Wall-E, 30 Rock and Danny Boyle's underdog epic Slumdog Millionaire scored big Sunday at the Golden Globes, but it was Heath Ledger's winning performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight that produced the evening's most poignant moment.
A nearly tearful Chris Nolan, who directed the late actor in the Batman movie, gave a somber acceptance speech on behalf of Ledger, who was honored with the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a drama. "After Heath passed on, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema," Nolan said. "He will be remembered forever,"
Slumdog Millionaire won best drama, Wall-E won best animated feature, 30 Rock won for best TV comedy and True Blood fang banger Anna Paquin won for best actress in a TV drama. Wired.com's most entertaining presenter award goes to the free-wheeling Ricky Gervais -- who was not nominated for anything, as he pointed out.
Gervais reminded the audience that when Kate Winslet appeared as herself on his series Extras, she complained about never winning any Oscars. He advised her to do a Holocaust movie. Winslet did exactly that, and picked up a Golden Globe as best supporting actress for her role in The Reader. Winslet also won best lead actress for Revolutionary Road.
Full list of winners below.
FILM
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BEST FEATURE (DRAMA)__
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FEATURE (COMEDY)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
DIRECTOR (MOTION PICTURE)
Danny Boyle -- Slumdog Millionaire
ACTOR (DRAMA)
Mickey Rouke -- The Wrestler
ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Kate Winslet -- Revolutionary Road
ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Colin Farrell -- In Bruges
ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Sally Hawkins -- Happy-Go-Lucky
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet -- The Reader
SCREENPLAY (MOTION PICTURE)
Simon Beaufoy -- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SCORE
A.R. Rahman -- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler -- music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
__ANIMATED FEATURE FILM __
Wall-E
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz With Bashir
TV
TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Mad Men
__MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION __
John Adams
TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
30 Rock
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Gabriel Byrne -- In Treatment
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Anna Paquin -- True Blood
__PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES __(COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Tina Fey -- 30 Rock
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Alec Baldwin -- 30 Rock
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Linney -- John Adams
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Paul Giamatti -- John Adams
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Tom Wilkinson -- John Adams
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Dern -- Recount
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