Short Note – 72nd Golden Globe Awards

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is a short note on 72nd Golden Globe Awards which was recently held in Beverly Hills, California on January 11, 2015.




The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by
the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing
excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.
Best
Film

Drama – Boyhood
About Film
The film was shot intermittently over a 12-year period from
May 2002 to October 2013, showing the growth of a young boy and his older
sister to adulthood.
Best
Film
Musical or Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best
Animated Feature Film
– How to Train Your Dragon 2
Best
Foreign Language Film
– Leviathan (Russia)
Best Actor

Drama – Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of
Everything as Stephen Hawking
Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson
Best Actress

Drama – Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr.
Alice Howland
Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams – Big Eyes as Margaret Keane
Best
Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo, Alexander
Dinelaris, Jr. – Birdman
George Clooney was announced as the Cecil B. DeMille
Lifetime Achievement Award honoree on September 14, 2014.

Most awards were bagged by Boyhood film with 3 awards. Most
nominations received by Birdman.



It was first awarded in 1944.

Note: Drama is
regarded as the MAIN Category of Best Films/Actors/Actress. So if the question
is about which is the best without any category mentioned in Golden Globes then
it is Drama category.



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