“GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS” – GOWNS, GLITZ, BUT NO SURPRISES

The Hollywood Foreign Press presented the Golden Globe Awards to the movies and actors that group considers to be deserving of this year’s recognition.

Ricky Gervais was back to host the show to stir up a little controversy like last year – and while he was a handful then, Sunday night’s program was pretty much a snooze-fest.

There were also no surprises, except for The Descendants taking the award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The flick was in the same category with Steven Spielberg’s stunning epic War Horse and Martin Scorsese’s dazzler Hugo.

The rest of the awards went off as predicted.

You can click on the two box below to hear the reaction from the winners in the film as well as television categories.

Check out the full winner’s list below:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

(Winner) THE DESCENDANTS – Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures

THE HELP – DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures

HUGO – Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures

THE IDES OF MARCH – Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing

MONEYBALL – Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International

WAR HORSE – DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

(Winner) MERYL STREEP – THE IRON LADY

GLENN CLOSE – ALBERT NOBBS

VIOLA DAVIS – THE HELP

ROONEY MARA – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

TILDA SWINTON – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

(Winner) GEORGE CLOONEY – THE DESCENDANTS

LEONARDO DICAPRIO – J. EDGAR

MICHAEL FASSBENDER – SHAME

RYAN GOSLING – THE IDES OF MARCH

BRAD PITT – MONEYBALL

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(Winner) THE ARTIST – a La Petite Reine – Studio 37 – La Classe Americaine – JD Prod- France3 Cinema – Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company

50/50 – Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment

BRIDESMAIDS – Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema & Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(Winner) MICHELLE WILLIAMS – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

JODIE FOSTER – CARNAGE

CHARLIZE THERON – YOUNG ADULT

KRISTEN WIIG – BRIDESMAIDS

KATE WINSLET – CARNAGE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(Winner) JEAN DUJARDIN – THE ARTIST

BRENDAN GLEESON – THE GUARD

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – 50/50

RYAN GOSLING – CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.

OWEN WILSON – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

(Winner) THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN – Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS – Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman; Sony Pictures Releasing International

CARS 2 – Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

PUSS IN BOOT – DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures

RANGO – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink / GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

(Winner) A SEPARATION (IRAN) – (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)  – Asghar Farhadi; Sony Pictures Classics

THE FLOWERS OF WAR (CHINA) – (Jing Ling Shi San Chai) – New Pictures Film Company; Wrekin Hill Entertainment

IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY (USA) – GK Films; FilmDistrict

THE KID WITH A BIKE (BELGIUM) – (Le Gamin au Velo) – Les Films du Fleuve; Sundance Selects

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (SPAIN) – (La piel que habito) – El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

(Winner) OCTAVIA SPENCER – THE HELP

BERENICE BEJO – THE ARTIST

JESSICA CHASTAIN – THE HELP

JANET MCTEER – ALBERT NOBBS

SHAILENE WOODLEY – THE DESCENDANTS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

(Winner) CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – BEGINNERS

KENNETH BRANAGH  – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

ALBERT BROOKS – DRIVE

JONAH HILL – MONEYBALL

VIGGO MORTENSEN – A DANGEROUS METHOD

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

(Winner) MARTIN SCORSESE – HUGO

WOODY ALLEN – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

GEORGE CLOONEY – THE IDES OF MARCH

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS  – THE ARTIST

ALEXANDER PAYNE – THE DESCENDANTS

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

(Winner) WOODY ALLEN – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

GEORGE CLOONEY, HESLOV, BEAU WILLIMON – THE IDES OF MARCH

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS  – THE ARTIST

ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON, JIM RASH – THE DESCENDANTS

STAN CHERVIN, STEVEN ZAILLIAN, AARON SORKIN – MONEYBALL

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

(Winner) LUDOVIC BOURCE – THE ARTIST

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

(Winner) ‘MASTERPIECE’ — W.E. – Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry

‘HELLO HELLO’ — GNOMEO & JULIET – Music by: Elton John; Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin

‘THE KEEPER’ — MACHINE GUN PREACHER – Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell

‘LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN’ — ALBERT NOBBS – Music by: Brian Byrne; Lyrics by: Glenn Close

‘THE LIVING PROOF’ — THE HELP – Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas; Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

(Winner) HOMELAND (SHOWTIME) – SHOWTIME Presents, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, Fox 21

AMERICAN HORROR STORY (FX) – Twentieth Century Fox Television

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) – Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

BOSS (STARZ) – Lionsgate Television in association with Grammnet NH Productions, Roya Productions and Old Friends Productions

GAME OF THRONES (HBO) – Bighead, Littlehead, 360 Television, Grok and Generator Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

(Winner) CLAIRE DANES – HOMELAND

MIREILLE ENOS – THE KILLING

JULIANNA MARGULIES – THE GOOD WIFE

MADELEINE STOWE – REVENGE

CALLIE THORNE – NECESSARY ROUGHNESS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

(Winner) KELSEY GRAMMER – BOSS

STEVE BUSCEMI – BOARDWALK EMPIRE

BRYAN CRANSTON – BREAKING BAD

JEREMY IRONS – THE BORGIAS

DAMIAN LEWIS – HOMELAND

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(Winner) MODERN FAMILY (ABC) – Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television ENLIGHTENED (HBO) – Ripcord Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

EPISODES (SHOWTIME) – SHOWTIME Presents, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions

GLEE (FOX) – Ryan Murphy Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

NEW GIRL FOX – Chernin Entertainment in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(Winner) LAURA DERN – ENLIGHTENED

ZOOEY DESCHANEL – 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

(Winner) MATT LEBLANC – EPISODES

ALEC BALDWIN – 30 ROCK

DAVID DUCHOVNY – CALIFORNICATION

JOHNNY GALECKI – THE BIG BANG THEORY

THOMAS JANE – HUNG

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

(Winner) DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE) (PBS) – A Carnival/Masterpiece Co-production

CINEMA VERITE (HBO) – A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films

THE HOUR (BBC AMERICA) – Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production.

MILDRED PIERCE (HBO) – A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries

TOO BIG TO FAIL (HBO) – A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

(Winner) KATE WINSLET – MILDRED PIERCE

ROMOLA GARAI – THE HOUR

DIANE LANE – CINEMA VERITE

ELIZABETH MCGOVERN – DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)

EMILY WATSON – APPROPRIATE ADULT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

(Winner) IDRIS ELBA – LUTHER

HUGH BONNEVILLE – DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)

WILLIAM HURT – TOO BIG TO FAIL

BILL NIGHY – PAGE EIGHT (MASTERPIECE)

DOMINIC WEST – THE HOUR

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

(Winner) JESSICA LANGE – AMERICAN HORROR STORY

KELLY MACDONALD – BOARDWALK EMPIRE

MAGGIE SMITH – DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)

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

(Winner) PETER DINKLAGE  – GAME OF THRONES

PAUL GIAMATTI  – TOO BIG TO FAIL

GUY PEARCE – MILDRED PIERCE

TIM ROBBINS – CINEMA VERITE

ERIC STONESTREET – MODERN FAMILY