Gervais kicks off Globes, Winslet wins supporting actress
khowaga/flickrSecurity measures at the Golden Globes have created a traffic jam more than a mile long, as police search every vehicle coming to the Beverly Hills Hilton, the venue for the awards show.
Redmayne, who previous year won an Oscar, Bafta, Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, will be hoping for a second consecutive win in the best actor in a motion picture (drama) category.
Unlike the best actress drama category, the comedy category is not expected to help predict eventual Oscar nominees, save for Lawrence. None were among the PGA’s top nods.
Christian Slater took best supporting actor in a TV series for USA’s “Mr. Robot”.
Six years after the British comedian’s infamous monologue joke poking fun at Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant during a 2006 DUI arrest blaming Jews for the world’s problem, Gervais took the feud to a whole new level during Sunday night’s awards.
Hungary’s “Son of Saul” has been awarded the Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film.
Introducing presenter Matt Damon: “He’s the only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to”.
Kate Winslet was surprised to win the first award of the night for her supporting role in the Steve Jobs biopic.
“Not as much as Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner of course”. Gervais joked that after the show, he was ready to go into hiding so deep that “not even Sean Penn will find me… snitch”.
Meanwhile, the hilarious Ricky Gervais jokingly told his fellow A-listers about how “worthless” a Golden Globe Award is.
The film goes inside the head of a little girl as she feels different emotions, ranging from sadness to fear, anger and joy.
Other popular winners includes Sylvester Stallone, 69, who received a standing ovation as best supporting film actor for reprising his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in “Creed”, beating presumed frontrunner Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies”.
He noted that NBC, the host of this year’s Globes, would be completely fair in their decisions.
The Office co-creator’s fourth stint as emcee – the first since 2012 – started strong, with his kickoff zinger targeting Sean Penn for his recent interview with fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais is dapper and ready to offend some celebrities tonight.
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.