Williams, Dinklage, 'Tintin' win Golden Globes

LOS ANGELES?? Christopher Plummer claimed the first Golden Globe Sunday for his work in the film "Beginners." He won the best supporting actor honor for his role as a man who explores his homosexuality late in life.

"I must praise my distinguished competitors, who whom I have the greatest admiration and to whom I apologize most profusely," said Plummer, who added warm regards to "Beginners" star Scottish actor Ewan McGregor. "I want to salute my partner, Ewan, that wily Scot, Ewan 'My Heart's in the Highlands' McGregor, that scene-stealing swine from the outer Hebrides."

Oscar consideration has been elusive for Plummer, who has been nominated for Hollywood's top honor only once in his 60-year career ? two years ago, for the Leo Tolstoy drama "The Last Station."

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Laura Dern claimed the second award, best actress in a television comedy or musical, for her? role in HBO's "Enlightened."

And fan favorite "Downton Abbey," PBS' look at the lives of servants and the wealthy family in a British manor house during World War I, claimed the award for best miniseries or TV movie.

"Homeland" won for best TV drama.

Kate Winslet took home the honor for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie for her role in the remake of "Mildred Pierce."

Peter Dinklage won the best supporting actor award in a TV miniseries or movie for his role as Tyrion Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones." He said that his new daughter was with her first babysitter Sunday night "so I'm a little nervous."

Michelle Williams claimed the honor for best actress in a comedy or musical for her role as beauty icon Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn." She thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for "putting in my hand the same award that Marilyn Monroe won."

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The award for best actor in a TV drama went to Kelsey Grammer for "Boss."

"The Artist," a black-and-white, almost entirely silent film, won the Golden Globe for Ludovic Bource's original score.

Madonna claimed her second Golden Globe for her original song, "Masterpiece," from her film "W.E.," about the love affair of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII.

Idris Elba won for best actor in a miniseries or TV movie for "Luther."

"The Adventures of Tintin" won for best animated feature film, with director Steven Spielberg accepting the award.

Woody Allen won the best screenplay award for "Midnight in Paris," but did not attend the show to pick up the trophy in person.

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Ricky Gervais, who has ruffled feathers at past shows with sharp wisecracks aimed at Hollywood's elite and the Globes show itself, returned as host for the third-straight year. He started with some slams at the Globes as Hollywood's second-biggest film ceremony, after the Oscars.

Gervais joked that the Globes "are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker and more easily bought. Allegedly. Nothing's been proved."

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His often disparaging comments earned the wrath of some celebrities and critics, and initially the HFPA said he would not return. But Gervais was eventually hired back by the organization's chief who cheekily observed that he'd been a very "naughty boy" in 2011.

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"I've got nothing against anyone in the room, I've worked with many of them, I like many of them, I admire most of them. They're just gags. I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings or give them a bad name or undermine the moral fabric of America. I'm a comedian, I rather they laugh than gasp but I'll cherish the laughs along with the gasps," Gervais added.

The Golden Globe Awards are given out by the roughly 90 HFPA members at a gala dinner and ceremony in Beverly Hills that is annually among the key events during Hollywood's awards season because of the media exposure it brings.

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Honors bestowed on TV shows often lure audiences that can turn a little-seen program into a hit, and films and stars that are declared Golden Globe winners often go on to compete for Oscars, the world's top movie prizes given out later this year.

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But veteran Hollywood awards watcher Tom O'Neil of website Goldderby.com notes that in recent years, as more awards shows have aired on TV and Oscar organizers have made changes to their nomination process, the HFPA's influence has waned.

"Six of the last seven years they haven't picked the same best movie. 'Slumdog Millionaire' is the only one," said O'Neil.

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