AWARDS SEASON THE GOLDEN GLOBES

HOT BRITS, HEARTFELT SPEECHES
AND HEAD-TURNING GOWNS
AT THE FIRST BIG BASH OF AWARDS SEASON
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GOLDEN GLOBES Showstoppers: Anne Hathaway, who won the Best Supporting Actress title tor her role in Les Miserables, is chic in Chanel as she walks the red carpet with husband Adam Shulman; Damian Lewis (above, with wife Helen McCrory at the Weinstein Chopard after-party), led the British charge with Best Actor in a TV Drama for Homeland; and Orlando Bloom can't take his eyes off his leading lady Miranda Kerr, in a red carpet-grazing Zuhair Murad number and Ferragamo accessories. Beautiful golden globe dresses.

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THE GOLDEN GLOBES Winners' circle (clockwise, from left): Adele, with her award for

Original Song; Best Actress Claire Danes and Best Actor Damian Lewis with their Homeland co-star Morena Baccarin; Jessica Chastain, in Calvin Klein with Harry Winston jewels, with her Best

Actress award for Zero Dark Thirty; Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln's only big winner of the night; and Bill Clinton, whose appearance to introduce the film earlier was greeted by a standing

ovation. "Are you sure there's room for another ex-President on the stage?" Daniel said as he launched into his acceptance speech.

It was a night of fun and surprises at the Golden Globes. While the Golden Globes event was as dazzling as ever, with the Hollywood glitterati turning out in all their finery, the Golden Globes awards almost pulled the red carpet from beneath their feet, with unexpected triumphs and revelations. Thriller Argo beat favorite Lincoln to the Best Picture award, former US President Bill Clinton made an unheralded but warmly received appearance and Jodie Foster gave a ground-breaking speech.

Something to sing about: Hugh Jackman with his Best Actor in a Golden Globes Musical award for

Les Miserables (above). "I thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew with this film," he said. Lifetime Achievement Globe recipient Jodie Foster had many in tears with a speech in which she

talked for the first time about her private life, including sons Charles, 14, and Kit, 12: "My reason to breathe... Boys, in case you didn't know it, all of this is for you"

THE GOLDEN GLOBES Red-hot couples (clockwise from left): Hugh Jackman, in Louis

Vuitton tux and Harry Winston cufflinks, with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness; Jason Statham with

girlfriend Rosie Huntington- Whiteley, in Saint Laurent gown, belt and shoes; and Harry Potter

star Helena Bonham Carter, in Dolce & Gabbana and carrying a Lulu Guinness clutch, with her

long-term partner, director Tim Burton - who joked away his sling, saying: "I arm-wrestled

Helena, and lost"

British musical drama Les  Miserable triumphed, winning three of the four awards it was nominated for, and tliere was more good news for British talent, with Daniel Day-Lewis winning Best Actor, Dame Maggie Smith taking Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series for her role as the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey, Damian Lewis winning the Golden Globes Best Actor in a TV Series and Adele taking Best Original Song for the Bond theme song Skyfall.

Licence to thrill: 

007 Daniel Craig 

dressed in Tom 

Ford and Ray-Bans, 

and wife Rachel 

Weisz, in Louis 

Vuitton gown, 

Jimmy Choo clutch 

and shoes and 

Bulgari cuff, leave 

fans shaken and

stirred when they 

share a kiss for the 

cameras 

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Making her first public appearance since giving birth in October, Adele dedicated the award to her

"lovely" son. "Honestly, I came out for a night out with my friend Ayda (Robbie Williams's wife). We're new mums," she told the starry audience. "Thanks so much for letting me be partof your world for a night."

Damian, star of TV drama Homeland, who was accompanied by his wife, British actress Helen

McCrory, dedicated his award to his late mother. She was. he said: "Looking down on me, bursting

with pride, telling everyone around her how well her son is doing in acting."

Best Director Ben Affleck with wife Jennifer Garner, in scarlet Vivienne Westwood gown and David Webb jewellery.  In his victory speech the Argo director paid tribute to his actress spouse. The film - also named Best Picture -  was produced by George Clooney (with Stacy Keibler, in Armani Prive)

Double Oscar-winner Daniel is now a double Golden Globe-winner. His award, for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's American Civil War epic Lincoln, was the only reward for the film, despite its seven nominations. "If I had this on a timeshare basis with my wonderful, gifted

colleagues, I might just hope to keep it for one day of the year, and I'd be happy with that," he said. Earlier, his film had been introduced by Bill Clinton, whose surprise appearance on stage was welcomed with a standing ovation.

"Wow, what an exciting special guest! That was Hillary Clinton's husband!" joked Amy Poehler to her co-host Tina Fey as the ex-President left. The two comediennes proved popular with the

audience following the acerbic wit of Ricky Gervais's presenting stints in previous years.

