Golden Globes: A look at some of the lesser-known winners
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Movies like 鈥淏oyhood鈥� and 鈥淭he Theory of Everything鈥� have been all over the awards season conversation and most TV watchers are at least aware of Kevin Spacey鈥檚 鈥�House of Cards鈥� character Frank Underwood. But some lesser-known winners may have left viewers scratching their heads when the titles were announced at the Golden Globes on Jan. 11.
The Showtime drama 鈥淭he Affair鈥� was a big winner at the Golden Globes, with the show taking the best TV drama series award at the ceremony and 鈥淎ffair鈥� actress Ruth Wilson taking the best actress in a TV drama series prize. 鈥淎ffair鈥� debuted its first season on Showtime this past fall and just concluded its season on Dec. 21. The show follows a couple, Noah (Dominic West) and Alison (Wilson), who are having an affair. The events of the show are often different when told by different characters. 鈥淎ffair鈥� also stars Joshua Jackson and Maura Tierney.
The film 鈥淪till Alice,鈥� which was released on Dec. 5, hasn鈥檛 been in the conversation for a Best Picture Oscar nomination, but 鈥淎lice鈥� actress Julianne Moore has been considered a frontrunner for the Oscar Best Actress prize and picked up the Best Actress in a Drama Golden Globe for her role. 鈥淎lice,鈥� which is based on the book of the same name by Lisa Genova, stars Moore as a linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. The film co-stars Alec Baldwin as her husband and Kristen Stewart as one of her children. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave the movie a B grade, writing that 鈥淛ulianne Moore is startlingly good鈥� Alice鈥檚 decline is rendered essentially from her own point of view, but by focusing so intently on her, the co-writing and directing team of聽Richard Glatzer聽and聽Wash Westmoreland聽skimp on the realities one might reasonably expect from this story鈥� It鈥檚 a strange movie 鈥� simultaneously rawly realistic and airbrushed.鈥澛�
Meanwhile, if you don鈥檛 regularly tune into the CW, you may not have come across the show 鈥淛ane the Virgin" 鈥� 鈥淛ane鈥� actress Gina Rodriguez picked up the best actress in a musical or comedy series prize. The show debuted this past fall and is still airing its first season. It's based on a soap opera from Venezuela and stars Rodriguez as Jane. The show also co-stars Justin Baldoni, Andrea Navedo, and Brett Dier.聽
