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Globes: `Ugly Betty' Leads TV Surprises
By DAVID BAUDER
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
Published January 16, 2007, 6:52 AM CST
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Sending big stars home empty-handed, the Golden Globes gave a boost to some television newcomers on Monday, particularly America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock."
Teary-eyed but smiling widely, Ferrera won the award for best comic actress on TV just a few minutes after the show itself was named best comedy.
It was a true underdog's tale. Ferrera competed against four women who had all been nominated for Golden Globes in the past, including two desperate housewives. ABC had such little faith in "Ugly Betty" initially that it was scheduled for the TV graveyard of Friday nights, until the network sensed a buzz and premiered it on Thursday, where it has flourished.
Ferrera said she hears every day from girls inspired by her character, Betty Suarez, saying it "truly brings a new face to television."
"30 Rock," a new NBC comedy, hasn't been noticed by many television viewers, but Baldwin's role as a megalomaniac TV network executive has enthralled critics. The Globes honored him as best actor in a comedy.
"I'm glad this isn't too heavy because I just had hernia surgery," Baldwin said after grabbing his trophy.
Television awards tend to be overshadowed by the movie winners at the Golden Globes, but they have a reputation for noticing newcomers' work before its bigger-named rival, the Emmys, and often the public itself.
One big exception is ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," the hospital soap that has quickly become one of the most popular series on television and was rewarded Monday by being named best drama.
Kyra Sedgwick of TNT's "The Closer" was named best actress in a drama, despite being up against two of ABC's most-featured players in top 10 shows -- Ellen Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" and Evangeline Lilly of "Lost."
Sedgwick plays a detective specializing in coaxing confessions in "The Closer." Her win was a coup for TNT, competing against broadcast networks and HBO, and seemed to leave Sedgwick genuinely moved as she rose from her seat beside her husband, Kevin Bacon.
"This show has been an amazing gift, an unexpected gift -- the best kind," she said.
A little-known BBC America film, "Gideon's Daughter," produced a supporting-actress winner in Emily Blunt. She toppled Elizabeth Perkins, Toni Collette and Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy." Bill Nighy was a best-actor winner for the same movie, playing Blunt's father.
Best-drama actor winner Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House" is well-known, but he had to navigate a formidable category with Dr. McDreamy -- Patrick Dempsey of "Grey's Anatomy" -- and Kiefer Sutherland of "24."
Laurie said he had no acceptance speech prepared, even though he won the same award last year for playing a brilliant but flawed doctor. He managed to wing it, with his thanks extending to the show's "wonderful crew." He quickly realized his awards-show cliche.
"Somebody somewhere is working with a crew of drunken thieves," he said. "But it's not me. They smell of newly mown grass."
Helen Mirren won the Golden Globe for best actress in a miniseries or movie for her starring role in HBO's "Elizabeth I." Among her competitors for the award? Helen Mirren, for her work in "Prime Suspect: The Final Act."
Jeremy Irons won a supporting actor award for his work in "Elizabeth I."
"Why is it that the jobs that are the most fun are the ones that give you awards?" Iron said. "It's like you don't deserve them."
PERSONALS: WHO'S WHO & WHAT'S UP THE GOLDEN GLOBES
Backstage, it's another party
Globe speeches get better off-camera; big wins for Jennifer Hudson, `Dreamgirls'
By Maureen Ryan
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
Published January 16, 2007
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- It was a refreshing night of upsets, fresh faces and lots of Helen Mirren at the Golden Globes, which were broadcast Monday on NBC.
Sacha Baron Cohen won as best actor, musical or comedy, for his unconventional comedy "Borat," and "Ugly Betty," a dramedy that originally was relegated by ABC to a Friday-evening death slot, won both best television comedy and best actress in a musical or comedy award for star America Ferrera.
In the tradition of the Golden Globes, Cohen gave a salty speech when he won for "Borat."
He referred to the arduous nature of shooting with his co-star, Ken Davitian. In a speech that one can't put into a family newspaper, Cohen referred to having to stare at a certain part of Davitian's anatomy.
As he pondered that sight, Cohen said, he thought "I better win a bloody award for this."
"Dreamgirls" was another big winner, picking up the best musical or comedy film award. Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson, the "American Idol" also-ran who was voted by the 85-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association as best supporting actress in a film for her role in "Dreamgirls," said backstage that she'd celebrate by calling her mom in Chicago. "I am not a party girl, so I will just have to celebrate quietly and probably cry all night."
Did she have any words for Simon Cowell, who famously disparaged her talents when she was on "American Idol"?
"You like my award, Simon?" she cackled to the journalists backstage at the Globes ceremony.
The Globes, which is the first televised event of the movie-award season, is thought to help the Oscar chances of the winners. Eddie Murphy also won for supporting actor in the musical.
