2012 Golden Globe Awards Winners: The Descendants, The Artists

The winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards have already been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The Descendants won the Best Motion Picture, Drama while The Artist won the Best Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical.

The Descendants tackles the story of a father trying to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident. On the other hand, The Artist is a silent movie about a silent movie actor and deals with the fall of his career in the emergence of talking movies.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards recognizes the best motion picture as well as television achievement for the year 2011. The Golden Globe Awards is considered one of the most prestigious award-giving bodies next to the Academy Awards, which is set to release their nominations on January 24, 2012 and will award its winners on February 26, 2012.

Complete List of the Golden Globe Awards 2011 Winners

The 69th Golden Globe Awards list of winners are now complete! Check them out below. The winners in their categories will be in bold and italics.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Descendants - Winner
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants - Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady - Winner
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
50/50
The Artist - Winner
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist - Winner
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn - Winner
Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help - Winner
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners - Winner

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin - Winner
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (United States)
The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)
A Separation (Iran) - Winner
The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorcese, Hugo - Winner

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Midnight in Paris - Winner
The Ides of March
The Artist
The Descendants
Moneyball

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Ludovic Bource, The Artist - Winner
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Hello Hello, Gnomeo and Juliet
The Keeper, Machine Gun Preacher
Lay Your Head Down, Albert Nobbs
The Living Proof, The Help
Masterpiece, W.E. - Winner

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