'Game Change' scores at the Globes

The HBO film tooks home three awards at Sunday's ceremony. | Reuters

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HBOs Game Change, based on the 2008 campaign book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, took home three Golden Globes at Sundays ceremony, including in the category of best television miniseries or television movie. Julianne Moore, who portrayed Sarah Palin in the film, took home a Globe for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie, as did Ed Harris in the best supporting actor category for his portrayal of Sen. John McCain.

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In her acceptance speech, Moore thanked Tina Fey, whose impersonation of Palin was a feature on "Saturday Night Live" during the 2008 campaign, as well as Katie Couric, whose backstage interview with Palin proved seminal.

Jay Roach, the executive producer of Game Change, praised Moore during his remarks.

Now with you and Tina Fey, we have three of the most incredible impersonations of Sarah Palin, counting Sarah Palin.

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The nights biggest highlight, politically speaking, was President Bill Clinton, who made a surprise appearance to a standing ovation to pay tribute to Stephen Spielbergs Lincoln.

A tough fight to push a bill through a bitterly divided House of Representatives - winning it required the president to make a lot of unsavory deals I wouldnt know anything about that, joked Clinton.

Deadline.com reports that Steven Spielberg was the one who ultimately arranged for Bill Clinton to appear tonight at the Golden Globes.

Sources tell Deadline that the former Presidents introduction tonight of Spielbergs film about Abraham Lincoln was an almost state secret. We had this on lockdown, said DreamWorks co-chair/CEO Stacey Snider, one of the people! who help! ed organize the appearance for the DreamWorks-Fox-Disney film. Only about a handful of people at the Globes knew the 42nd President was coming.

Meanwhile, politicos were eagerly tuning in throughout the night, and chiming in via Twitter.

Award shows should adopt Congressional rules and let winners revise and extend their remarks in case they forget to say something, wrote CBS News Mark Knoller.

Why are all of the boring awards always in the middle of awards shows? wrote former Obama campaign traveling press secretary Jen Psaki.

I was cheering for Jodi Foster from my living room. Have watched her my whole life, said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Great mom, amazing actress, strong woman.

Tina, Amy, Lena, Jodie, Jessica, Julianne and that pisser Adele! Women owned the #GoldenGIobes tonight wrote Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen.