The Martian. Revenant may have garnered the night’s big prize, but Ridley Scott’s space epic snagging best comedy is a major win as well.
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“Lastly, I want to share this award with all the First Nations people represented in this film, and all the indigenous communities around the world”, he said. At this point, signs seem to suggest Winslet might win her second Oscar.
The pair, who were spotted embracing in the ballroom at the glamorous Los Angeles ceremony, first starred together in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning film in 1997 and later teamed up again for Revolutionary Road.
In a closely-contested men’s field, Leonardo DiCaprio won for his lead role as a fur trapper seeking retribution in “The Revenant” while Matt Damon’s astronaut stranded on Mars in “The Martian” won the comedy acting award.
The sharp-tongued British comic – the host of the awards from 2010-2012 before being replaced by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – appeared to relish his bad boy reputation as he took the stage at the Beverly Hilton.
Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”.
Series, Comedy: “Mozart in the Jungle”. So did his counterpart Rachel Bloom who won best actress-comedy for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Lady Gaga shed tears as she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a made-fortelevision limited series or movie American Horror Story: Hotel.
She said: “It’s all been so new to me and being in the cycle of talking about the same movie as long as I have”. The track from Spectre, Writing’s On The Wall was awarded the Best Original Song.
In fact, there has never been any rhyme or reason to the nominations or winners of this awards show, which has inexplicably become one of the biggest trophies in Hollywood. The award went to The Hateful Eight.
Other highlights include Aziz Ansari seemingly reading a book Losing to Jeffrey Tambor with Dignity during the announcement of nominees for best actor-comedy.
Action star Sylvester Stallone was named best supporting actor for his portrayal of boxer, Rocky Balboa, in Creed.
Oscar Isaac, a star of the box-office behemoth “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, won best actor in a miniseries for HBO’s “Show Me a Hero”.
Denzel Washington took to the stage with his family to collect the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.
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Awards race dark horse Steve Jobs also got some love on Sunday with wins for Kate Winslet, for best supporting actress, and Aaron Sorkin, for the screenplay.
