“Glee,” the first year show, won top television honors on January 17 during the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The series took home the best musical or comedy television series award over other veteran shows like Entourage,” “30 Rock,” and “The Office.”
Ryan Murphy, creator of the show said in his acceptance speech with the cast celebrating behind him, thank you to Barbra Streisand and the Hollywood Foreign Press. We want to thank all of the amazing people who thought that a musical really would work for prime time television.
Although “Glee” did win the biggest award for its category, they did lose three awards that cast members had been nominated for. Leah Michele lost to Toni Colette of “The United States of Tara,” for best actress in a musical or comedy series. Jane Lynch lost to Chloe Sevigny from “Big Love” for best supporting actress. Matthew Morrison, who signed a recording deal earlier this week with Mercury Records, was beaten by Alec Baldwin from “30 Rock” for best actor.
The singers Cher and Christina Aguilera were presenters for best original song in a motion picture award. Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett won for “The Weary Kind,” for the movie “Crazy Heart.” Bingham and Burnett won over fellow nominees U2 for “Winter” from the movie “Brothers” as well as Paul McCartney for his song “I Want to Come Home,” for the movie “Everybody’s Fine.”
However, McCartney had his moment up at the podium. The former Beatle was a presenter for the best animated motion picture award. He joked, I’m Paul McCartney. I’m also known as the “Rock Band” guy.
Julia Roberts, presenter for best drama, bragged about how she had shared a table with McCartney. If you want to get lots of attention, just sit next to McCartney. In all my life I have never had this many texts.
Karen O, front woman for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, received a nomination for the award best original score in a motion picture along with Carter Burwell. However, Michael Giacchino won the award for his “Up” score.
In terms of the top acting and film categories for the Golden Globes, “Avatar,” current best grossing movie, won for best drama. “The Hangover,” the summer blockbuster, “ won for best comedy or musical. Jeff Bridges won best actor for his role in “Crazy Heart” and Sandra Bullock won best actress for her role in “The Blind Side.” The Golden Globe’s 67th annual awards show was hosted by Ricky Gervais, the comedian, and broadcast live from Beverly Hills, California on NBC.
