The actor was sure to have a good time after going home with the statuette for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama.
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On the social media scoreboard, Nielsen estimates that 10.2 million people saw one or more of the 1.7 million tweets sent about the “73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards” on Sunday.
For the role, Leonardo grew a beard, gained several pounds and slept inside “animal carcasses”.
“Mozart in the Jungle”, an Amazon series, won for best comedy television show.
The pair, who were spotted embracing in the ballroom at the glamorous Los Angeles ceremony, first starred together in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning film in 1997 and later teamed up again for Revolutionary Road.
“The Martian” won for best comedic film, a category that director Ridley Scott found befuddling. There’s also talk that Vikander being nominated for best supporting actress is “category fraud”, being that she essentially plays an equal role to the film’s lead character. And for Best Actress in the TV Drama category, Taraji P Henson won the Globe for her role in Empire, which looks at the struggle inside the family behind a major hip-hop label.
Very few analysts think “The Force Awakens” could beat Inarritu’s “The Revenant” or a movie like “Spotlight” for Best Picture.
DiCaprio ended his speech thanking indigenous peoples for being part of the film.
The men were a bit more unpredictable – in the same timespan, only 64% of Best Actor winners at the Globes won Oscars!
Gervais, who returned to the show as host after a three-year absence, sipped beer and took shots took shots at everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to Matt Damon and at one of his favorite targets, the Golden Globes themselves.
Denzel Washington was awarded the Cecil B Demille Award, the Globes’ lifetime achievement prize.
The Golden Globes also allow for the opportunity to shine the light on two actors’ performances.
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When the Oscar nominations are announced on Thursday, industry experts will be eager to see whether the film nabs a nomination aside from editing and visual effects. “As if film stars would stay away from a chance of getting a Golden Globe – particularly if their film company has already paid for it”.
