La La Landreigned supreme at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, scooping up all seven trophies it was nominated for during a relatively staid installment of whats typically the most unpredictable night of awards season.
La La Landdominated the Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical categories with wins for stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, writer-director Damien Chazelle, composer Justin Hurwitz and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Trophies were more widely distributed on the Drama side of things, with Moonlightwinning Best Motion Picture, Casey Affleck taking Best Actor for Manchester by the Seaand Isabelle Huppert winning Best Actress for Elle. Aaron Taylor-Johnson scored a Best Supporting Actor win for his performance in Nocturnal Animals, while Viola Davis won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the adaptation of August Wilsons play,Fences.
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The TV portion of the evening offered several more surprises, with Atlanta,The CrownandThe Night Managerall scooping up multiple trophies. While heavy favorite The People v. O.J. Simpsondid take home Best Miniseries, and star Sarah Paulson won Best Actress in that sub-category, it was notably bested by The Night Managerin every other acting category, netting wins for Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman.
The Crown, meanwhile,notably beat favorites likeStranger Thingsand Game of Thrones to win Best TV Series, Drama, while its star, Claire Foy, also took home Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama.
The Tonight Shows Jimmy Fallon hosted the Golden Globes, which kicked off with what else a bombastic La La Landspoof. In a tribute to the films opening number, Fallon danced through red carpet traffic alongside A-listers like Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams and the Stranger Thingskids. Even beloved Barb (Shannon Purser) was given a break-out tribute with an extended synchronized swimming sequence. Later, Fallon tapped Justin Timberlake and Tina Fey for a performance of Room Full of Stars, a spoof of La La Lands City of Stars, which later won Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.
Following the expertly choreographed opener, Fallon hit the stage where he confronted a malfunctioning teleprompter. The host giggled his way through the technical difficulties and eventually launched into his monologue by cracking, Welcome to the Golden Globes one of the few places left where America still honors the popular vote.
Fallon took a few more jabs at president-elect Donald Trump during the night, comparing him to Game of Thrones King Joffrey and quipping the Golden Globes vote tallies were counted by the firm of Ernst and Young and Putin. Hugh Laurie also landed a few jabs during his acceptance speech, saying, Thank you first to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for this amazing honor. I suppose its made more amazing by the fact that Ill be able to say I won this at the last ever Golden Globes I dont mean to be gloomy, its just that it has the words Hollywood, Foreign and Press in the title.
Meryl Streep, however, delivered the nights most devastating blow while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Streep praised the outsiders and foreigners that make-up Hollywood, saying, if you kick them all out youll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts. She also made an impassioned plea to the press to hold Trump accountable, and most notably focused on Trumps infamous mocking of a disabled reporter on the campaign trail.
It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and it still cant get it out of my head because it wasnt in a movie, Streep said. It was real life. This instinct to humiliate, when its modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybodys life. Because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing.
Amidst the periodic airing of Hollywoods collective grievances over the election, the Golden Globes provided a handful of inspiring moments. Black-ishstar Tracee Ellis Ross dedicated her trophy for Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy to all the women, women of color, and colorful people whose stories, ideas, thoughts are not always considered worthy and valid and important. Elsewhere, Viola Davis used her acceptance speech to proclaim, Its not every day that Hollywood thinks of translating a play to screen. It doesnt scream moneymaker. But it does scream art. It does scream heart.'
Other memorable speeches came from Ryan Gosling, who dedicated his award to his late brother-in-law, Juan Carlos Mendes, and thanked his wife, Eva Mendes, profusely for letting him film La La Landwhile she cared for her brother and their children. Atlantamastermind Donald Glover who won Best Actor in a TV Comedy, and accepted the Best Comedy award on behalf of the show delivered two memorable speeches, notably ending the first by saying, Id like to thank the Migos not for being on the show, but for making Bad and Boujee.
Still, the evening had its hiccups: Fallon trotted out a rusty Chris Rock impression at the beginning of the night, while later Sofia Vergara slogged through a bit packed with weak jokes based around her accent. One of the nights most awkward flubs came from Michael Keaton who, while listing the Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture nominees, named Octavia Spencer from Hidden Fences combining the historical film Hidden Figureswith the aforementionedFences(red carpet host and Todayshow correspondent Jenna Bush Hager made the same mistake earlier while speaking to Pharrell).
Far more charming was Goldie Hawns starry-eyed and slurred introduction of the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category, and Steve Carell and Kristen Wiigs hysterical patter before announcing Best Animated Movie. The pair reminisced about the first animated films they ever saw, charming stories that quickly turned tragic: Carell learned his parents were getting a divorce after Fantasia, while Wiig saw Bambithe same day her family dogs were put down.
After a long night, the show culminated with the Best Motion Picture, Drama award. For fans of Barry Jenkins acclaimed Moonlight, the Globes had likely been a disappointing slog, as the film was continually passed over in the other five categories it was nominated for. But the final award of the night was also the most touted, and Jenkins accepted with glee, thanking his mom, fans on Twitter and Instagram, and closing, If you have seen this film, all I ever say is, please, tell a friend, tell a friend, tell a friend. Much love.