Slumdog Millionaire wins best picture at Globes

Photo: Getty Images Uplifting British film Slumdog Millionaire has won bestdrama at the Golden Globes, its fourth award ofthe night. Director Danny Boyle's film follows the fortunes of an orphanwho rises from the poverty of Mumbai's slums to reach the brink ofriches on the Indian version of popular game show Who Wants toBe a Millionaire. The film was adapted from Indian author Vikas Swarup's novelQ and A by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, best known for 1997hit The Full Monty. Advertisement: Story continues below Boyle had earlier won best director while Beaufoy won for bestscreenplay. The film also won in the music category. Other nominees for Sunday's award included The Curious Caseof Benjamin Button, FrostNixon, Revolutionary Road andThe Reader. Winslet wins second Golden Globe Kate Winslet has won a second Golden Globe in the best dramaactress category for her portrayal of a frustrated 1950ssuburbanite in the drama Revolutionary Road. Winslet, , on Sunday beat out Angelina Jolie(Changeling), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Anne Hathaway(Rachel Getting Married) and Kristin Scott-Thomas(I've Loved You So Long). Winslet, who had been nominated at the Globes on five previousoccasions, before this year, also won earlier in the evening in thesupporting actress category for her performance in TheReader. Already nominated for five Oscars during her career, Winslet'snotable film credits include Titanic, Iris, Sense andSensibility and Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind. Rourke wins Golden Globe for The Wrestler Mickey Rourke has won the Golden Globe for Canada Goose Jakker best actor in a dramafor his portrayal of a washed-up prizefighter in TheWrestler. Rourke, 52, whose acting career had been in a downward spiralsince his 1980s heyday, earned widespread critical acclaim for hisperformance, which echos his own troubled recent history. Rourke earned the award on Sunday ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio(Revolutionary Road), Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Frank Langella(FrostNixon). Farrell wins Globe for comedic role Irish heart-throb Colin Farrell has won the award for best actorin a comedy or musical at the Golden Globes for his performance inIn Bruges. Farrell, who plays a hitman struggling to come to terms with abotched job, pipped co-star Brendan Gleeson, Dustin Hoffman(Last Chance Harvey), James Franco (PineappleExpress) and Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)to take the award on Sunday. Farrell, 32, is best nown for his roles in Minority Report,Miami Vice and Alexander. Boyle wins best director award British film-maker Danny Boyle has won the best director awardat the Golden Globes for his work on the acclaimed dramaSlumdog Millionaire. Boyle, 52, is expected to be among the favourites at nextmonth's Oscars following the success of the film, which tells thestory of a boy's rise from Mumbai's slums to the brink of fortuneon an Indian television game show. It was the third award for Slumdog Millionaire afterwins in the screenplay and music categories. Sunday's award was a first Golden Globe for Boyle, who is bestknown for his cult 1996 movie Trainspotting, The Beach and28 Days Later. Other nominees included Stephen Daldry (The Reader),David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), RonHoward (FrostNixon) and Sam Mendes (RevolutionaryRoad.) Vicky Cristina Barcelona wins Globes comedyaward Steamy Woody Allen movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona haswon the Golden Globe award for best comedy or musical.

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