Seven films from 2002 win at the 2003 Golden Globe Awards
		After years of being shut out by both the Oscars and the Golden Globes, voters at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were finally able to look past his enormous eyebrows and give the award for Best Director to the great Martin Scorsese for his operatic historical epic, “Gangs of New York.” In an interview afterwards, famed motormouth Scorsese thanked the HFPA briefly for the award while thanking it vociferously for the donations it has made to his film restoration foundation, which he mentioned was soon to bring out a restored version of Kubrick’s great “Paths of Glory.”  “Gangs of New York” won only one other Golden Globe, which went to Irish rock group U2 for their Original Song, “The Hands That Built America.”  Not one of the group’s best songs, but certainly superior to most of the drivel that fills this category. The big winner at the Golden Globes was the musical “Chicago,” which won Best Picture of the Year (Comedy or Musical), Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Renee Zellweger, and Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Richard Gere. “The Hours” won Best Picture of Year (Drama) and Best Actress in a Drama for Nicole Kidman.  “Adaptation” picked up awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Chris Cooper and Meryl Streep.  Despite “Adaptation’s” twisty screenplay, the HFPA’s only writing award went to Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for “About Schmidt,” which also won Best Actor in a Drama for Jack Nicholson. Rounding out the pack with one prize each were “Talk to Her” and “Frida,” the first for Best Foreign Language Film and the second for Original Musical Score, which went to film composer Elliot Goldenthal, whose credits include “Titus,” “Heat,” “Alien3,” and the last two “Batman” films. For more information on the Golden Globe Awards, including past winners and nominees, or why you should possibly care what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association thinks, visit http://hfpa.org/html/GoldenGlobeAwards-2003.html
			January 22, 2003
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