The Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out their Golden Globes last night, in a ceremony hosted by Ricky Gervais at his absolute douchiest (quick, what do religion and the Golden Globes have in common? Ricky Gervais is such a smug prick, he’ll make you reconsider your indifference to them). It was, as usual, a mix of no-brainers (Leonardo, Damon, Stallone, Taraji), wonderful surprises (Rachel Bloom, Oscar Isaac), and OMG-are-you-fucking-kidding-mes (Best Picture to The Reveanant, Lady Gaga for Best Actress, two prizes for Mozart in the Jungle, and Best Original Song to that Sam Smith thing from Spectre, which is a worse sound than the death rattle of your favorite grandparent). And for all of Gervais’ nattering about how they “don’t matter,” several acceptance speeches – particularly those of Taraji P. Henson, Rachel Bloom, Son of Saul director László Nemes, and Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient Denzel Washington – were moving, funny, heartfelt, and generally wonderful.
The fact that such presumed Oscar frontrunners as Spotlight, Carol, and The Big Short walked away empty-handed doesn’t necessarily mean much of anything, at least as far as those awards go; their nomination ballots are in, and as we’ve discovered, prizes for Best Picture and Best Director only translate to Oscar wins half (or less) of the time. But they tend to predict the acting awards fairly frequently, which means Sylvester Stallone, Leonardo Di Caprio, Brie Larson, and Kate Winslet just got a jolt of the “buzz” that’s so important this time of year.
Here’s the full list of winners:
MOVIES
Best Picture, Drama: The Revenant
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Martian
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Best Actress, Drama: Brie Larson, Room
Best Actor, Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon, The Martian
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Best Original Song in Motion Picture: “Writing’s On the Wall,” Spectre
Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Best Animated Film: Inside Out
Best Foreign-Language Film: Son of Saul TELEVISION
Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical: Mozart in the Jungle
Best Television Series, Drama: Mr. Robot
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy: Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Wolf Hall
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Maura Tierney, The Affair