Four months after finale, ‘Breaking Bad’ bags first Golden Globe for best TV drama

LOS ANGELES | “Breaking Bad” collected its first Golden Globe for best television drama series Sunday, nearly four months after the final episode of the cult crime series was aired.

It also won a best actor Golden Globe for its star Bryan Cranston for his portrayal of Walter White, a chemistry teacher dying of cancer who turns to making meth to bring in money for his family.

“This is such a lovely way to say goodbye to the show that meant so much to me,” Cranston said upon collecting his trophy at the Beverly Hilton.

It was the first-ever Golden Globe for Cranston, who was nominated four consecutive times for his performance in the critically acclaimed show that ran five seasons on the AMC cable channel before its late September finale.

Winning best actress in a TV drama was Robin Wright from “House of Cards” — the first original series on Netflix — for her role as the wife of a cunning US congressman played by Kevin Spacey.

“Breaking Bad” outpaced “House of Cards,” Britain’s “Downton Abbey,” “The Good Wife” on CBS and AMC’s saucy “Masters of Sex” for the best drama series prize.

In the comedy corner, new Fox series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” won the prize for best series, beating established shows such as “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS and “Modern Famiy” on ABC, as well as HBO’s much-hyped “Girls.”

“This is way better than saving a human life,” quipped the show’s writer Dan Goor, who turned down medical school for show business.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Andy Samberg won best TV comedy actor for his starring role in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” which recounts the antics of a team of New York detectives.

Best comedy actress went to Amy Poehler, another “SNL” veteran and Globes co-host with Tina Fey, for her NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation.”

“I’ve never won anything like this,” said Poehler, who thanked among others “my wonderful children, who are my double-A batteries” — after planting a big kiss on U2 frontman Bono on her way to the stage.

HBO’s Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, won best mini-series or TV movie, and its star Michael Douglas took best actor in a mini-series or TV movie.

Giving Douglas an approving thumbs-up from the floor of the hotel ballroom was Matt Damon, who had also been nominated in the same category for the same project.

Honored as best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie was another Hollywood veteran, Jon Voight, who appears in the Showtime crime drama “Ray Donovan.”

Earlier in the evening, Elisabeth Moss — best known for her work in “Mad Men” — won the Golden Globe for best actress in a mini-series or TV movie for “Top of the Lake.”

And Jacqueline Bisset, a five-time nominee, won her first Golden Globe ever, clinching best supporting actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie for “Dancing on the Edge.”

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Red rules on Golden Globes red carpet

LOS ANGELES | Red ruled the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday as Hollywood’s A-list stars bared their shoulders in eye-popping gowns for the first major awards show of the season.

A sprinkler malfunction almost rained on the fashion parade at the Beverly Hilton, but Tinseltown’s top film and television actors successfully strutted their stuff after workers scrambled to mop up the mess.

“American Hustle” star and best musical/comedy actress winner Amy Adams chose a two-tone burgundy-red Valentino halter dress with the same only-if-you-dare plunging neckline seen in the 1970s-era crime caper.

The key to pulling off the wide V neck? “Good posture,” Adams quipped to E! television’s Ryan Seacrest.

Lupita Nyong’o, a best supporting actress nominee for her searing turn in “12 Years A Slave,” stunned in a red Ralph Lauren column dress with matching cape, all off the shoulder.

Host Tina Fey wore several gowns throughout the night, but all of them had at least a hint of red. On the red carpet, she donned a strapless black Carolina Herrera ball gown with a long train, sprinkled with red flowers.

During the broadcast, she wore a sleeveless burgundy dress with a jeweled V-neckline, and another strapless frock in fire-engine red.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a nominee for her work in romantic comedy “Enough Said,” also wore bright red — a curve-hugging Narciso Rodriguez number.

Pop starlet Taylor Swift also wore Herrera: a strapless gown with a black bodice and a flowing red skirt.

Other bright colors were seen — “Girls” star Lena Dunham sported a strapless canary yellow Zac Posen frock with a sweetheart neckline, and “Orange Is The New Black” star Taylor Schilling wore an emerald Thakoon dress with spaghetti straps and a lacy neckline.

And best supporting actress winner Jennifer Lawrence of “American Hustle” again wore Dior — this time, a tiered gauzy white gown with two black bands.

Basic black, always a red carpet staple, of course had its place at the Globes.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett, who won the best drama actress prize for “Blue Jasmine,” wowed in a lacy Armani number. Rock star Bono called her “a goddess.”

Fey’s co-host Amy Poehler — a winner for best TV comedy actress for “Parks and Recreation” — sported a sleek black Stella McCartney gown with a stomach cutout, and “August: Osage County” star Julia Roberts chose a black and white belted dress from Dolce and Gabbana.

“I just didn’t want to break her,” Roberts said of her epic fight scene with Meryl Streep in the film about a dysfunctional family harboring secrets in Oklahoma.

Hollywood’s A-list men did not disappoint: “Wolf of Wall Street” star Leonardo DiCaprio — a winner for best actor in a comedy — wore an Armani tuxedo, while “Hustle” star Bradley Cooper sported Tom Ford.

“Good Wife” star Julianna Margulies — a nominee for best actress in a television drama — chose a black Andrew Gn gown with cap sleeves and gold accents.

One of her rivals, “Scandal” star Kerry Washington, glowed in pale flowing Balenciaga, and had perhaps the best accessory — a baby bump.

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