Monday, January 12, 2009

Bollywood music director A.R. Rahman became the first Indian to win the Golden Globe Award, for best original musical score in Danny Boyle's movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

"Slumdog Millionaire" hit the jackpot at the Golden Globes , winning four of the coveted awards including best film drama to give it a leg up in Hollywood's race for Oscars.
"Slumdog," which tells of a young Indian man looking for love and competing for money on a television game show, also earned awards for director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and composer A.R. Rahman for best musical score.
Director Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was named best film musical or comedy.Kate Winslet grabbed two Golden Globes, one for best actress in a drama in her role as a frustrated housewife in "Revolutionary Road" and the second for best supporting actress playing a German woman with a hidden past in "The Reader."
Mickey Rourke was named best actor in a film drama with "The Wrestler" and Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year, was named best supporting actor for playing the villain Joker in Batman movie "The Dark Knight."
Colin Farrell won best actor in a musical or comedy with his role as a hitman in "In Bruges," and Sally Hawkins was best actress in the same group for her work as an optimis.
"Wall-E," took home best animated film, and Israel's "Waltz with Bashir" was named best foreign language film.

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