Jimmy
Fallon came swinging as the host of the 74th Golden Globe Awards. The opening act was
fantastic, mirroring the Los Angeles jammed freeway song-and-dance number from “La
La Land,” only with celebrities in their cars lining up on the red carpet to
get to the awards show. It transitioned seamlessly
to a modified “City of Stars” piano-playing and gliding-into-the stars dancing
scene with Justin Timberlake.
Unlike
previous hosts – Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – Fallon didn’t make much of an impression. He did get one political zinger out. Golden Globes show is the one place where
Americans still honor the popular vote.
The
first award of the evening, Best Supporting Actor in the motion picture drama category,
went to Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Nocturnal Animals”). Best Supporting Actress went to Viola Davis (“Fences”). Frontrunner Casey Affleck scored Best Actor (“Manchesterby the Sea”). French actress Isabelle
Huppert surprisingly earned Best Actress award (“Elle”), besting Hollywood A-listers
Amy Adams, Natalie Portman and Jessica Chastain.
“Zootopia,” quite possibly the most brilliant animation of all time, won Best
Animation.
As
expected, “La La Land” racked up the most wins in the musical/comedy
category, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song to begin with. Ryan Gosling was awarded Best Actor. He quipped that it wasn’t the first time he
was mistaken for Ryan Reynolds. Singing and dancing his way through the movie was one of the best filming
experiences he had. Emma Stone, Gosling’s
co-star, predictably won Best Actress. Stone
cited hope and creativity as the two most important things and that she shared
the statue with other working artists. She moved 13 years ago to Los Angeles this week as an aspiring actress.
Damien
Chazelle took home two awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director. He thanked
the producers for taking on a gamble on his proposition for the modern, Los
Angeles-set musical, which was not easy to put together. The movie capped it all by winning Best
Picture in the same category.
Viola
Davis presented Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award to arguably the most revered
actress in Hollywood today, Meryl Streep.
She stated that Streep made her feel proud for being an artist and that
what she had in her – her body, her face, her age – was enough.
Streep
took the stage and made a political joke about Hollywood Foreign Press being the
most vilified party, Hollywood – Foreigners – Press. She went on to reveal which foreign countries
where some actors and actresses were born or raised in and sarcastically noted,
"Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if you kick us
all out, you’ll have nothing to watch except for football and mixed martial
arts, which are not arts."
Streep
asked the press to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump, “We need the
principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every
outrage,” after she called out Trump for mocking a disabled reporter during his
campaign. "Disrespect invites
disrespect, violence incites violence. When
the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose."
Streep stirringly ended her speech by quoting the belated Carrie Fisher, "Take your broken heart, make it into art."
Streep stirringly ended her speech by quoting the belated Carrie Fisher, "Take your broken heart, make it into art."
And the Golden Globe goes to…
Best
Picture, Drama: “Moonlight”
Best
Picture, Comedy or Musical: “La La Land”
Actress,
Drama: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Actor,
Drama: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Supporting
Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”
Supporting
Actor: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Nocturnal Animals”
Actress,
Comedy or Musical: Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Actor,
Comedy or Musical: Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Director:
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Screenplay:
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Original
Score: Justin Hurwitz, “La La Land”
Original
Song: “City of Stars,” “La La Land”
Animated
Film: “Zootopia”
