Los Angeles, Jan 16: The 69th Golden Globe Awards this year had some starry names like George Clooney, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep and Madonna landing major honours and ‘The Descendants' taking home the Best Motion Picture prize.
As Clooney bagged the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award for his role in ‘The Descendants', beating superstars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, Streep won the Best Performance by an Actress in the same category for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady'.
‘The Descendants' was nominated alongside ‘The Help', ‘Hugo', ‘The Ides Of March', ‘Moneyball' and ‘War Horse'.
Queen of pop Madonna's track ‘Masterpiece' from her directorial venture ‘W.E.' proved to be one as she took home the Best Original Song - Motion Picture trophy for it.
Oscar winner Kate Winslet grabbed a globe for her performance in the mini series ‘Mildred Pierce'. Veteran filmmaker Martin Scorsese clinched the Best Director - Motion Picture for his ‘Hugo', while Woody Allen took home the Best Screenplay award for ‘Midnight In Paris'.
Jean Dujardin was named the Best Actor in a Comedy Or Musical for his performance in ‘The Artist', which was named the Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical.
The film was nominated alongwith ‘50/50', ‘Bridesmaids', ‘Midnight In Paris' and ‘My Week With Marilyn', whose lead star Michelle Williams won in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical category.
‘The Adventures Of Tintin' was named the Best Animated Feature Film, ahead of ‘Arthur Christmas', ‘Cars 2', ‘Puss In Boots' and ‘Rango'.
Veteran actor Morgan Freeman was honoured with the Cecil B DeMille Award.
