ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Leo DiCaprio has just picked up the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his role as man vs the elements in The Revenant.
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Other popular winners includes Sylvester Stallone, 69, who received a standing ovation as best supporting film actor for reprising his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in “Creed”, beating presumed frontrunner Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies”.
But all eyes at the annual gala held in Beverly Hills were on which movie would win the coveted award for best motion picture drama – and whether Leonardo DiCaprio would win the best actor drama prize for “The Revenant”.
“I honestly, on a real level, I genuinely didn’t think we were going to get this”, Smith said as he accepted the award.
“Pain is temporary, but a film is forever”, Inarritu said.
Sharing a short but warm hug and flashing big smiles, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet took their fans down a Titanic lane as they greeted each other at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
The Revenant was later named best drama, and Alejandro G Inarritu best director, while Ridley Scott’s The Martian won in the musical or comedy category. Even Scott was left astounded for a few minutes as he reached the podium to make his speech after winning the award.
Host Ricky Gervais called NBC “the only network that is truly fair and impartial because they’re the only network with zero nominations”. Right from starting the show with a long vulgar speech to having, a crude and cheap chat with Mel Gibson, Gervais in every way tried to bring down the level of hosting at the Sunday evening function.
“I want to do this monologue and then go into hiding”.
Maura Tierney was the surprise victor of the second award of the night for her role as Helen Soloway in The Affair in the best supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie category. Best comedy series was a similar upset, with Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle”, winning over the HBO heavyweight “Veep”.
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Lady Gaga walked away from Sunday’s Golden Globes with a best actress trophy for her role in FX’s “American Horror Story” – and the most buzz on Twitter for her red carpet appearance and her award.
