Salvador Dali Interview

"At the base of his ideas is cauliflowers & rhinoceros horn" Salvador Dali, everyone! This is great for so many reasons: Dali, the authentic period eccentricities, the very high importance placed on the cigarette... By way of current zeitgeist reference, it's like Mad Men meets Midnight in Paris. 

Golden Globe Winners

The 2012 Golden Globe film winners are all as to be expected: Christopher Plummer & Octavia Spencer take the lead for Supporting Actor & Supporting Actress; George Clooney & Jean Dujardin battle it out to the end for Best Actor; Michelle Williams is Meryl Streep's strongest competition for Best Actress & if it weren't for The Artist, The Descendants would be the film to watch for Best Picture.

On the TV front, however, it's all newcomers. Claire Danes takes an expected win for Homeland - incidentally that is three for three for Danes at the Globes for TV: My So-called Life in 1994, Temple Grandin in 2010 & now Homeland - seems her career is best suited to TV for some reason; old favourite Kelsey Grammar becomes only the second actor to possess a Golden Globe as Best Actor in both a TV Comedy & TV Drama (the other being David Duchovney, for The X-Files & Californication) by winning for Chicago Mayor Drama Boss; Matt LeBlanc makes a frankly surprising comeback, winning Best Actor in a TV Comedy for Episodes & Laura Dern takes home the gold for another new series, Enlightened.     


Not happy about Madonna now having two Golden Globes, though. 

Best Picture: Drama

The Descendants

Best Actor: Drama

George Clooney - The Descendants

Best Actress: Drama

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Picture: Comedy / Musical

The Artist

Best Actor: Comedy / Musical

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Best Actress: Comedy / Musical

Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Best Director

Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer - Beginners 

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tin Tin



Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation





Best Screenplay

Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Score

Ludovic Bource - The Artist