Upon accepting the globe for the film about a presumed dead astronaut who survives a mission to Mars, Scott said “Comedy?”.
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Though security was especially tight to guard against terrorism, the Gervais-led Globes, evidenced little of seriousness that marks most award shows, or the teary-eyed acceptances speeches.
“Martian” star Matt Damon took home the award for best comedic actor. He reproached the person telling him to wrap up multiple times and read his entire note even when the music on the background played on.
“I really am so shocked right now”, she said. “So the fact that the film won tonight and it was acknowledged, all the better, because we want to see more films like this coming out of the Hollywood studio system”.
Hungarian “Son of Saul” won the best picture in foreign language, overcoming competition from the Chilean “El Club”. Damon said it has been 18 years since he first won a Golden Globes for Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with Ben Affleck.
Director: Alejandro Inarritu, “The Revenant”. Todd Haynes’ Carol was one of the biggest losers, taking home not a single award despite five nominations, including both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in the running for best actress.
This year’s award that honors people who have had an enormous impact on the entertainment world, the Cecile B. DeMille Award, will go to Denzel Washington.
Ennio Morricone’s theme song for “The Hateful Eight” was awarded best original score, which was collected on his behalf by Quentin Tarantino who did not hesitate to compare the Italian genius with legends such as Mozart or Beethoven.
Like when “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s” Rachel Bloom beat out Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lily Tomlin and Gina Rodriguez for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy. This was his first win in an acting category at the show.
Feinberg pointed out that while there was unanimous agreement on DiCaprio’s Oscar chances, the Globes could not be considered a bellwether for the Academy Awards overall, leaving the race wide open.
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.
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Winslet won for best supporting actress in a film for her role in the biopic “Steve Jobs”, Stallone won for best supporting actor in “Creed”, in which he reprised his iconic role of boxer Rocky Balboa.
