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Golden Globe winners announced

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18 January 2010

The science fiction epic¹ Avatar has been named best drama at the Golden Globe awards in Hollywood. The film, which has broken records at the box office, also picked up an award for its director James Cameron.

Reporter:

Peter Bowes

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James Cameron, who's spent the past five years working on Avatar, was named best director. The film, which is on course to become the highest grossing² movie of all time, is now considered to be in pole position to do well at the Oscars.

The Hangover, a film based around a stag party in Las Vegas, won the award for best comedy. Jeff Bridges, who plays a country music singer in the film Crazy Heart, was named best actor. And Meryl Streep took the award for best actress in a comedy for her portrayal³ of the American TV chef, the late Julia Child, in Julie and Julia.

Many of the celebrities⁴ wore ribbons in support of the people of Haiti. TV viewers were encouraged to give money. The organisers of the show, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, said they were donating $100,000 to the earthquake relief fund.

Peter Bowes, BBC, Los Angeles

1 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

2 grossing   

获得（…的）总收入( gross的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• the top-grossing movie of 2005 2005年票房收入最高的影片
• The film made ＄ 320 million, making it the highest grossing British film ever, and Grant won both a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. 该片的票房收入达到3.2亿美元，成为有史以来英国影片的票房之冠，格兰特因此获得了英国电影电视艺术学院奖和一个金球奖。

3 portrayal   

n.饰演；描画

参考例句：

• His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
• The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目