DiCaprio, The Revenant and The Martian big winners at Golden Globes

With The Revenant coming out on top of this year’s awards, it’s an incredibly strong sign DiCaprio’s about to sail through to that dearly coveted Academy Award.

Alongside DiCaprio’s award for best actor in a drama, The Revenant also won in the best drama and best director categories.

The movie also earned Globes for motion picture, and for director Alejandro Inarritu at the Sunday night ceremony.

And regarding the HFPA, he added: “One publication said me hosting would mean some film stars would stay away for fear of being made fun of”.

In an awards season that has lacked definition, two of the top critical picks – the journalism procedural “Spotlight” and Todd Haynes’ lesbian romance “Carol” – went home empty-handed. “The Martian” did win best comedy film and best actor in a comedy for star Matt Damon. “So shocked! I’m never ever going to get used to it. I’m standing here, thinking really this is not happening”.

“There are only 82 people from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voting for the Golden Globes while 6,200 vote for the Oscars, and all of them are associated with the actual making of film”, Feinberg said.

Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement honoree Denzel Washington also fumbled his way through his speech, which generally serves as a poignant respite in an otherwise irreverent evening.

All eyes in Hollywood are now on the Oscar nominations, to be announced on Thursday, to see if the “Titanic” star scores his fifth nomination for an acting role as widely expected.

Leonardo DiCaprio did more than just survive a bear mauling in “The Revenant”.

Oscar Isaac was awarded Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his performance in Show Me a Hero.

During his opening monologue, the British comic said: “If you do win, no one cares about the award more than you do”. Six shows come in tied for the most nominations with three: “Fargo”, “Mr. Robot”, “Outlander”, “Transparent”, “American Crime” and “Wolf Hall”.

Though security was especially tight to guard against terrorism, the Gervais-led Globes, evidenced little of seriousness that marks most award shows, or the teary-eyed acceptances speeches. Actors in both shows – Christian Slater for Mr. Robot and Gabriel Garcia Bernal for Mozart in the Jungle – also won.

What if a network aired an awards show and you couldn’t hear half of it?

Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”. One of his three Globes, Gervais said, he stuffs up his rear.

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”.