Halle Berry arrives at the 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (Reuters)
THE RACE for Hollywood's top film honours, the Oscars, turned into a three-way contest on Sunday when The Aviator, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby, took top Golden Globe Awards.
Veteran Director Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, about the life of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, earned three Golden Globe honours, more than any other film, including best film drama, best dramatic actor for Leonardo DiCaprio playing Hughes, and best original score for composer Howard Shore.
But Scorsese lost best director honours to Clint Eastwood, whose female boxing drama Million Dollar Baby has been a hit with critics. The movie also earned Hilary Swank the Golden Globe for best dramatic actress playing a woman pugilist.
Coming into the Golden Globes, Sideways had been the most nominated movie with seven nominations overall to six for The Aviator. Sideways walked off with two awards, one for best musical or comedy and a second for best screenplay for director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor.
A TIP FOR MOVIE FANS
The Golden Globes, given out by the 93-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is Hollywood's first major show of the awards season. They often tip movie fans on which films might go on to win Oscars, given on Feb. 27 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On stage, DiCaprio said he had led a privileged life in show business, but his greatest honour has been to work with Scorsese, director of Raging Bull and Goodfellas.
"The pinnacle of all has been to work alongside one of the greatest contributors to the world of cinema of our time," he said, talking about Scorsese.
Jamie Foxx won the award for best actor in a musical or comedy, playing blind soul singing legend Ray Charles. The comedian-turned-actor led the audience in a Charles-like chant, then joked about a recent trip to Miami and advice from his publicist to avoid partying too much.
Meanwhile, drama Closer, about two cheating couples, also earned two Golden Globes, but in minor categories. Britain's Clive Owen was named best supporting actor and Natalie Portman took the best supporting actress prize.
Spain's The Sea Inside, about a quadriplegic's battle to take his own life, was named best foreign language film.
