables)

Alternative: Amy Adams ("The Master")

BEST FOREIGN FILME 

Rust and Bone

Alternative: Amour

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Alternative: Wreck-It-Ralph

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
John Williams, "Lincoln."

Alternative: Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Skyfall" ("Skyfall")

"Suddenly" ("Les Miserábles")

BEST SERIES, DRAMA
Homeland
Alternative: Breaking Bad

BEST SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Girls"
Alternative: "Modern Family"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Damian Lewis ("Homeland")

Alternative: Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Michelle Dockery ("Downtown Abbey")

Alternative: Claire Danes ("Homeland")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Louis C. K. ("Louie")

Alternative: Don Cheadle ("House of Lies")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Alternative: Lena Dunham (Girls)

BEST MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV

Game Change

Alternative: The Hour

BEST ACTTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Woody Harrelson (Game Change)
Alternative: Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)

BEST ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Julianne Moore (Game Change)
Alternative: Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Max Greenfield (New Girl)
Alternative: Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) 

                                      Alternative: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)

Golden Globes Nominees, from high-buzzed "Lincoln" to secret "Django Unchained"

While Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty have been gathering the most appraisal from critics, the absence of Django Unchained and Les Miserables from any major film festivals and their extended secrecy until the premieres both on December 25th swept them off sight of early Oscar projections - but what about this? I believe The Master will play differently to the Academy and I'm particularly happy with Moonrise Kingdom's surprise and Argo's confirmation. Where the hell is Mad Men and go Girls!

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
Argo
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables,
Moonrise Kingdom,
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Tony Kushner ("Lincoln")
David O. Russel ("Silver Linings Playbook")
Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained")
Chris Terrio ("Argo")

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck ("Argo")
Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Ang Lee ("Life of Pi")
Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln")
Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained")

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln)
Richard Gere ("Arbitrage")
John Hawkes ("The Sessions")
Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master")
Denzel Washington ("Flight")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables")
Jack Black ("Bernie")
Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playboy")
Bil Murray ("Hyde Park on Hudson")
Ewan McGregor ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone")
Helen Mirren ("Hitchcock")
Naomi Watts ("The Impossible")
Rachel Weisz ("The Deep Blue Sea")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily Blunt ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen")
Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel")
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings PLaybook")
Maggie Smith ("Quartet")
Meryl Streep ("Hope Springs")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin ("Argo")
Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained")
Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master")
Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")
Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams ("The Master")
Sally Field ("Lincoln")
Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables)
Helen Hunt ("The Sessions")
Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy")

BEST FOREIGN FILME
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, "Cloud Atlas"
John Williams, "Lincoln."

BEST SERIES, DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Episodes"
"Girls"
"Modern Family"
"Smash"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire")
Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad")
Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom")
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
Damian Lewis ("Homeland")

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Connie Britton ("Nashville")
Glenn Close ("Damages")
Claire Danes ("Homeland")
Michelle Dockery ("Downtown Abbey")
Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock")
Don Cheadle ("House of Lies")
Louis C. K. ("Louie")
Matt LeBlanc ("Episodes")
Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory")

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

BEST MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV

Game Change

The Girl

Hatfields & McCoys

The Hour

Political Animal

BEST ACTTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Woody Harrelson (Game Change)
Toby Jones (The Girl)
Clive Owen (Hemingway & Gellhorn)

BEST ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Nicole Kidman (Hemingway & Gellhorn)
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Sienna Miller (The Girl)
Julianne Moore (Game Change)
Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Max Greenfield (New Girl)
Ed Harris (Game Change)
Danny Huston (Magic City)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TV
Hayden Panettiere (Nashville)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Sarah Paulson (Game Change)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)