‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Bugsy,’ Win Golden Globes

Disney’s animated musical “Beauty and the Beast” attracted three Golden Globes on Saturday night while new father Warren Beatty’s mob movie “Bugsy” won the best drama honor.

“You have to forgive me, I don’t come out of the house anymore,” said Beatty, who confirmed for the first time that he and “Bugsy” co-star Annette Bening had become parents of a baby girl.

In a possible sign of Oscars to come, other trophies at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s 49th Golden Globes went to director Oliver Stone for “JFK,” actress Jodie Foster for “Silence of the Lambs” and actor Nick Nolte for “The Prince of Tides.”

CBS dominated the television categories with seven awards for its shows and stars.

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” scored its triple win with Golden Globes for best musical or comedy film, song and original score. The film was a surprise winner against such big-league contenders as “The Fisher King” and “City Slickers.”

Bette Midler, the entertainer of the troops in “For the Boys,” and Robin Williams, the homeless savant in “The Fisher King,” won for best supporting actress and actor in film.

Stone, in accepting his trophy for the controversial speculation about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, said: “A terrible lie was told to us 28 years ago. I hope that this film can be the first step in righting that wrong.”

Veteran film actor Jack Palance, the leathery trail boss in “City Slickers,” and Mercedes Ruehl, the sympathetic girlfriend in “The Fisher King,” won best supporting actor and actress awards for film.

In television categories, Candice Bergen won for “Murphy Brown,” and Burt Reynolds for “Evening Shade.” Both series are on CBS.

Other TV winners included the CBS mini-series “One Against the Wind,” the sentimental CBS series “Brooklyn Bridge,” Louis Gossett Jr. for HBO’s “The Josephine Baker Story” and Amanda Donohoe of NBC’s “L.A. Law.”

The Golden Globes have exhibited an uncanny ability to presage the Oscars, at least in recent times. Since 1984, the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards have coincided in best picture categories with “Dances With Wolves,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Rain Man,” “The Last Emperor,” “Platoon,” “Out of Africa,” “Amadeus” and “Terms of Endearment.”

At least one Golden Globe was known before the 49th awards began--the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement was presented to Robert Mitchum.