The Globes serve as the most prominent ceremony in Hollywood’s pre-game show leading up to the Academy Awards on Feb. 27. The awards are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whose small membership of about 90 people pales compared to the nearly 6,000 film professionals eligible to vote for the Oscars.
Yet the Globes historically serve as a solid forecast that helps set the odds for subsequent film honors.
Golden Globe winners gain attention that can put them on the inside track for prizes from acting, directing and other filmmaking guilds — momentum often sticks with them right through Oscar night.
In the TV categories, “Desperate Housewives” won for best musical or comedy series, while Teri Hatcher beat her show’s co-stars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman for best actress in a TV comedy. Hatcher thanked ABC for giving “me a second chance at a career when I couldn’t have been a bigger has-been.”
“Nip/Tuck” won for best dramatic TV series, while “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers” took the Globe for best TV movie or miniseries and Jason Bateman of “Arrested Development” was honored as best actor in a comedy series.
Other TV winners included Mariska Hargitay of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as dramatic actress, Ian McShane as dramatic actor for “Deadwood,” Anjelica Huston as supporting actress for the suffrage film “Iron Jawed Angels,” and William Shatner as supporting actor for “Boston Legal.”
“I really wanted to win,” Shatner said afterward backstage, where he fielded questions about playing sinister attorney Denny Crane after decades of being typecast as space hero Capt. Kirk in “Star Trek.” “It’s all part of the fun of acting. Acting is like being in a sandbox and pretending, so this is part of the pretense.”
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