Meryl Streep, 'The Descendants' Take Top Honors At Golden Globes

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by an uncharacteristically restrained Ricky Gervais, aired Sunday, January 15, awarding top honors to the Alexander Payne dramedy The Descendants and the French silent film The Artist, for Best Drama and Best Comedy. Other big winners of the night included Madonna, Claire Danes, Michelle Williams and Meryl Streep.

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And here's a full list of nominees and winners.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
*The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
50/50
*The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

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

Best Performance by an 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
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jodi Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
*Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
*Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Joseph Gordon Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
*Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
*Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
*Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
*Midnight in Paris
The Ides of March
The Artist
The Descendants
Moneyball

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

Best Foreign Language Film
Flowers of War
The Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with A Bike
*A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
*The Artist
W.E
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
Hugo

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Gnomeo and Juliet
Machine Gun Preacher
Albert Nobbs
The Help
*Masterpiece, W.E

Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
*Modern Family
New Girl

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
*Kelsey Grammar, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
*Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeline Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
•Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, The New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
*Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cinema Verite
*Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
*Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
*Idris Elba, Luther
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
*Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
*Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family