And that’s exactly what he did to open the 2016 Golden Globe Awards.
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Other key winners included Sylvester Stallone as best supporting film actor for reprising his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in “Creed”.
Two frontier survival tales – “The Revenant” and “The Martian” – led a bleep-filled Golden Globes where the star power of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jennifer Lawrence was challenged only by the relentless mocking of the show’s beer-wielding host, Ricky Gervais.
“Yes, that’s JLaw talking to ex Nicholas Hoult during the first commercial break”.
Speaking to the press after her triumph, the actress said: “I really am so shocked right now”.
Pixar and Walt Disney Studio’s Inside Out won the award for Best Motion Picture in the Animated category.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu was the Best Director for The Revenant.
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”.
“I have to thank all of the people involved in making this film”, he began before delivering a long list consisting of everyone from his parents to the film’s writers to his agent and make-up artist.
In what is probably the year’s most competitive category, best actress in a drama, Brie Larson won out over Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) and Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn) for her affecting performance as a woman in captivity in “Room”.
Leonardo DiCaprio did more than just survive a bear mauling in “The Revenant”.
Series, Comedy: “Mozart in the Jungle”. Poor Tomlin even missed out twice over, having been nominated for best actress in a musical or comedy for Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, the award going to Rachel Bloom in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement honoree Denzel Washington also fumbled his way through his speech, which generally serves as a poignant respite in an otherwise irreverent evening.
Actress, Movie or Limited Series: Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel'”.
The Globe award, itself, he said, is “a bit of metal that some confused old journalist wanted to give you to meet you in person and take a selfie”.
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Gervais, in his fourth time hosting, spared little time before laying into the HFPA and the awards’ network, NBC, which he noted had no nominations.
