Hugh Jackman has won Best Actor in the Golden Globes Musical or Comedy category.
Jackman, who plays Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables," defeated Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Jack Black ("Bernie"), Bill Murray ("Hyde Park on Hudson") and Ewan McGregor ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen") for the award.
The Best Actor Golden Globes trophy comes just days after Jackman was also nominated for Best Actor by the Academy Awards. He also received a nomination from the Screen Actors Guild in the same category.
Last year, Jean Dujardin won Best Actor, Musical or Comedy for his performance in "The Artist." Dujardin would go on to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards, defeating George Clooney, who won Best Actor in a drama.
For a full list of the nominations, click here.
The Golden Globes are voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Per the Globes website, the group was found during World War II. More about the organization can be found here.
 | @ EDouglasWW : So if Argo wins the GG, is it still in the game for Best Picture at Oscars or is it another movie to end its run on GG night? |
"Les Miserables" beat "Silver Linings Playbook," an upset, of sorts, considering the power Harvey Weinstein usually has at the Golden Globes. More on the "Les Mis" win here.
 | @ mattsinger : In a bold move, the creators of LES MISERABLES are singing their acceptance speech LIVE. |
Can you hear the people sing? "Les Miserables" wins Best Musical or Comedy from the Golden Globes, beating "Silver Linings Playbook," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen."
 | @ lisaschwarzbaum : Hey, Seth MacFarlane and the Oscar boys: the girls of the Golden Globes say you got SERVED. |
More on Jackman's Best Actor win. Will he beat Daniel Day-Lewis at the Academy Awards on Feb. 24? (Probably not.)
First time Tom Hooper has been called a visionary.
Suddenly, 24601, wins Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Hugh Jackman defeats Bradley Cooper, Bill Murray, Jack Black and Ewan McGregor.
Because Ben Affleck forgot to when he won Best Director for "Argo."
Which is funny, since Hillary Swank didn't. More on the "Girls" win for Best Comedy here.
 | @ ichadlowe : Congrats to @lenadunham on your Golden Globe win. But, seriously? You forget to thank me?! After all we've been through? I'm shocked. |
 | @ AmyKinLA : Backstage, Jodie says she's NOT retiring. "Oh, no, I could never stop acting. You'd have to drag me behind a team of horses." #GoldenGlobes |
"Girls" wins! Party in Brooklyn!
 | @ HuffPostEnt : Hey, George W. Bush DID do the presentation for Moonrise Kingdom! Well, the guy who played him, anyway. #goldenglobes |
Ben Affleck probably would have won Best Director at the Oscars, if he was nominated. Alas, he'll always have the Golden Globes. More on his win here.
Sorry, Oscars! Ben Affleck wins Best Director for "Argo" after being snubbed by the Oscars. He beat Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee and Quentin Tarantino.
 | @ louisvirtel : Jodie Foster is only public about important things, like staying friends with Mel Gibson. #GoldenGlobes |
Jodie Foster's rambling acceptance speech -- which included a drop-out, possibly because of an expletive or two dropped -- teased that she was going to make a big announcement, but only joked that she was "single." Rumors about Foster's sexuality have been whispered about for years.
"I already did my coming-out about a thousand years ago," Foster said.
Jodie Foster name-checks Molly Shannon's "SNL" character Sally O'Malley in her acceptance speech.
If you need to use the restroom, now's the time #montage
Anne Hathaway's mother played Fantine in "Les Miserables," the role that won Hathaway her Golden Globe earlier in the evening.
And thoroughly crush it.
"Congratulations, Lena. Glad we got you through middle school."
"Look how drunk Glenn Close is. [...] Actually, she might need a medic."
"You know what, Taylor Swift? You stay away from Michael J. Fox's son. She needs some me time."
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