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 The
Howard Hughes epic The Aviator and the road-trip
romp Sideways earned best-picture Golden Globes,
boosting their status as front-runners for the
upcoming Academy Awards.
The Aviator won on Sunday for best dramatic
film, giving it an edge at the Oscars, which
favour heavyweight drama. Sideways won for comedy
film.
Jamie Foxx of the Ray Charles film biography Ray
, Hilary Swank of the boxing saga Million Dollar
Baby , Annette Bening of the showbiz comedy Being
Julia and Leonardo DiCaprio of The Aviator also
boosted their Oscar odds by winning the top acting
Globes.
The Aviator ended
up with three Golden Globes, while Sideways ,
Million Dollar Baby , and Closer won two apiece.
"Can I just tell you that I am having the ride of my
life right now?" said Foxx, considered the favorite
to win the best-actor Oscar for his uncanny
emulation of Ray Charles, who died last year.
"I wish I could take
what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water
system, and we would all love each other a whole lot
more." Earning a record three Globe nominations,
Foxx lost in his other two categories, supporting
movie actor for Collateral and actor in a TV movie
or miniseries for Redemption .
Bening won for best
actress in a movie musical or comedy, playing an
aging stage diva in 1930s London who plots gleeful
revenge against the men in her life.
Backstage, Bening
said that while Hollywood economics is geared toward
roles for younger actresses, she said there are
filmmakers eager to present tales of older women.
"I think there's no
question that sexism exists, but I think that as
long as people are willing to fight and create
interesting stories that involve women of all
different ages, then the movies will get made,"
Bening said. |
