Boyhood takes Golden Globe honours

The cast and crew of “Boyhood' celebrate

Richard Linklater's coming-of-age film “Boyhood” has taken top honours at the 72nd Golden Globe awards.

The movie, which took 12 years to make, won best film drama, with Linklater named best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress.

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosted the awards for a second time, at the Beverly Hills in California on Monday.

The Golden Globes, honouring the best in TV and film, are decided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and is considered one of the most prestigious awards of its kind.

hosts Fey and Poehler with Margaret Cho

Eddie Redmayne won best actor in a drama for his role as physicist Professor Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”. His co-star, Felicity Jones, missed out on the best drama actress award to Julianne Moore for her role as an academic with early onset Alzheimer's in “Still Alice”. Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley were also nominated for their parts in Gone Girl and The Imitation Game respectively, but were both disappointed.

Comedy drama “Birdman” had led nominations going into the ceremony with seven nods. However, the film collected only two awards - one for Michael Keaton as best actor in a comedy or musical and one for best screenplay. In a surprise win, Wes Anderson's “The Grand Budapest Hotel” won best comedy or musical film, with Amy Adams named best actress in a comedy or musical for her role in “Big Eyes”.

“Whiplash” star JK Simmons was the first winner of the night, collecting the prize for best supporting actor.

Despite being nominated for five awards, Alan Turing drama 'The Imitation Game” came away empty-handed, as did thriller “Gone Girl”, which had received four nominations. In the TV categories, it was Matthew Mcconaughey-starrer “True Detective” that failed to score an award despite four nominations.

George Clooney receives the lifetime achievement.

Many of the actors spoke of their support for free speech following the Charlie Hebdo deadly attacks in Paris last week. Some held “Je suis Charlie” signs on the red carpet, while others referred to it while on stage. George Clooney, who was awarded the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award, ended his acceptance speech by showing his support and commenting on the marches which took place around the world on Sunday.

Kevin Spacey picked up his first Golden Globe after eight nominations, for his role in Netflix drama “House of Cards”. Amazon comedy drama “Transparent” celebrated two award wins for the streaming service after it was named best TV comedy and its star, Jeffrey Tambor won best actor in a TV comedy. “Fargo” also collected two prizes, winning best TV miniseries and best actor in a TV miniseries for Billy Bob Thornton. “The Affair” was named best TV drama and Maggie Gyllenhaal won best actress in a TV miniseries for her role in BBC Two drama The Honourable Woman. Russian title “Leviathan” took the prize for best foreign film, while “How to Train Your Dragon” was adjudged best animated movie, ahead of big box office successes like “Lego Movie” and “Big Hero 6”. Jóhann Jóhannsson picked up the award for best scores (“The Theory of Everything”) and best original song went to John Legend's “Glory” (from “Selma”).

Source: BBC