Naomi Watts (above) may have lost out in the Best Film Actress category for The Impossible, but she triumphs in the style stakes, defying the unseasonal l_A chill in her long-sleeved, oxblood Zac Posen gown and Lorraine Schwartz jewels, with a Ferragamo clutch - not to mention husband Liev Schreiber (together, top left) - on her arm. Twice-nominated Nicole Kidman, meanwhile, received "two thumbs up" from her husband Keith Urban (together, opposite top) for her McQueen gown

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The night's talking point, though, was Argo, the dramatisation of a real-life mission to rescue six

US diplomats from revolutionary Iran in 1980. It not only look Best Picture, but also Best Director

for Ben Affleck - a surprise to many, given that the Good Will Hunting star hasn't even been

nominated for an Oscar.

Taking to the stage, the actor and director thanked his wife Jennifer Garner for her support.

"She is the reason why I'm standing here," he said. "I adore von. I love von so much. Thanks

for sitting through this. You are my everything."

It was the second time that week that Ben had won a best director prize and. although it is

perhaps surprising that he has not been nominated for an Academy Award, his Golden Globe triumph has no doubt improved the odds of Argo taking the Best Picture Oscar.

Golden girls: Taking the name of the awards literally are Best Actress nominee Emily Blunt in Michael Kors; Kate Hudson in gilt-edged Alexander McQueen with Roger Vivier clutch; and Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery in an Alexandre Vauthier Coutur white crepe gown with a gold bodice

There was, of course, the obligatory hotly anticipated line-up of glamorous gowns on the red carpet and Hollywood's leading ladies and men definitely dressed to impress. But as well as the elegance, the ceremony included some genuine emotion, which at times reduced the glamorous guests to tears.

The most poignant point of the evening came when Jodie Foster accepted the Cecil B DeMille

Lifetime Achievement award, holding the audience spellbound as she addressed her professional and private life — including her sexuality - for the first time in such a public forum. The 50-year-old, who began her career at the age of three and became an international star at 13 when she starred in Taxi Driver and Hugsy MaUrne, first drew the audience in with a joke. "I have a sudden urge to say something I've never really been able to air in public," she said with a smile. "It's a declaration I'm a little nervous about, but maybe not quite as nervous as my publicist right now. I'm just going to put it out there, loud and proud." She paused for dramatic effect before adding: "I am single," to whoops from the audience, including close friend Mel Gibson, who was sitting at her table with her two sons and former partner, Cydney Bernard.

Robert Pattinson and nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper; and Juliarme Moore,-

effortlessly elegant in a cowl-backed Tom Ford gown - the Best GOLDEN GLOBES TV Actress winner said she'd emailed her designer friend to ask him to make her dress

She paid effusive thanks to Anne Hathaway, who scooped THE GOLDEN GLOBES Best Supporting Actress for her role as the fragile Famine in Les Miserable.

"Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will for ever more use as a weapon against self-doubt," said (lie actress, now holly lipped to win an Oscar. Her co-star Hugh Jackman won THE GOLDEN GLOBES Best Actor tor his pail as tragic Jean Valjean in the musical.

Jennifer Lawrence couldn't disguise her delight in winning the award for THE GOLDEN GLOBES Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her performance in Silver Linings Pfaybook. Looking at

her award, the 22-year-old actress, who shot to fame in The Hunger Games, joked: "What does this say? I beat Meryl!" referring to fellow nominee Meryl Streep.

Costume drama (from above): Eva Longoria make: a sweeping statement in a custom-designed Emili 66 Pucci gown and Martin Katz jewels; Satma Hayek dazzles in a Gucci Premiere strapless column dress embroidered with glass beads; Nicole Kidman in Alexandr McQueen gown with studded neckline and Fred Leighton jewels

Also toasting their success with the champagne provided for each table at the ceremony by Moet &

Chandon were Jessica Chastain, who won Best Actress for her lead role in Kalhryn Bigelow's tense

drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty, and Claire Danes, who won her fourth Golden Globe, for Best Actress in a TV Drama for her role as bipolar CIA agent Carrie

Ylathison in Homeland.

While the Golden Globes are usually considered a reliable gauge for the Oscars, this year's surprises mean that who walks away with a little golden man next month is anyone's guess.

AND THE GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS ARE:

THE GOLDEN GLOBES FILM

Picture, Drama: Argo
Actress, Drama: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Actor, Drama: Daniel Day- Lewis (Lincoln)
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
Picture, Comedy or Musical: Les Miserables
Actress, Comedy or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Actor, Comedy or Musical: Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
Animated Feature Film: Brave
Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Director: Ben Affleck (Argo)
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Original Song: Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth_

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Series, Drama: Homeland
Actress, Drama: Claire Danes (Homeland)
Actor, Drama: Damian Lewis (Homeland)
Series, Comedy or Musical: Girls Actress, Comedy or Musical: Lena Dunham (Girls)
Actor, Comedy or Musical: Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Actress: Julianne Moore (Game Change)
Actor. Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys)
Supporting Actress: Dame Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Supporting Actor: Ed Harris (Game Change)
Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement: Jodie Foster

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