2010 Golden Globe Winners

The 2010 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony took place in Beverly Hills last night, presented by our very own Ricky Gervais.

Well, the winners are in. And what looks like the biggest surprise of the evening is the fact that Avatar nabbed both top prizes: the Best Drama and Best Director awards.

Despite being up against stiff competition from the likes of Precious and The Hurt Locker , it was Cameron’s blue-skinned 3D epic that grabbed the coveted prizes.

Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges took home the Best Actor (Drama) award for his performance in Crazy Heart , and Sandra Bullock received her first Globe for her dramatic turn in Blind Side . She has been nominated twice before.

Here’s a full rundown of the winners:

BEST DRAMA
Avatar

DIRECTOR
James Cameron - Avatar

ACTOR (DRAMA)
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Hangover

ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon

ANIMATED FILM
Up

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique - Precious

SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air

ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino - Up

ORIGINAL SONG
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart

CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Martin Scorsese

Fans of Michael Haneke will be pleased that his quietly compelling black-and-white drama The White Ribbon grabbed the Foreign-Language Film award, while we’re pleased to see Mo’Nique and Christoph Waltz honoured for their supporting turns in Precious and Inglourious Basterds .

But what of The Hangover grabbing Best Musical or Comedy, shoving (500) Days of Summer aside in the process? And did Avatar really deserve Best Drama?

Tell us your thoughts below...

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.