The award for the best actress in a motion picture – drama was won by Brie Larson for “Room”, beating contenders like Cate Blanchett (“Carol”), Rooney Mara (“Carol”), Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) and Alicia Vikander (“The Danish Girl”). Winners at the 2016 Golden Globes were exceptionally unpredictable, so naturally, the Twittersphere was buzzing about several upsets and surprises.
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Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais is dapper and ready to offend some celebrities tonight. It’s frothy and fun, and an absolute pleasure to watch, but best comedy of the year it is not.
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Joy’.
Bernal was among a slew of first-time winners that ranged from true newcomers (like Rachel Bloom from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) to fan favorites (like Lady Gaga and Taraji P. Henson).
Matt Damon won the Golden Globe for best actor in a movie comedy Sunday for his role as a stranded astronaut in “The Martian” – a box-office smash that many didn’t consider a comedy.
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that many people will start catching up on Mozart today; Amazon stablemate Transparent was expected by many to repeat in that comedy race. Aaron Sorkin was awarded the Best Screenplay award for Steve Jobs.
The show’s lead actor, Gael Garcia Bernal, received a nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series. Ennio Morricone was given the Best Original Score award for The Hateful Eight. I picked “Narcos” to win that category, and thought that “Game of Thrones” should win as one of TV’s biggest shows.
Wolf Hall won the Best Television Limited Series award and in this category, the Best Actress was Lady Gaga for American Horror Story: Hotel andOscar Isaac for the male counterpart.
“Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press”, he began his acceptance speech, visibly thrilled over his win.
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If the movie awards kept looking back, the TV awards felt as if they were embracing change simply for the sake of embracing change. In addition, Christian Slater won best supporting actor in a TV series for his role as an anarchist on the show.
