Colin Farrell won the best actor in a comedy or musical at the Golden Globes here Sunday for his performance in "In Bruges."
Colin Farrell, who plays a hitman struggling to come to terms with a botched job, pipped co-star Brendan Gleeson, Dustin Hoffman ("Last Chance Harvey"), James Franco ("Pineapple Express") and Javier Bardem ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona.")
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Late Australian actor
Heath Ledger won a posthumous Golden Globe award here Sunday for his performance as psychopathic villain The Joker in Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight."
Batman director Christopher Nolan collected the best supporting actor award on behalf of
Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose in January last year at the age of 28.
"For any of us to enjoy his performance he will be eternally missed, but he'll never be forgotten," Nolan told guests at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
The victory cements
Heath Ledger's status as the odds-on favorite to win a best supporting actor Oscar at next month's Oscars.
Heath Ledger has already picked up a series of minor awards for his performance in the phenomenally successful Batman sequel.
Perth-born
Heath Ledger gained international stardom and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for his heart-breaking performance as a taciturn gay cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain.
He had already served notice of his talent with parts in several films including "Monster's Ball", "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot."
As Batman's cackling arch-enemy,
Heath Ledger earned rave reviews from critics and co-stars.
"I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as The Joker," wrote Rolling Stone's film critic Pete Travers.
The cast and crew of "The Dark Knight" were similarly wowed.
British actor Gary Oldman, who plays Gotham City police officer Lieutenant Jim Gordon, is among those who believes Ledger's performance is Oscar-worthy.
"Over the years when I've seen great performances -- (Jack) Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Al Pacino in 'Dog Day Afternoon' -- you go 'wow, there's something really special at work here'. And I think Heath's done that here. It's like he's gone through the sound barrier."
Nolan said
Heath Ledger, renowned for taking on difficult, edgy roles, was chosen for the film precisely for that reason.
"For the role of The Joker I was looking for fearlessness," Nolan said. "I needed a phenomenal actor, but he (Ledger) also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role.
"Heath created something entirely original. It's stunning, it's captivating," Nolan said.
Tina Fey officially rules the world and has the Golden Globe awards to prove it.
The "30 Rock" star and creator was named best actress in a TV comedy and her NBC series was picked as best comedy Sunday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, capping a run of honors for the series and general acclaim for her Sarah Palin impersonation.
"I want you to know that I really know how very lucky I am to have the year that I've had this year," Fey said.
But there's a dark side,
Tina Fey said.
"If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet. And you can find a lot of people there who don't like you,"
Tina Fey added, drawing laughs and applause from the celebrity-studded ballroom audience.
"I'd like to address some of them now," she continued. "Babs in La Crosse, you can suck it. Diane-fan, you can suck it. Cougar-letter, you can really suck it, 'cause all year you've been after me. All year."
Tina Fey, whose winsome take on Republican vice presidential candidate Palin was last year's highlight of "Saturday Night Live," introduced a political note to the Globes ceremony with the help of "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan.
"
Tina Fey and I had an agreement that if Barack Obama won, I would speak for the show from now on," Morgan said in accepting the best-series award. "Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America — deal with it, Cate Blanchett."
Morgan thanked the press association, especially on his own behalf "because a black man can't get no love at the Emmys."
Last year, "30 Rock" won three Emmys, including for best comedy series, writing and for
Tina Fey's performance.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I didn’t mind the Sam/Mikaela storyline in the first film. And it would only be natural to continue developing it for the second one.
Can’t wait to see 10 times the explosions, though!
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