Mickey Rourke, considered THE coolest guy in Hollywood by all of the other “genuine” cool guys, won the Gold Globe this evening for Best Actor in “The Wrestler.”

As if art is imitating life, Rourke played a down and out professional wrestler who makes a valiant comeback just as Mickey is doing as you read this.

The crowd went wild as Mickey has always been well loved and a favorite amongst his acting peers.

Additionally, Bruce Springsteen received the best song prize for the title track to "The Wrestler," stating, "This is the only time I’m going to be in competition with Clint Eastwood," said Springsteen, referring to the filmmaker who had a song nomination for writing the title tune to his "Gran Torino." "It felt pretty good, too!”

"Slumdog Millionaire" was emerging as the big winner with four Golden Globes including Best Picture of the Year, best director for Danny Boyle, along with screenplay and musical score.

"Golden Globes, or the GGs as we very affectionately refer to them - your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated. Really, deeply appreciated," Boyle said.

Winslet won supporting actress early in the evening for the Holocaust-themed drama "The Reader," in which she plays a former Nazi concentration camp guard in a romantic fling with a teenager. And then became speechless when she won again for “Revolution Road.”

As expected, the late Heath Ledger earned the supporting-actor Globe for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The Globe win boosts Ledger’s prospects for the supporting-actor honor at the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 22, the one-year anniversary of the actor’s death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

The award was accepted by "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, who said he and his collaborators were buoyed by the enormous acclaim and acceptance the film and Ledger’s performance have gained worldwide.

"All of us who worked with Heath on `The Dark Knight’ accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride," Nolan said. "After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema."