“What an incredible year for women in film”, said Winslet, who beat out out Jane Fonda for “Youth”, Jennifer Jason Leigh for “The Hateful Eight” and Helen Mirren for “Trumbo”.
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He also drew attention to a green ribbon on his lapel, saying: “This is for honey awareness”.
Winslet, 40, who played the role of Joanna Hoffman, marketing executive for Apple in biopic “Steve Jobs”, walked away with the golden trophy in the supporting actress category.
Bloom fought her tears as she panted: “Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god”. You know who you are, we all do.
On a Golden Globes telecast positively jam-packed with on-stage remarks that got bleeped out by the censors, Ricky Gervais’ exchange with Mel Gibson may well have been the most mysterious.
“I’m going to do this monologue and then go into hiding, okay – not even Sean Penn will find me”, Gervais cracked, referring to news of the actor’s interview with the until recently on-the-run Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Gervais poked fun at Olympic decathlon champion turned Hollywood celebrity Caitlyn Jenner, a pioneer for transgender rights by speaking publicly about her gender change but who was also involved in a deadly vehicle crash past year.
“If you do win tonight, remember that no one cares about that award as much as you do”.
Introducing two Hispanic stars to present an award, Gervais said: “Eva Longoria and America Ferrera aren’t just lovely, talented actresses”.
“Wolf Hall“, an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker-prize winning novel, won in the movie or limited series category.
Producer Colin Callender was joined by stars Damien Lewis and Mark Rylance as he accepted the award and made a plea to protect BBC funding. The actor starred in the original films. “You can’t have everything though”, he added.
Movies and especially television series that lie outside the safe or more obvious choices have a better shot at earning awards recognition if they appeal to the 90-member HFPA, as opposed to the larger governing bodies behind the Emmys and the Oscars.
He’s the only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to.
Apparently referencing the allegations, the Brit amusing man took the opportunity to make a gag as he introduced the actor’s best pal Matt Damon on stage. “One’s a doorstop, one I use to hit burglars with, and the other’s on my nightstand…”
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Scott was also pegged by many for best director, too, but that honor went to Alejandro Inarritu for the frontier thriller “The Revenant”, fresh off a $37 million debut that almost topple the box-office behemoth “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – which didn’t screen in time for the Hollywood Foreign Press to consider. “They’re the films of our next two presenters”.
