Epic survival thriller The Revenant and space blockbuster The Martian won big at the Golden Globes on Sunday, boosting their chances for Oscars glory in February. She thanked all of the important people, including co-star Michael Fassbender, who she described as “a legend”.
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According to Nielsen estimates that accurately encompass West Coast viewing, the “73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards” on NBC averaged a 5.5 rating in adults 18-49 and 18.5 million viewers overall.
“So excited for this talented woman tonight”, he captioned an Instagram photo of the pair on a pre-show hike. There’s something poetic about the actor winning for playing Rocky Balboa in Creed decades after he originated the role in Rocky.
“There are only 82 people from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voting for the Golden Globes while 6,200 vote for the Oscars, and all of them are associated with the actual making of film”, Feinberg said. Also puzzling was the repeat success of “Steve Jobs” (Kate Winslet and Aaron Sorkin).
Best actress victor Brie Larson channeled an actual globe trophy in a gold Calvin Klein cut- out dress showing off her wonderful abs. He said Roman Polanski – who can’t visit the U.S. because for his alleged 1977 statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl – “called it the best date movie ever”.
The handsomely mounted and well-acted “Wolf Hall”, the PBS-BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novels starring Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance, was a surprise victor in the best TV miniseries category, beating out the favorite “Fargo”. There were also memorable moments when actors found out they had won.
USA’s fledgling “Mr. Robot” won best drama while Christian Slater won best supporting actor for the series. “Mozart” star Gael Garcia Bernal was also the unexpected victor of the best actor in a comedy, beating out “Transparent’s” Jeffrey Tambor. Best dramatic actress prize went to Taraji P. Henson for her role as Cookie on “Empire”.
The presumptive victor still seemed truly shocked by the award, and gave a gracious speech, thanking Emma Donoghue who wrote Room and adapted it to film, as well as director Lenny Abrahamson. Once Gibson was onstage, the two men hugged.
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Rolling Stone and plenty of social media users rushed to Gervais’s defense, calling the comic actor’s humor “hilarious” and telling trans folks to lighten up. Critics darlings “Carol” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” were surprisingly shut out as well. Denzel Washington classes up the joint: Adding a refreshing note of warmth and class, Washington accepted his Cecil B. DeMille achievement award by bringing up his family, and conferring with his wife about his misplaced speech and glasses.
