Popular comedian Jim Carrey, whose acting was snubbed last year at the Oscars, took home his second straight Golden Globe award for best actor on Sunday, putting him in contention again for an Oscar. 
Carrey won the Golden Globe for best actor, comedy, for his performance as the legendary off-the-wall comedian Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon. 
Carrey won a Globe last year for best actor in a drama for The Truman Show about a boy who grows up at the center of a television show. 
"Sure, I'll take this," said the comedian, adding, "I am the Tom Hanks of the Golden Globes," referring to the three-time Oscar winner. 
The Globes, handed out each year by the 84-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association, often give an early indication of how films, actors and actresses will fare at the Academy Awards, the industry's top awards, presented in March by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 
But last year Carrey failed to garner even a nomination for an Academy Award, leading many Hollywood insiders to cry foul. This year's Golden Globe may just be the accolade that is needed to gain him a nomination this year.