“I do think [The Revenant] is in the hunt now”, said Hogan, pointing out that the film’s impressive box office last weekend, nearly overtaking “The Force Awakens” as the weekend’s No. 1, is a push in the right direction.
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The 41-year-old is now widely tipped to win the Best Actor Oscar in February. It was his second nomination for the character, having been nominated 29 years ago for “Rocky”.
Sylvester Stallone, who starred in Creed, was awarded Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Aaron Sorkin won Best Screen Play for a Motion Picture.
Critics believe that Di Caprio might win his very first Oscar with “The Revenant”.
Citing the crowded categories, Winslet remarked: “What an incredible year for women in film”.
As for the acceptance speech, Marlowe said she’s waiting to see what DiCaprio will do next with his words.
To recap the 2016 Golden Globe Awards, The Revenant claimed the most awards.
Ricky Gervais is defending his Golden Globes joke about Caitlyn Jenner.
Readers: What was your favorite moment from the Golden Globes?
An apparently disgruntled Gibson replied: “I don’t know, you’ll have to ask the person who said that”.
Jon Hamm won his second Globe for the final season of “Mad Men”. As a result you have to take the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) picks with a grain of salt. Ennio Morricone winning the score prize for The Hateful Eight was nearly worth enduring Quentin Tarantino yammering on about his own genius in coaxing Morricone out of retirement. It won the prize for Best Dramatic Film.
Fargo, Best Miniseries. It lost to Wolf Hall, a show that I’m sure is fine.
With respect to ratings, Gervais’ return to the hosting gig for the fourth time actually showed a 19 percent decrease in viewership from 2015.
Host Ricky Gervais had this quip in his opening monologue: “If you do win tonight, remember that no one cares about that award as much as you do… that award is, no offence, worthless”. Star Gael Garcia Bernal also picked up an award for best actor TV comedy. Best comedy TV series went to Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle”, which won over the HBO heavyweight “Veep”.
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The Golden Globes is considered a preview of the Academy Awards, Hollywood’s biggest night. While the passing of pop culture icon David Bowie has taken over the social chatter this morning, make no mistake: the Golden Globes unfolded live both on television and on social media.
