Ben gets vindication while Jodie makes a revelation

The ceremony saw Ben Affleck get some vindication and Jodie Foster make a revelation as Hollywood’s awards season kicked off.

Affleck’s Argo earned him best motion picture drama and director honours at Sunday night’s ceremony. The awards came just a few days after Affleck was omitted from the best director category in the Academy Award nominations. Affleck also stars in the real-life drama as the CIA operative who orchestrated a daring rescue of six American embassy employees during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

These wins seem to shake up the Oscar race, in which Steven Spielberg’s historical epic Lincoln was looking like a juggernaut. Despite seven Golden Globe nominations, Lincoln earned just one award: best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Lincoln heads into the Feb 24 Academy Awards with a leading 12 nominations.