In Leonard DiCaprio’s thank you speech for best actor at the Golden Globes, his acknowledgement of First Nations people was front and centre. Instead, the Globes had a particularly unraveled atmosphere that included Jonah Hill dressed as the bear from “The Revenant”, copious discussion of “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor’s male anatomy by Gervais, and much buzzing about Sean Penn’s escapade with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
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“The Revenant” also brought a directing prize for Alejandro Inarritu, who recalled the long arduous shoot in sub-zero temperatures.
“We all in this room know very well that pain is temporary, but a film is forever…”
Jennifer Lawrence poses for photos with her trophy in the press room backstage at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 10) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
This award season has lacked definition and two of the top critical picks – the journalism procedural “Spotlight” and Todd Haynes’ lesbian romance “Carol” – went home empty-handed.
Questionably nominated in the comedy categories (a theoretically easier route to statuettes), “The Martian” took best film comedy and best actor in a comedy for Matt Damon, who also suffered withering jabs from Gervais.
“Steve Jobs”, a controversial look at the late Apple co-founder that floundered at the box office despite warm reviews, took home Golden Globes for supporting actress Kate Winslet, and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
Stallone, 69, won best supporting film actor for reprising his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in “Creed” beating presumed frontrunner Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies”. The Globes have instead grown into one of the most popular award show broadcasts of the year, thanks to increasingly credible nominees, its trademark relaxed atmosphere and its unique position as a major awards show that honors both film and television. Thanking director and frequent collaborator David O. Russell, Lawrence said: ‘Where are you David?’ Every time I’m up here it is because of you’.
“I have made a lot of movies that people just didn’t go see”, Damon said, adding he was glad that people liked “The Martian”, whose boxoffice collections reached almost $600 million.
“Listen, if you do win tonight, remember no one cares about that award as much as you do”, he said.
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While Malek missed out on winning a Golden Globe for the “Best Drama Series Actor” (Jon Hamm of Mad Men got it), his co-star Christian Slater, who plays Mr. Robot, won the Golden Globe for “Best Television Series Supporting Actor”.
