Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz remained respectively to the doors of Golden Globes in the 67 edition of these awards given in Los Angeles and to which they decided in the categories of better film in foreign language by “the broken hugs” and of better secondary actress on “Nine”.
The ceremony, celebrated in the hotel Beverly Hilton of Los Angeles, had like main winners to the taquillera “Transformation”, better film and better director for James Cameron, “Crazy Heart”, better actor for Jeff Bridges and better song, and “Up”, that conquered the award of better films animated and better sound track.
Also they were awarded Sandra Bullock like better dramatic actress by “The Blind Side”, Robert Downey Jr. like better interpreter of comedy by (Sherlock Holmes) and Meryl Streep like actress of comedy by “Julie & Julia”, whereas “The Hangover” was named the best comedy of the year.
As it was predicted, the versatile Mo “Nique was dominated to Penélope Cruz and the rest of name by papers of distribution, Side Farmiga and Anna Kendrick (both by “Up in the Air”) and Julianne Moore (“To Single Man”), thanks to its work in dramatic “the Precious: Based On The Nobel Push By Sapphire” and consolidated like great favorite for the Oscar.
One was the third occasion in which Penélope Cruz was candidate to these prizes, later “To return” (2007) and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2009), although the luck was to him aloof again.
The Madrilenian chose for this finery a dress at night of Giorgio Armani, black, fitted and with embroider decollete.
When entering the finery, Penélope Cruz was useful to make a call of aid towards Haiti after the terrible earthquake that has knocked down the country, and said that Hollywood has the “obligation and the responsibility” to aid to the Antillean country.
The prize of secondary actress served abrir the event celebrated in the hotel Beverly Hilton of the Californian city that was lead by British comedian Ricky Gervais, scriptwriter of the original version of the series “The Office”, and in that the crisis that lives the Caribbean island was present through red and yellow shared in common bows.
The finery counted on or the habitual star parade of Hollywood, such as Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren or Julia Roberts, although it had the absence of Pedro Almodóvar, that did not appear in spite of the nomination of “the broken hugs”.
Finally, the last production of the film director of La Mancha was surpassed by the German tape of the director Michael Hanneke “The White Ribbon” like better film in foreign language, title that also disputed to the Chilean “nana” of Sebastián Silva, the French “To Prophet” of Jacques Audiard and the Italian “Baaria” of Giuseppe Tornatore.
“The White Ribbon” started off like favorite after reaping numerous prizes in Europe, although the options of “the broken hugs” were increased during the weekend after raising Friday with the prize of better films in nonEnglish language of Critic” s Choice Awards, annual awards of the greater association of critics of cinema of the USA.
“The broken hugs” supposed the sixth nomination to Gold Globes for a creation of Almodóvar that previously had competed by these awards by “Women on the brink of madness an attack of nerves” (1988), “distant Heels” (1991), “Everything on my mother” (1999), “It speaks with her” (2002) and “To return” (2006).
In 2000, “Everything on my mother” obtained the prize and three years later the success was repeated with “Speaks with her”, two films by which the director was also compensated in the ceremony of the Oscar.
The Gold Globes, granted annually by the Association of the Foreign Press of Hollywood, are considered like a reference on which it will be the result of the Oscar, prizes that this year give the 7 of March.