Say what you will about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, their choices in the television arena were impeccable: Alec Baldwin won for "30 Rock," Hugh Laurie won for "House" and "Grey's Anatomy" won as best drama. Kyra Sedgwick was over the moon when she won as best dramatic television actress in the savvy TNT series "The Closer."
Another big winner was Helen Mirren, who won for the film "The Queen," and for HBO's historical epic "Elizabeth I." Clint Eastwood spoke for a few minutes to the assembled journalists backstage, speaking eloquently and seriously about his win for best foreign-language film for "Letters From Iwo Jima."
When he was done, the public relations man from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association asked him to pose for the cameras with the Globe he won for directing the film. Then a smidge of Dirty Harry came out.
"I'm not going to pose. What am I, Paris Hilton?" he growled.
When "Ugly Betty" won as best TV comedy, the entire cast of the show crowded onto the Globes stage and were visibly vibrating with excitement as creator Silvio Horta thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press.
Star Ferrera wasn't ugly at all as she fought back tears after her surprise win for best actress in a comedy.
"I'm so sorry I'm such a mess right now," she said in her acceptance speech, thanking Betty herself for bringing "such a beautiful message. I hear from young girls on a daily basis that it makes them feel worthy and lovable and that they have more to offer the world than they thought."
Meryl Streep, who won her sixth Globe, this time for best actress in a musical or comedy for "The Devil Wears Prada," is an old hand at these awards ceremonies, but backstage, she admitted that this year she was a bit emotional when she went up on stage.
"I usually have a few drinks before my category comes up," Streep said. "I was not settled and my schpilkis were not quieted."
List of Golden Globe Award Winners
By The Associated Press
Published January 15, 2007, 11:55 PM CST
Complete list of winners at Monday's 64th annual Golden Globes presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif.:
MOTION PICTURES
* Picture, Drama: "Babel"
* Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
* Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
* Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Dreamgirls"
* Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
* Actor, Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
* Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
* Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
* Director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
* Movie Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
* Foreign Language: "Letters From Iwo Jima," USA/Japan
* Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
* Original Song: "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
* Animated Film: "Cars"
TELEVISION
* Series, Drama: "Grey's Anatomy," ABC
* Actress, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
* Actor, Drama: Hugh Laurie, "House"
* Series, Musical or Comedy: "Ugly Betty," ABC
* Actress, Musical or Comedy: America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
* Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
* Miniseries or movie: "Elizabeth I," HBO
* Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, "Elizabeth I"
* Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Bill Nighy, "Gideon's Daughter"
* Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Emily Blunt, "Gideon's Daughter"
* Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"
* Cecil B. DeMille Award: Warren Beatty
By DAVID BAUDER
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
Published January 16, 2007, 6:52 AM CST
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Sending big stars home empty-handed, the Golden Globes gave a boost to some television newcomers on Monday, particularly America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock."
Teary-eyed but smiling widely, Ferrera won the award for best comic actress on TV just a few minutes after the show itself was named best comedy.
It was a true underdog's tale. Ferrera competed against four women who had all been nominated for Golden Globes in the past, including two desperate housewives. ABC had such little faith in "Ugly Betty" initially that it was scheduled for the TV graveyard of Friday nights, until the network sensed a buzz and premiered it on Thursday, where it has flourished.
Ferrera said she hears every day from girls inspired by her character, Betty Suarez, saying it "truly brings a new face to television."
"30 Rock," a new NBC comedy, hasn't been noticed by many television viewers, but Baldwin's role as a megalomaniac TV network executive has enthralled critics. The Globes honored him as best actor in a comedy.
"I'm glad this isn't too heavy because I just had hernia surgery," Baldwin said after grabbing his trophy.
Television awards tend to be overshadowed by the movie winners at the Golden Globes, but they have a reputation for noticing newcomers' work before its bigger-named rival, the Emmys, and often the public itself.
One big exception is ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," the hospital soap that has quickly become one of the most popular series on television and was rewarded Monday by being named best drama.
Kyra Sedgwick of TNT's "The Closer" was named best actress in a drama, despite being up against two of ABC's most-featured players in top 10 shows -- Ellen Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" and Evangeline Lilly of "Lost."
Sedgwick plays a detective specializing in coaxing confessions in "The Closer." Her win was a coup for TNT, competing against broadcast networks and HBO, and seemed to leave Sedgwick genuinely moved as she rose from her seat beside her husband, Kevin Bacon.
"This show has been an amazing gift, an unexpected gift -- the best kind," she said.
A little-known BBC America film, "Gideon's Daughter," produced a supporting-actress winner in Emily Blunt. She toppled Elizabeth Perkins, Toni Collette and Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy." Bill Nighy was a best-actor winner for the same movie, playing Blunt's father.
Best-drama actor winner Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House" is well-known, but he had to navigate a formidable category with Dr. McDreamy -- Patrick Dempsey of "Grey's Anatomy" -- and Kiefer Sutherland of "24."
Laurie said he had no acceptance speech prepared, even though he won the same award last year for playing a brilliant but flawed doctor. He managed to wing it, with his thanks extending to the show's "wonderful crew." He quickly realized his awards-show cliche.
