69th Annual Golden Globes Awards

69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on  January 15 2012. The award ceremony was hosted by British comedian, Ricky Gervais, who hosted the show for te second consecutive year. The Golden Globe Awards are sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognise excellence in film, television both domestic and foreign.

The Artist, the French-made black-and-white silent movie about Hollywood in the '20s, directed by  Michel Hazanavicius  won three awards at the 69th annual Golden Globes Awards including statues for best comedy or musical and best actor comedy or musical for Jean Dujardin.

The Descendants directed by  Alexander Payne won for best drama. George Clooney won the Golden Globe in the category of Best actor-drama for his performance in the film- The Descendants. Meryl Streep's turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady earned her the best actress drama award and her eighth Golden Globe.

Other acting winners were Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer, and Martin Scorsese earned the directing honor for Hugo. Michelle Williams won for actress in a musical or comedy as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, 52 years after Monroe's win for the same prize at the Globes for Some Like It Hot.

Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin won for best animated film, and the Iranian tale A Separation was named the foreign-language winner.

List of Winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards is as follows:

Best Picture: Drama- The Descendants
Best Actor: Drama- George Clooney (The Descendants)
Best Actress: Drama- Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Best supporting Actor- Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Supporting Actress- Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Best Screenplay- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
Best Picture: Comedy or Musical- The Artist
Best Actor: Comedy or Musical- Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Comedy or Musical- Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
Best Director- Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Best Foreign Language Film- A Separation (Iran)
Best Animated Film- The Adventures of Tintin
Best Original Score- Ludovic Bource, The Artist

List of Winners in Television:

Best Comedy Series- Modern Family
Best Drama Series- Homeland
Best Actor, Comedy- Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Best Actress, Comedy- Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Best Actor, Drama- Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Best Actress, Drama- Claire Danes (Homeland