2007 Golden Globe Awards

 

The 64th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 15th, 2007 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.  This star studded gala honors the best in film and TV as voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press.  Who were some of this year’s award winners?

 

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

“Borat”

“The Devil Wears Prada”

“Dreamgirls”

“Little Miss Sunshine”

“Thank You for Smoking”

 

And the winner is:  Jennifer Lopez presented this award that went to “Dreamgirls”.

 

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Babel

“Bobby”

“The Departed”

“Little Children”

“The Queen”

 

And the winner is:  Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the award which went to “Babel”.

 

Best Animated Feature

“Cars”

“Happy Feet”

“Monster House”

 

And the winner is:  In this new category presented by Steve Carell, the Golden Globe went to “Cars”.

 

Best Foreign Language Film

“Apocalypto”

“Letters From Iwo Jima

“The Lives of Others”

“Pan’s Labyrinth”

“Volver”

 

And the winner is:  Clint Eastwood accepted the Golden Globe which went to his film “Letters From Iwo Jima”.  The award was presented by Djimon Hounsou and Sharon Stone.

 

Best Director

Clint Eastwood for “Flags of Our Fathers”

Clint Eastwood for “Letters From Iwo Jima

Stephen Frears for “The Queen”

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for “Babel

Martin Scorsese for “The Departed”

 

And the winner is:  Steven Spielberg presented the award to Martin Scorsese for “The Departed”.

 

Best Screenplay

Babel

“The Departed”

“Little Children”

“Notes on a Scandal”

“The Queen”

 

And the winner is:  “The Queen” by Peter Morgan won the award in the best screenplay category which was presented by Jake Gyllenhaal and Hilary Swank.

 

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical

Sacha Baron Cohen for “Borat”

Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Aaron Eckhart for “Thank You for Smoking”

Chiwetel Ejiofor for “Kinky Boots”

Will Ferrell for “Stranger Than Fiction”

 

And the winner is:  Reese Witherspoon presented the award which was won by Sacha Baron Chohen for “Borat”.

 

Best Actor – Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio for “Blood Diamond”

Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Departed”

Peter O’Toole for “Venus”

Will Smith for “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Forest Whitaker for “The Last King of Scotland

 

And the winner is:  Forest Whitaker won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama.  The award was presented by Felicity Huffman.

 

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Affleck for “Hollywoodland”

Eddie Murphy for “Dreamgirls”

Jack Nicholson for “The Departed”

Brad Pitt for “Babel

Mark Wahlberg for “The Departed”

 

And the winner is:  Rachel Weisz presented the award which went to Eddie Murphy for his role in “Dreamgirls”.

 

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical

Annette Bening for “Running With Scissors”

Toni Collette for “Little Miss Sunshine”

Beyonce Knowles for “Dreamgirls”

Meryl Streep for “The Devil Wears Prada”

Renee Zellweger for “Miss Potter”

 

And the winner is:  Joaquin Phoenix presented the award for best actress in a comedy or musical which went to Meryl Streep for her role in “The Devil Wears Prada”. 

 

Best Actress – Drama

Penelope Cruz for “Volver”

Judi Dench for “Notes on a Scandal”

Maggie Gyllenhaal for “Sherrybaby”

Helen Mirren for “The Queen”

Kate Winslet for “Little Children”

 

And the winner is:  Philip Seymour Hoffman presented the award to the night’s dual winner, Helen Mirren, for her role in “The Queen”.

 

Best Supporting Actress

Adrianna Barraza for “Babel

Cate Blanchett for “Notes on a Scandal”

Emily Blunt for “The Devil Wears Prada”

Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi for “Babel

 

And the winner is:  The night’s first award was presented by George Clooney.  Jennifer Hudson won for her work in “Dreamgirls”.

 

The Cecil B. DeMille Award

Tom Hanks presented this year’s Cecil B. DeMille honor to Warren Beatty for his achievements in film.

 

The Introduction Of Nominated Movies

Naomi Watts introduced “Babel

Charlie Sheen introduced “Bobby”

Ben Stiller introduced “Borat”

Sarah Jessica Parker introduced “The Devil Wears Prada”

Cameron Diaz introduced “The Departed”

Jamie Foxx introduced “Dreamgirls”

Jeremy Irons introduced “The Queen”

Dustin Hoffman introduced “Little Miss Sunshine”

Dane Cook introduced “Thank You For Smoking”

 

Other Notable Highlights

Justin Timberlake presented the award for best original song which was won by Prince for “Song of the Heart” in “Happy Feet”.

 

Jeremy Irons (Man in the Iron Mask, “Reversal of Fortune”) won the award for best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or made for TV movie for his work in H.B.O.’s “Elizabeth I”.

 

Renee Zellweger presented the President of the Foreign Press.

 

Jessica Biel and Sean Combs presented the award for best actress in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or made for TV movie to Emily Blunt for her work in “Gideon’s Daughter”.

 

Salma Hayek presented the award for best mini-series or TV movie which went to “Elizabeth I”.

 

Sienna Miller and Terrance Howard award two awards.  The first to Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest) for best actor in a mini-series or made for TV movie for his work in “Gideon’s Daughter”.  The second was for best actress in a mini-series or made for TV movie which went to Helen Mirren (“The Queen”, “Calendar Girls”) for her work in “Elizabeth I”.

 

Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant presented the award for best original score which was won by “The Painted Veil”.

 

For a complete list of winners visit the official site of the Golden Globes.

 

These movies and more can be found at:

 

See Also:

Upcoming Movies In 2007: January - June

2006 Golden Globe Awards

Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter

 

© 2007 by Tammy Cordani.  To use the above content you must first obtain written permission.  Please contact Tammy Cordani.  All rights reserved.