The science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar" won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the "Titanic" filmmaker's prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.
It was a repeat of Cameron's Globes night 12 years ago, when "Titanic" won best drama and the directing prize on its way to dominating the Oscars.
This time, though, instead of being "king of the world," as Cameron declared at the Oscars, he has become king of an alien landscape, elevating space fantasy to enormous critical acclaim.
"'Avatar' asks us to see that everything is connected, all human beings to each other, and us to the Earth. And if you have to go four and a half light years to another, made-up planet to appreciate this miracle of the world that we have right here, well, you know what, that's the wonder of cinema right there, that's the magic," Cameron said.
Winning the dramatic-acting honors were Sandra Bullock for the football tale "The Blind Side" and Jeff Bridges for the country-music story "Crazy Heart." The crowd gave a standing ovation to Bridges, a beloved veteran generally overlooked for key Hollywood honors.
Bullock cited Michael Oher, the Baltimore Ravens rookie lineman whose life is the subject of "The Blind Side." She plays a wealthy woman whose family took in the teenage Oher after discovering he was homeless.
"If I may steal from Michael Oher, I may not be the most talented, but I've been given opportunity," Bullock said.
The acting prizes for musical and comedy went to Meryl Streep for the Julia Child story "Julie & Julia" and Robert Downey Jr. for the crime romp "Sherlock Holmes." The supporting-performance Globes were won by Mo'Nique as an abusive welfare mother in "Precious" and Christoph Waltz as a gleefully bloodthirsty Nazi in "Inglourious Basterds."
Downey thanked his frequent producing collaborator Joel Silver, the "guy that's only restarted my career 12 times since I began 25 years ago."
The Vegas bachelor bash "The Hangover" won for best movie posters or comedy, bringing uncharacteristic awards attention for broad comedy, a genre that often gets overlooked at Hollywood honors.
"I just want to thank my mom, who supported my decision to become a director when she realized I wasn't as smart as my two sisters," said "Hangover" director Todd Phillips.
As he accepted the directing Globe, Cameron had kind words for ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, nominated as best director for "The Hurt Locker."
"Frankly, I thought Kathryn was going to get this. She richly deserves it," said Cameron, whose "Avatar" has taken in $1.6 billion worldwide, second only to "Titanic" with $1.8 billion.
The Globes marked a dramatic turning point for Mo'Nique, who was mainly known for lowbrow comedy but startled audiences with her ferocious performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire."
Mo'Nique had gushing praise for "Precious" director Lee Daniels and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, a best dramatic actress nominee at the Globes with her first film role, playing Mo'Nique's abused, illiterate daughter.
"Lee Daniels, the world gets a chance to see how brilliant you are. You are a brilliant, fearless, amazing director who would not waver, and thank you for trusting me," Mo'Nique said. "To Gabby, sister, I am in awe of you. Thank you for letting me play with you."
HostGator has become one of the better known web hosts in the industry by being themselves.
Under HostGator plan category, you get unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth is offered. Other services include unlimited sub domains, unlimited FTP accounts, unlimited POP3 accounts and 1 domain is also allowed. This service is priced at $4.95 a month.
With all accounts you can create unlimited email accounts, autoresponders, FTP accountss and MySQL databases. Most of today's popular scripting languages are supported including cgi, php4 and php5, Ruby On Rails, SSH, Perl, Chilisoft ASP, Python, CronJobs etc.
Daily backups combined with a 99.9% uptime guarantee provides the reliability needed to keep your website online at all times. SpamAssasin software will help reduce the amount of junk email you recieve in your inbox through several advanced detection methods, you'll also have access to a multitude of other website scripts and programs through an easy to use interface.
HostGator is committed to helping its clients succeed in a highly competitive marketplace. By offering unmatched levels of customer support together with the essential tools that today's successful web hosting require, HostGator should be your #1 choice for exceptional private label web hosting.
Nostalgia Casino was released during 2004, but subsided into relative uncertainty soon thereafter. Nostalgia Casino is a retro themed internet casino that offers its members an impressive library of online games, ranging from classic table and card games to online slots and video poker.
Nostalgia Casino uses Microgaming Viper software, so after a quick and easy download, you'll be strolling down Memory Lane and on to your favorite games Nostalgia Casino is available in both a download version and a no-download Flash version. The no-download version allows you to play the games instantly since there is nothing to download; however, the download version has more games. You can choose one or the other if you want, or you can play on both versions - your same username and password will work in both places.
Casino player will find over 12 slot games and the most popular table games that are offered online to the customers. The slot player will find regular slot games, video poker and 15 Progressive Slots. Those players that want to risk a small bet to win a large payoff are more than welcome to play any of the 15 progressive slots that are found at Nostalgia Casino. Since video poker also has a number of players that enjoy this form of slots, the games are here and the choice is the players. Regular slot games are also well covered and players that want a payoff more frequently can get their fill of winning lines.
Nostalgia Casino also has the eCOGRA stamp of approval on all of its games as they routinely scrutinize each online casino to make sure that they are always providing their gamblers with fair payouts and secure transcations. ECOGRA is a non-profit online casino watch dog that is well known throughout the online gambling world for its unbiased reviews of other online gaming establishments.
Nostalgia Casino offers the following deposit methods: Master Card, Visa, Diners Club Card, Neteller, Click2Pay, Firepay, Instadebit, Citadel, PaySpark, UseMyBank, Delta, Eco Card. Different deposit methods allow for deposits in different currencies, however the casino itself supports US dollars, Canadian Dollars, British pounds, and Euros.
Nostalgia Casino has a superb customer support department that is staffed 24/7 with professional and courteous team members. They are serious about their job, which is to take care of their players. Anytime you have questions simply contact them and they'll make sure you're taken care of promptly every time.