ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, January 22, 1996 TAG: 9601220083
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A5 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
``Sense and Sensibility,'' Emma Thompson's adaptation of the 19th-century Jane Austen novel, won best dramatic picture honors at Sunday night's Golden Globes.
Nicolas Cage, the death-wish alcoholic of ``Leaving Las Vegas,'' and Sharon Stone, the treacherous wife in ``Casino,'' won best dramatic acting awards.
A movie about a talking pig called ``Babe'' won best picture honors for comedy or musical.
Mel Gibson won best director honors for his Scottish independence epic ``Braveheart,'' and John Travolta (``Get Shorty'') and Nicole Kidman (``To Die For'') won Globes for acting in a comedy or musical.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association began its award spree by naming Cybill Shepherd of ``Cybill'' and Kelsey Grammer of ``Frasier'' as the best actress and actor, respectively, in a musical or television comedy series.
Shepherd's CBS sitcom ``Cybill'' was also selected as best musical or comedy TV series.
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