Golden Globe Awards 2014: 'American Hustle,' '12 Years a Slave' win top film awards considered barometer of Oscars

Golden Globe Awards 2014: 'American Hustle,' '12 Years a Slave' win top film awards considered barometer of Oscars

Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto win acting awards, Bryan Cranston, 'Breaking Bad' dominate television drama at the 71st annual awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Tina Fey and Amy Poehler return as hosts.

British director Steve McQueen celebrates after winning Best Motion Picture, Drama, for '12 Years a Slave' at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards. The win seems to portend a tight race for the Oscars with... 

“American Hustle” worked it at the 71st annual Golden Globe awards Sunday night — winning best comedy film and earning trophies for its two leading ladies — while “12 Years a Slave” won the top prize for film drama.

“Hustle,” loosely based on the 1980s Abscam sting, won the best picture award in its category. But its director David O. Russell was beaten for the directing award by Alfonso Cuarón, who made the space adventure “Gravity.”

... 'American Hustle,' which won the Globe for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and notched two acting awards — for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.

“Hustle” stars Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence won for best actress and best supporting actress respectively.

“I always cry when I’m not supposed to,” an emotional Adams told the star-studded crowd as she accepted her Golden Globe at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

Amy Adams clutches hardware for her role as Sydney Prosser in 'American Hustle.'

The historical flick “12 Years a Slave” won the Hollywood Press Association’s final award of the night for best motion picture drama.

Leonardo DiCaprio was a surprise winner for Best Actor, Comedy or Musical, for 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' in which he plays Jordan Belfort.

“I’m a little bit in shock. ‘Roll, Jordan, Roll!” director Steve McQueen, a Brit, said, referencing a Gospel tune from the film.

Lawrence had kicked off the night with her win, praising Russell — whom she Googled after watching one of his earlier films, “I Heart Huckabees.”

Jennifer Lawrence took Best Supporting Actress for her work in 'American Hustle.'

“To think in some twist of fate that it’s the same man who’s made my career what it is is so weird and wonderful,” she said.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler open the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night.

Leonardo DiCaprio also praised his director after his win for best actor in a musical or comedy for “The Wolf of Wall 

Street,” helmed by legend Martin Scorsese.

“You influenced everyone in this room ... and put the very fabric of our culture on screen,” DiCaprio said. “You will be regarded as one of the great artists of our time.”

'Breaking Bad' stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston celebrate another victory; the show won Best TV Series, Drama, while Cranston was honored for his role as Walter White with the Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama, award

Later, host Tina Fey invited the leading man back to the stage to present an award, saying, “And now, like a supermodel’s vagina, let’s give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio.”

Cate Blanchett won the Globe for her role as a down-on-her-luck socialite in “Blue Jasmine” — which was directed by Woody Allen, recipient of the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

Rock and Role: The Edge, Adam Clayton, Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 accept the award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture for 'Ordinary Love' from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.'

Matthew McConaughey took home the award for best actor in a motion picture for “Dallas Buyers Club,” beating out veterans Tom Hanks and Robert Redford.

Cate Blanchett accepts the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for 'Blue Jasmine.'

McConaughey said the film, about a rodeo cowboy afflicted with HIV, barely got made, having been rejected 86 times in 20 years.

“I’m so glad it got passed on so many times ... or else it wouldn’t have come to me,” McConaughey joked.

Matthew McConaughey won, Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for 'Dallas Buyers Club.'

The film also made a winner of Jared Leto, fresh off a 6-year break from acting, who picked up the best supporting actor award for his role as a transgender woman suffering from AIDS.

Robin Wright's won Best Actress, TV Series Drama for her role as Claire Underwood in 'House of Cards.'

Spike Jonze won the award for best sceenplay for “Her,” the film about a man who falls in love with his computer’s operating system.

Meanwhile, the Disney flick “Frozen” won in the animated feature category, and U2 rockers Bono and guitarist Edge won best original song, “Ordinary Love,” from the film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

Lawrence took the award for her role as Rosalyn Rosenfeld in 'American Hustle.'

On the TV side, “Breaking Bad” won for best drama series and the AMC hit show’s star Bryan Cranston, who played a chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin, was honored as best actor in a TV drama — his first win in five nominations.

The new FOX show “Brooklyn Ninety Nine” won best TV comedy, and its star Andy Samberg received the award for best actor in a comedy.

Comedian Amy Poehler cohosted with Fey, but ended up winning her first Globe for her role on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.”

Fey and Poehler hosted the show for the second straight year and earned guffaws for their gentle quips on Hollywood and its foibles — like when they described “Gravity” as “the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.”

But soon after their hilarious opening monologue, the show dipped into the kind of sloppy party atmophere typical of prior Globe shows.

Jacqueline Bisset dropped some profanity during an emotional acceptance speech for her best supporting actress award for “Dancing on the Edge.”

The 71st annual Golden Globes were held on Sunday night in Beverly Hills.

As she rambled, the 69-year-old screen legend grew visibly frustrated once the music started to play her off the stage.

"S---," she blurted.

Most of the sentence had been bleeped — except the curse.

Later, Diane Keaton dropped the “f-bomb” while accepting Allen’s honorary award, saying that if he was watching at home, the director would be saying, “Get her off the f---ing stage.” All of her expletives were deleted.

The Globes are often a barometer of the upcoming Academy Awards — whose nominations are announced Thursday.