Golden Globes: Michael Keaton Wins Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Michael Keaton, star of Alejandro González Iñárritu's black comedy Birdman, has been named Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, at tonight's Golden Globe Awards, setting him up as an Oscar favorite.

The film centers on Keaton's character, an actor decades away from his career-defining role as the superhero Birdman. He tries to mount a comeback by starring in a Broadway play, but his attempts to rehabilitate his life, both personal and professional, seem doomed to failure.

Keaton starred in the film alongside The Incredible Hulk's Edward Norton and The Amazing Spider-Man's Emma Stone.

Founded in the 1940s during World War II, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was originally comprised of a handful of LA based overseas journalists who sought to bridge the international community with Hollywood, and to provide distraction from the hardships of war through film. Seventy years later, members of the HFPA represent 55 countries with a combined readership of 250 million in some of the world's most respected publications. Each year, the organization holds the third most watched awards show on television, the Golden Globe® Awards, which have enabled the organization to donate more than $20 million to entertainment related charities and scholarship programs.