By Osagie Alonge
Freeman, 74, was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding movie acting career.
‘If you do what you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life‘, he said.
Other winners of the night include George Clooney (The Descendants) and Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) who won ‘Best Actor and Actress’ in a Motion picture respectively.
Also veteran movie director Martin Scorsese was awarded ‘Best Director’.
The awards show took place at the The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, LA.
MOTION PICTURES
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Descendants
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Artist
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
George Clooney, The Descendants
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jean DuJardin, The Artist
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Octavia Spencer, The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
SCREENPLAY, MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation, Iran
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tin Tin
ORIGINAL SCORE, MOTION PICTURE
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
ORIGINAL SONG, MOTION PICTURE
‘Masterpiece’, Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry; W.E.
TELEVISION
TV SERIES, DRAMA
Homeland
TV SERIES, COMEDY
Modern Family
TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Downton Abbey
ACTOR IN A TV SERIES, DRAMA
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
ACTOR, TV SERIES COMEDY
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES, COMEDY
Laura Dern, Enlightened
ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Idris Elba, Luther
ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
CECILE B. DEMILLE AWARD
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman Honoured At Golden Globe Awards 2012
