‘The Martian’ Wins 2 Golden Globe Awards

The 73rd annual Golden Globes ceremony, which was hosted by Ricky Gervais, was broadcast live Sunday. A random poll of attendees at the HBO and NBC post-Globes parties at the Beverly Hilton revealed several prediction sheets covered with X-outs.

In a closely-contested men’s field, DiCaprio prevailed over “The Danish Girl” star Eddie Redmayne and “Concussion” lead Will Smith, to win best actor for his role as a fur-trapper seeking retribution. The two films were also part of the DIFF line-up.

This was the first time in a decade that HBO did not get the most nominations for its TV productions, receiving just three for Veep and Silicon Valley combined.

On the television side of the awards, the Amazon streaming series “Mozart in the Jungle” was named the best comedy series. “It was like, what’s that show?” The Globes celebrate the best in motion picture and television achievements.

The latest saga in the Star Wars line-up was released in mid-December, well after the October 30 deadline for Golden Globe submissions.

The Globes also offered up plenty of surprises in the TV categories, with shows on commercial networks and hits like Game of Thrones snubbed in favour of little-watched programs including Mozart in the Jungle, Mr Robot, Show Me a Hero and Wolf Hall.

“Ok, I’d rather have a drink with him in his hotel room tonight than Bill Cosby”.

In what is probably the year’s most competitive category, best actress in a drama, Brie Larson won out over Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) and Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn) for her affecting performance as a woman in captivity in “Room”.

Inarritu, whose “Birdman” swept the Oscars previous year, also beat out “The Martian’s” Ridley Scott for the best director award. “[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator Aline Brosh MckKenna] saw my YouTube videos, and two and a half years later I am standing on stage with a Golden Globe”, said Bloom during her acceptance speech. The searches for best actress in a drama were more divided then the best actor searched.

Despite skewering Hollywood in his opening monologue by laying into the film industry’s good and great, including Jennifer Lawrence and Sean Penn, social sentiment for Gervais was 78 per cent positive.