George Clooney and Meryl Streep walked away with the Golden Globe trophies for best performance by an actor and an actress respectively in a motion pictureu00a0- drama.

Meryl Streep and George Clooney. Pic/AFP

Clooney won the best actor golden trophy for "The Descendents", beating Leonardo DiCaprio for "J. Edgar", Michael Fassbender for "Shame", Ryan Gosling for "The Ides Of March" and Brad Pitt for "Moneyball".