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Argo enjoyed a successful evening at last night’s Golden Globes, with the film scooping the award for Best Picture and Ben Affleck winning the gong for Best Director.

The awards retained their traditional populist slant, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor and Jennifer Lawrence scooping Best Actress In A Comedy Or Musical.

Best Actor and Best Actress followed a more Oscar-centric path, with Academy favourites Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain winning in their respective categories.

Meanwhile, Adele’s ever-expanding trophy cabinet will need another shelf, with the star bagging the award for Best Original Song for her song Skyfall .

Take a look at the full list, below…

BEST MOTION PICTURE (Drama)

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Zero Dark Thirty


BEST MOTION PICTURE (Comedy or Musical)

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Miserables
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• Silver Linings Playbook


BEST DIRECTOR

• Ben Affleck – Argo
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (Drama)

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Richard Gere – Arbitrage
• John Hawkes – The Sessions
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (Drama)

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
• Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible
• Rachel Weisz – The Deep Blue Sea

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (Comedy or Musical)

• Jack Black – Bernie
• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
• Ewan McGregor – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (Comedy or Musical)

• Emily Blunt – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• Judi Dench – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Maggie Smith – Quartet
• Meryl Streep – Hope Springs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Hotel Transylvania
• Rise of the Guardians
• Wreck-It Ralph

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Amour (Austria)

• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• The Intouchables (France)
• Kon-Tiki (Norway/U.K./Denmark)
• Rust and Bone (France)


BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A MOTION PICTURE

• Argo (Chris Terrio)
• Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
• Lincoln (Tony Kushner)
• Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
• Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal)

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BEST SCORE FOR A MOTION PICTURE

• Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)
• Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
• Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil)
• Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “For You” from Act of Valor
• “Not Running Anymore” from Stand Up Guys
• “Safe and Sound” from The Hunger Games
• “Skyfall” from Skyfall
• “Suddenly” from Les Miserables

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