The Golden Globes are divided into two categories, which are film and television awards.
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Denzel Washington was the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award given annually to an artist for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Oops, Foxx mock-apologized, the actual victor was Ennio Morricone for “The Hateful Eight”. It does not hurt that the film also won for best picture and best director at the Globes, ensuring the survival epic also will be a major player in the Oscars race.
Another slight curveball was the dominance of “The Revenant” on the film side, as it picked up the prize for best drama.
Sylvester Stallone took best supporting actor for the “Rocky” reboot “Creed”, thanking “my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever had”.
Matt Damon won his first Golden Globe for best actor, for “The Martian”; he had earlier won best screenplay with Ben Affleck for “Good Will Hunting” (1997). Aaron Sorkin won Best Screen Play for a Motion Picture. The reception to the Golden Globes winners is said to be important in the feel for those Oscar hopefuls to have a chance, and this year too, the contest for which movie is going to win Best Picture at the Oscars is still being debated. Aside from these, “Inside Out” bagged the “Best Animated Film” while Spectre’s “Writing’s on the Wall” was given the Best Original Song.
“I can not say how surprised I am and how proud I am to have survived this movie”, The Revenant director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu said, referring to the harsh conditions in which the movie was filmed, mainly in Canada and Argentina. “I wanted to be an actress before I wanted to be a singer but music worked out first”.
The veteran actor is still Oscar-less after winning the Golden Globe for best actor for his role in the The Revenant, and several publications are predicting this is the role that’ll finally earn him an Oscar as well.
Paul Dano: Dano was believed to be a lock for the best supporting actor Oscar as soon as fans and critics saw his performance as Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson in “Love & Mercy”.
Brie Larson (Room) won the best actress, drama (Room), over Cate Blanchett (Carol), Rooney Mara (Carol), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) and Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).
After presenters announced actress Taraji P. Henson won best actress in a TV drama, she handed out cookies to the other people at her table.
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-Actress, Musical or Comedy: Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”.
