Ricky Gervais took swipes at Caitlyn Jenner, Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck as he returned to host the Golden Globe Awards for the fourth time.
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DiCaprio was saluted with a standing ovation from the audience when his name was called at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais kept his vow to take no prisoners. Gael García Bernal was awarded with his first Golden Globe for his role of Rodrigo de Souza.
First Nations actor Duane Howard admits he “choked up” when “The Revenant” star Leonardo DiCaprio dedicated his Golden Globe trophy to indigenous communities around the world.
“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.
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon, “The Martian”. Awards favorite Spotlight didn’t win anything. “She didn’t do a lot for women drivers”, referring to Jenner’s auto accident in early 2015. Voting for Oscar nominations closed on Friday, but the campaigning won’t end until the actual ceremony on February 28.
“Those two guys would always tell me, ‘We’re watching everything because you know who our friends, neighbours and relatives are going to come to if they see something in this film that they think doesn’t fit”.
Gervais’ snark aside, the Golden Globes have worked for years to shed an image of eccentric selections made by a group of little-known global journalists. All anyone has to really do is look back one year. After sweeping numerous top award categories, many believe that this should be a sign pointing to where the Academy Awards could go.
Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a comedy or musical for her role in “Joy”, while Brie Larson won best actress in a drama for “Room”.
Amy Schumer and Jonah Hill also dropped bleeped-out comments at the 73rd annual ceremony. “Not even Sean Penn will find me”, he said, pausing for a swig. Last year’s victor Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) went on to win the Oscar as well.
Oscar Isaac, a star of the box-office behemoth “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, won best actor in a miniseries for HBO’s “Show Me a Hero”. 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.
Jon Hamm won his second Globe for the final season of “Mad Men”.
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Tom Hanks also presented Denzel Washington the Cecil B. Demille award.
