Gabourey Sidibe (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA)
Gabourey Sidibe was one of the nominees for the best actress (drama) Golden Globe for her performance as an illiterate, sexually abused teenager in Lee Daniels' Precious. Sidibe lost to Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, but her co-star, Mo'Nique, took home the best supporting actress award. In Precious, Mo'Nique plays Sidibe's resentful mother. Following wins at the Sundance Film Festival, Precious has turned into one of the biggest arthouse hits of 2009.
At the Golden Globes, Heather Graham joined the Hangover crowd, which also included Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, and Ed Helms. The film won the best picture (comedy or musical) award. Among the five nominees in that category, it was by far the highest grosser, with more than $200 million at the domestic box office. Losers included Nancy Meyers' It's Complicated, starring Meryl Streep, and Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer.
Fergie's Nine, a box-office disappointment, failed to win a single Golden Globe. Josh Duhamel's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, wasn't up for any Globes despite its high grosses. On the other hand, some assert that it'll be up for several Razzies as the worst film of 2009. Nominations will be announced in early February.
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