Ricky Gervais made his Golden Globes return to host the awards ceremony on Sunday night, and was of course, not going to hold back on his jokes.
Advertisement
The Golden Globes is also the only major awards show that honors both film and television. Critics believe the 41 year old actor may finally win his first Oscar for the movie.
Kate won for Best Supporting Actress in a film for her role in the biopic Steve Jobs, and Stallone won for Best Supporting Actor in Creed, in which he reprised his iconic role of boxer Rocky Balboa.
Even the network NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the Globes, did not escape his wrath.
Revenge drama “The Revenant” won top prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday. “Spotlight is the only sure thing in a very crowded race”, Indiewire wrote.
He also praised the film’s lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, saying working with him had been the best experience of his life.
Introducing Matt Damon, he said: “He is also the only person that Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to”.
Bryan Cranston is the Hollywood Reporter’s second most favorable prediction for best actor, for his role in Trumbo.
Inside Out won the best motion picture, animated and Son of Saul won the best foreign language film. Pundits will now have to take a look at the SAG awards for a better understanding of which actress could actually win the Oscar. Vikander was nominated against Winslet at the Golden Globes.
DiCaprio, who won a Golden Globe as best dramatic actor for his role in The Revenant, dedicated his award to the First Nations communities and indigenous people.
The 73rd Golden Globes proved to be the time and place for Amazon to overtake Netflix for winning two awards.
Ricky Gervais returned to host the awards show for the fourth time. However, the most widely-viewed Golden Globes in recent years was in 2014, a night hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. And Leonardo DiCaprio’s reaction when Lady Gaga brushed by him as she was heading to the stage for her win exploded the Internet. Expect their publicity and momentum to kick into full swing, especially once we hear them during Thursday’s Oscar nominations. Instead, the Globes had a particularly unraveled atmosphere that included Jonah Hill dressed as the bear from “The Revenant”, copious discussion of “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor’s male anatomy by Gervais, and much buzzing about Sean Penn’s escapade with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Advertisement
Denzel Washington was awarded the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Award.
