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Claire Danes "Temple Grandin" - Broadway veteran Claire Danes has been awarded a Golden Globe for 'Best Actress in a Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television' for her portrayal of the title character in HBO's TEMPLE GRANDIN. In April 2000, she appeared off Broadway in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. In November of that same year, she appeared as Emily Webb in a one night only staged reading of Thorton Wilder's Our Town at All Saint's Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills. The production was staged by Bess Armstrong who'd played the mother of Danes' character on My So-Called Life. Also featured in the cast were several other My So-Called Life actors including Tom Irwin, Devon Gummersall and Paul Dooley. Later in 2007, Danes made her Broadway theatre debut as Eliza Doolittle in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, directed by David Grindley at the American Airlines Theatre. Claire Danes ...

Annette Bening "The Kids are all Right" - In movies, Annette Bening took home the award as best actress in a comedy or musical for her role as a suburban lesbian mom in The Kids Are All Right. She paid tribute to one of her rivals in the category, Julianne Moore, who played her partner in the film, and talked her into doing the movie. "Julianne, you are a class act, thank you," she said. She also paid tribute to whom she called the 1962 award winner for "most promising young actor," her husband Warren Beatty. Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3, a box-office juggernaut, won for best animated feature film, against major competition such as Disney itself for Tangled. Christian Bale took the night's first award, for best supporting actor in The Fighter, the story of a Massachusetts boxer and his family and their effort to win a championship. The Fighter is also up for five other awards, including best picture, at the 68th annual Globes, the prizes for f...

Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire - The HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" scored two of the first Golden Globe awards given out Sunday night. Steve Buscemi thanked "table 114" in his acceptance speech for best performance by an actor in a television series - drama for his role on the freshman HBO show. "I'm only as good as the people I work with, and I have the best cast," Buscemi said about his series, which also won for best TV series - drama. Veteran actor Al Pacino won the Globe for best actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television for his role as Jack Kevorkian in "You Don't Know Jack." Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire "It's kind of a special thing for an actor when they get to play a real person," Pacino said. "That relationship is so intimate and special." Claire Danes was awarded best actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television for her starring role in "Temple Gradi...

Chris Colfer "Glee" - When Chris Colfer took the stage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night to accept his prize for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, he had a major statement for anyone feeling like they don't fit in. But, first, he made sure to thank the people who helped bring him to his Golden Globes win. Chris Colfer "Glee" "I think I just dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, so if anyone sees that, please give that back to me," he joked to the room, filled with Hollywood's biggest names, as well as his "Glee" co-star Lea Michele, who cried as he accepted his award. "I can't believe this. Thank you so much, Hollywood Foreign Press. I have to thank [show creator] Ryan Murphy for basically being my fairy godfather. Everybody at Fox, our amazing crew, who keep us sane and our very talented cast — you guys deserve this as ...

Katey Sagal Sons of Anarchy - Katey Sagal and Steve Buscemi both won their first Golden Globes for top actors in television dramas on Sunday, with Buscemi's Prohibition-era "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO also be honored as TV's best drama. "I hope we do it for years and years and years," said Buscemi, who plays the Atlantic City boss in the cable drama. "Boardwalk Empire" won on its first year on the air, beating another hot freshman show in AMC's "The Walking Dead" and "Mad Men," which had won the last three top drama awards. Katey Sagal Sons of Anarchy Terence Winter, who created "Boardwalk Empire," seemed ready to pinch himself. "To my family and friends in Brooklyn, I can't believe I'm sitting at a table with Al Pacino, either," he said. Sagal won for her role in "Sons of Anarchy" on the FX network, the motorcycle drama created by her husband Kurt Sutter. She had been nomina...

Christian Bale The Fighter - Christian Bale won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor for his role in “The Fighter.” Comedian Ricky Gervais is hosting the 68th Golden Globes for a second year tonight on NBC. The Globes, chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are a prelude to next month’s Academy Awards, the film industry’s highest honor. “The King’s Speech,” a film about Britain’s George VI and his struggle to overcome a stutter on the eve of World War II, has the most nominations with seven, including one for Colin Firth as best actor. “The Fighter,” a drama about Irish-American boxer Micky Ward, and “The Social Network,” about the founding of Facebook Inc., each received six nominations. Christian Bale The Fighter A Globe statuette is an imperfect gauge of Oscar prospects. Last year, “The Hurt Locker” won the best-picture Academy Award, beating Globe drama victor “Avatar.” Two years ago, “Slumdog Millionaire” swept the Oscar and the Globe. Nominated this y...

Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.4 - The unemployment rate declined from 9.8 percent in November and 9.9 percent a year ago. It is the lowest rate since May 2009. Although the economy did grow enough to generate jobs, the drop in the unemployment rate represents something more dire: a dramatic decline in the nation's labor force as more people, discouraged about their employment prospects, gave up looking for work and dropped out of the job market. "When I look at the whole basket of labor-market-related data, it is improving," said Robert Dye, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh. "Within that basket," he said, "you are going to find some data points that tick down, but I think it is a fair statement to say labor-market conditions are improving." He cited Wednesday's ADP National Employment Report, which showed an increase of 297,000 private-sector jobs in December, with the bulk of them in small and midsize companie...