It’s official: La La Land is the biggest slam dunk Oscar favorite in a generation, probably since Schindler’s List.
Going 7-for-7 in an unprecedented sweep, including a win for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), the original tuner beat the previous record of 6 Golden Globe wins set by One Flew Over The Cukoo’s Nest in 1975 (and tied by Midnight Express in 1978).
On the flip side of the coin, fellow Awards Season favorite Moonlight took only one Globe, but it was a biggie: Best Motion Picture (Drama).
Meanwhile, Casey Affleck solidified his Best Actor frontrunner status with yet another win for his turn in Manchester by the Sea, as did Viola Davis in the Best Supporting Actress category for her seemingly inevitable Oscar victory in Fences.
The Best Actress Oscar race remains tight, but wins for La La Land‘s Emma Stone (Musical or Comedy) and foreign language winner Elle‘s Isabelle Huppert (Drama) all-but cement their Academy Award nominations. Those two will likely be duking it out with Amy Adams‘ Globe-nominated turn in Arrival. The Screen Actors Guild Awards (which doesn’t include Huppert as a nominee) will clarify this category’s favorite on January 29.
The evening’s one shocker: Aaron-Taylor Johnson winning the Globe’s Supporting Actor trophy as the psychotic redneck in Nocturnal Animals. He remains a long-shot for an Oscar nomination, though; his co-star Michael Shannon is still more likely.
Beyond all of that, acceptance speeches were peppered with liberal soapboxing even more than usual in the Age of Trump, capped off by Lifetime Achievement Award winner Meryl Streep. She never reflected on her actual career, instead choosing to preach to the Tinseltown choir about how they are the most vilified people in American society today (her actual words, not mine). Oh, the struggles and martyrdoms of the Hollywood elite. #FamousLivesMatter
Thankfully the classy Jimmy Fallon didn’t go there (outside of a few tame, clever references). He spent his time proving what we all already know: he should be hosting the Oscars, not Jimmy Kimmel.
74th GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS
Films of 2016
Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Moonlight
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: La La Land
- 20th Century Women
- Deadpool
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Sing Street
Best Male Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
- Joel Edgerton – Loving
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Viggo Mortenson – Captain Fantastic
- Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Female Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Best Male Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Ryan Gosling – La La Land
- Colin Farrell – The Lobster
- Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Jonah Hill – War Dogs
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
Best Female Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Emma Stone – La La Land
- Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
- Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
- Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
- Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Male Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Aaron-Taylor Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
- Dev Patel – Lion
- Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Female Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Viola Davis – Fences
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Nicole Kidman – Lion
- Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
- Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Director
WINNER: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
- Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
- Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Best Screenplay
WINNER: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
- Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
- Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Best Original Score
WINNER: Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
- Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
- Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
- Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
- Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch –Hidden Figures
Best Original Song
WINNER: “City of Stars” – La La Land
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: Zootopia
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Moana
- My Life as a Zucchini
- Sing
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: Elle (France)
- Divines (France)
- Neruda (Chile)
- The Salesman (Iran)
- Toni Erdmann (Germany)
The Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award
Meryl Streep
(To see a full list of the Golden Globe Winners that also includes Television categories, click here.)
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