2010 Golden Globe Awards

Amid the glitterati, frocks and red carpet moments the 2010 Golden Globe Awards delivered a mixed bag of anticipated and surprise awards last night.

While New Zealand actress Anna Paquin missed out on the best actress Golden Globe for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in vampire drama True Blood, 3-D film Avatar, filmed in New Zealand with special effects by Weta Digital, claimed best drama film and best director for James Cameron.

Veteran director Martin Scorsese was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

The awards went to:

• Picture, Drama: Avatar

• Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Hangover

• Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

• Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

• Director: James Cameron, Avatar

• Actor, Musical or Comedy: Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes

• Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

• Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

• Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

• Foreign Language: The White Ribbon

• Animated Film: Up

• Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

• Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up

• Original Song: “The Weary Kind” (theme from Crazy Heart), written by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett.

• Series, Drama: Mad Men

• Actor, Drama: Michael C. Hall, Dexter

• Actress, Drama: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

• Series, Musical or Comedy: Glee

• Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

• Actress, Musical or Comedy: Toni Collette, United States of Tara

• Miniseries or Movie: Grey Gardens

• Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance

• Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens

• Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: John Lithgow, Dexter

• Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

You know you’ve made it when you’re a Wikipedia star

You’ve definitely made it if you’ve got an entry in Wikipedia.

How do you measure success? It’s a difficult thing to pin down, but I’d say you’re a star if you’ve got your own page on the sprawling, constantly evolving online encyclopedia that is Wikipedia.

Unlike popular social networking sites, which allow you to post your own profile pages, Wikipedia has kept a firm control over such ego-building tactics. If you want to make it as a famous person on the Wiki, bear in mind that entries can’t include original research, must contain verifiable facts and should be written objectively. Entries can be updated, changed or removed by users.

So, if someone thinks you’re worthy, you’ll end up with your own page. In theory. Although you can just as quickly lose it, as Chelsea Kate Isaacs (a once-famous hand model) discovered; an entry on her achievements was added by an ardent chirophiliac, but removed after just a few days.

Wikipedia founder, Jim Wales, says:

“If someone is notable or successful in their field, they’ll end up in Wikipedia.”

And the number of biographical pages on the site is growing, fast. At last count, in September, there were 224,785 pages about living people on the site, up from 177,512 in January. As the eighth most popular destination for American Internet users, Wikipedia has a whopping 52 million unique visitors each month… or 210 million worldwide… so if you’re featured, you’re seen by the world.

Check out the list of famous New Zealanders who are now Wiki-stars and our own NZS.com famous people.