Colin Farrell, Gabriel Byrne and Slumdog Millionaire win at Golden Globes

It's never really interested me before, but this year's Golden Globes - the 66th apparently - had such a diverse range of films and acting roles in competition, I must admit I was a little bit hooked.

Irish winners are Gabriel Byrne and Colin Farrell. Kate Winslet won two and Slumdog Millionaire won four.

House and 24 were beaten as were Brendan Gleeson, Judi Dench, America Ferrera, Christina Applegate, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sally Field, Frost/Nixon, The curious case of Benjamin Button, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sean Penn and well... you get the idea.

So, winners last night were:

The Cecil B. DeMille Award:
Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture - Drama:
Slumdog Millionaire (Saw this last night. Highly recommend it. Very well made.)

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler (as expected)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road (as expected)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet – The Reader (Second win of the night - we can expect to see a lot more from her!)

Best Animated Feature Film
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen

Best Television Series - Drama
Mad Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Anna Paquin – True Blood

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture made for Television
Laura Linney – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Paul Giamatti – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Laura Dern – Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Tom Wilkinson – John Adams

As always, check out the great Movies.ie for more on the films.