Los Angeles (California) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held the 67th Golden Globes Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 17, 2009 (Monday, Jan. 18 in Europe and the Far East). These awards are considered good indicators of which will be the nominees and possible winners at the Oscars^®.

Following are the winners in the Motion Picture categories:


BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

- Avatar

- The Hurt Locker

- Inglourious Basterds

- Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

- Up In The Air


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

George Clooney – Up In The Air

Colin Firth – A Single Man

Morgan Freeman – Invictus

Tobey Maguire – Brothers


BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

- The Hangover

- (500) Days Of Summer

- It's Complicated

- Julie & Julia

- Nine


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Sandra Bullock – The Proposal

Marion Cotillard – Nine

Julia Roberts – Duplicity

Meryl Streep – It's Complicated


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes

Matt Damon – The Informant!

Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days Of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Mo'nique – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Penélope Cruz – Nine

Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air

Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

Julianne Moore – A Single Man


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Matt Damon – Invictus

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

- Up

- Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

- Coraline

- Fantastic Mr. Fox

- The Princess And The Frog


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

- The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte) [Germany]

- Baaria [Italy]

- Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos) [Spain]

- The Maid (La Nana) [Chile]

- A Prophet (Un Prophete) [France]


BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

James Cameron – Avatar

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Clint Eastwood – Invictus

Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds


BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Michael Giacchino - Up

Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!

James Horner - Avatar

Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man

Karen O y Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are


BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" – Crazy Heart
Music & Lyrics By: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

"Cinema Italiano" – Nine
Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston

"I See You" – Avatar
Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen
Lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell

"I Want To Come Home" – Everybody's Fine
Music & Lyrics By: Paul McCartney

"Winter" – Brothers
Music By: U2
Lyrics By: Bono


CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD

Martin Scorsese

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