"Somebody somewhere is working with a crew of drunken thieves," he said. "But it's not me. They smell of newly mown grass."
Helen Mirren won the Golden Globe for best actress in a miniseries or movie for her starring role in HBO's "Elizabeth I." Among her competitors for the award? Helen Mirren, for her work in "Prime Suspect: The Final Act."
Jeremy Irons won a supporting actor award for his work in "Elizabeth I."
"Why is it that the jobs that are the most fun are the ones that give you awards?" Iron said. "It's like you don't deserve them."
PERSONALS: WHO'S WHO & WHAT'S UP THE GOLDEN GLOBES
Backstage, it's another party
Globe speeches get better off-camera; big wins for Jennifer Hudson, `Dreamgirls'
By Maureen Ryan
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
Published January 16, 2007
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- It was a refreshing night of upsets, fresh faces and lots of Helen Mirren at the Golden Globes, which were broadcast Monday on NBC.
Sacha Baron Cohen won as best actor, musical or comedy, for his unconventional comedy "Borat," and "Ugly Betty," a dramedy that originally was relegated by ABC to a Friday-evening death slot, won both best television comedy and best actress in a musical or comedy award for star America Ferrera.
In the tradition of the Golden Globes, Cohen gave a salty speech when he won for "Borat."
He referred to the arduous nature of shooting with his co-star, Ken Davitian. In a speech that one can't put into a family newspaper, Cohen referred to having to stare at a certain part of Davitian's anatomy.
As he pondered that sight, Cohen said, he thought "I better win a bloody award for this."
"Dreamgirls" was another big winner, picking up the best musical or comedy film award. Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson, the "American Idol" also-ran who was voted by the 85-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association as best supporting actress in a film for her role in "Dreamgirls," said backstage that she'd celebrate by calling her mom in Chicago. "I am not a party girl, so I will just have to celebrate quietly and probably cry all night."
Did she have any words for Simon Cowell, who famously disparaged her talents when she was on "American Idol"?
"You like my award, Simon?" she cackled to the journalists backstage at the Globes ceremony.
The Globes, which is the first televised event of the movie-award season, is thought to help the Oscar chances of the winners. Eddie Murphy also won for supporting actor in the musical.
Say what you will about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, their choices in the television arena were impeccable: Alec Baldwin won for "30 Rock," Hugh Laurie won for "House" and "Grey's Anatomy" won as best drama. Kyra Sedgwick was over the moon when she won as best dramatic television actress in the savvy TNT series "The Closer."
Another big winner was Helen Mirren, who won for the film "The Queen," and for HBO's historical epic "Elizabeth I." Clint Eastwood spoke for a few minutes to the assembled journalists backstage, speaking eloquently and seriously about his win for best foreign-language film for "Letters From Iwo Jima."
When he was done, the public relations man from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association asked him to pose for the cameras with the Globe he won for directing the film. Then a smidge of Dirty Harry came out.
"I'm not going to pose. What am I, Paris Hilton?" he growled.
When "Ugly Betty" won as best TV comedy, the entire cast of the show crowded onto the Globes stage and were visibly vibrating with excitement as creator Silvio Horta thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press.
Star Ferrera wasn't ugly at all as she fought back tears after her surprise win for best actress in a comedy.
"I'm so sorry I'm such a mess right now," she said in her acceptance speech, thanking Betty herself for bringing "such a beautiful message. I hear from young girls on a daily basis that it makes them feel worthy and lovable and that they have more to offer the world than they thought."
Meryl Streep, who won her sixth Globe, this time for best actress in a musical or comedy for "The Devil Wears Prada," is an old hand at these awards ceremonies, but backstage, she admitted that this year she was a bit emotional when she went up on stage.
"I usually have a few drinks before my category comes up," Streep said. "I was not settled and my schpilkis were not quieted."
List of Golden Globe Award Winners
By The Associated Press
Published January 15, 2007, 11:55 PM CST
Complete list of winners at Monday's 64th annual Golden Globes presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif.:
MOTION PICTURES
* Picture, Drama: "Babel"
* Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
* Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
* Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Dreamgirls"
* Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
* Actor, Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
* Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
* Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
* Director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
* Movie Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
* Foreign Language: "Letters From Iwo Jima," USA/Japan
* Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
* Original Song: "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
* Animated Film: "Cars"
TELEVISION
* Series, Drama: "Grey's Anatomy," ABC
* Actress, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
* Actor, Drama: Hugh Laurie, "House"
* Series, Musical or Comedy: "Ugly Betty," ABC
* Actress, Musical or Comedy: America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
* Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
* Miniseries or movie: "Elizabeth I," HBO
* Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, "Elizabeth I"
* Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Bill Nighy, "Gideon's Daughter"
* Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Emily Blunt, "Gideon's Daughter"
* Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"
* Cecil B. DeMille Award: Warren Beatty
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