Fox won big at the Golden Globes, while Netflix came up short
Brie Larson was named best actress in a drama for The Room, while Jennifer Lawrence won best comedy actress for Joy. The film was a part of the 2015 edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) line-up.
The Golden Globes is also the only major awards show that honors both film and television. He was also was the most searched of the best actor nominees in the past week, ahead of Will Smith, who was nominated for his role in “Concussion”.
The Danish Girl also missed out on each of the three prizes it was nominated for, including acting shots for Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander, while Lily Tomlin couldn’t make good on her best comedy actress nomination for Grandma.
Under Motion Picture, “The Martian” won the Comedy or Musical category, while “The Revenant” bagged the award for Drama.
“Steve Jobs”, a controversial look at the late Apple co-founder that floundered at the box office despite warm reviews, took home Golden Globes for supporting actress Kate Winslet, and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association adopted the split drama/comedy-musical format for the Golden Globes in 1963, 65 percent of the films that ended up with best picture Academy Awards had first received a Golden Globe.
DiCaprio was saluted with a standing ovation at the Beverly Hilton hotel on Sunday night.
Epic survival thriller The Revenant and space blockbuster The Martian have won big at the Golden Globes, boosting their chances for Oscars glory next month.
However, the most widely-viewed Golden Globes in recent years was in 2014, a night hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
However, the comparable award at the Golden Globes went to Sylvester Stallone for the actor’s comeback performance as the iconic Rocky Balboa in “Creed”.
“Spotlight”: The film was believed the be the front-runner in a relatively wide-open best picture race.
In her speech for winning best supporting actress in a TV series, movie, or limited series for The Affair, Maura Tierney committed a classic public speaking sin, using the phrase “uh” or “um” more than 20 times in less than two minutes.
After a 10-year ratings high three years ago, the Golden Globes’ viewership has dipped slightly since, with an audience of 19.3 million tuning in last year. Cranston lost to DiCaprio for best actor at the Golden Globes.
Mozart in the Jungle beat out several other SVOD-distributed programs to earn the trophy for Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical.