Golden Globes slumdog.jpgIndian drama Slumdog Millionaire swept the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards tonight, picking up Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Director for the film's Danny Boyle, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score.

The film tells the story of a poor Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, wins, and is then suspected of cheating.

The film recently picked up five Critics' Choice Awards, including that prize for best picture.

Tina Fey's 30 Rock won three awards - Best Television Series Comedy, Best TV Actress for its creator, Fey, and Best Actor for Alec Baldwin.

The show about a show within a show has been a critical success since its debut three seasons ago but started pulling in higher audience numbers with guest appearances like those by Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, and Salma Hayek and then when Fey went back to her launching pad for fame, Saturday Night Live, to imitate Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, in turn bringing attention to her own show at the same time.

Heath Ledger picked up a posthumous award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role for The Dark Knight, the latest Batman installment. Ledger was also awarded in the same category at the January 8th Critics' Choice Awards.

Other winners include Kate Winslet for Best Actress in a Drama for Revolutionary Road, a film directed by her husband Sam Mendes, about a couple struggling to raise their two children in Connecticut in the mid-1950s. And for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Reader, a film about a woman defending herself in a war-crime trial in post-WWII Germany.

Mickey Rourke won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for The Wrestler about, what else - a wrestler. The film has received a lot of pre-awards season buzz.

More winners after the jump ...