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Published: 12 January, 2009, 07:42

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Stars of the big and little screen are in Los Angeles for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards for cinema and TV. And as usual, the competition for prizes is fierce.

Mickey Rourke has won a Golden Globe for best dramatic actor for his comeback role in “The Wrestler”.

Australian actor Heath Ledger took the best supporting-actor nearly a year after his death, earning the prize for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight.”

Kate Winslet won best supporting actress for `“The Reader”, in which she plays a former Nazi concentration camp guard in a romantic fling with a teenager. She's previously been nominated five times for both the Globes and the Oscars, but this was her first win.

Colin Farrell won best actor in the musical or comedy nomination for “In Bruges”.

The robot romance "WALL-E'' took the best animated film award, while Sally Hawkins walked away with the best-actress in a musical or comedy as an eternal optimist in ``Happy-Go-Lucky.''

“Slumdog Millionaire” won best screenplay for Simon Beaufoy and musical score for A.R. Rahman.

On the TV side, «30 Rock» won best comedy series, with stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin taking the acting awards in a musical or comedy.

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