Leonardo DiCaprio gets a standing ovation at the Golden Globes

“Revenant” star Leonardo DiCaprio won best drama actor. The Martian, the tale of an astronaut stranded alone on Mars, won two top prizes – best comedy film and best actor in a comedy for actor Matt Damon. They can give much-needed momentum to films in a crowded field, and in recent years, top Globes have gone to movies that went on to win the Oscar for best picture. It didn’t stop there as the show’s Gael Garcia Bernal also won Best Actor in television series beating out Jeffrey Tambor, Patrick Stewart, Rob Lowe and Aziz Ansari. He said he knew “how lucky I am to do this for a living”.

DiCaprio, 41, who has yet to win an Oscar, received a standing ovation and said he shared his award with indigenous people around the world.

Another tweet read: “Do people not realize that when they say they are offended by a joke it makes that joke even funnier for the rest of us”.

Sunday night’s award ceremony has been branded the most foul-mouthed Globes ever as the NBC censors hit the mute button nine times.

Also snubbed was “The Big Short”, based on a book about the financial crisis of 2007-2008.

With British comedian Ricky Gervias’ penchant for crude jokes, his introduction of Mel Gibson was sure to be awkward for all – and he didn’t disappoint.

Gaga has a lot more to celebrate than just her Golden Globes win.

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”. In the Best Foreign Movie category, Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saul was the victor.

Now officially released nationwide following a small-release last week, Golden Globe victor and Oscar contender The Revenant has opened to $38 million domestically.

The big television winners included USA’s “Mr. Robot”, Taraji P. Henson for “Empire” and Jon Hamm for “Mad Men”. Amazon’s comedy Mozart In The Jungle took the prize for Bes t Comedy Series.

“The Martian” won for best comedic film, a category that director Ridley Scott found befuddling. “I wanted to be an actress before I wanted to be a singer, but music worked out first”, Lady Gaga said during her emotional speech. “You gon’ wait”, the actress said as the teleprompter asked her to wrap it up. They have become an homage to star power, politics and the ability to schmooze the navel gazing, semi-mysterious cabal called the Hollywood Press Association – a group of just 90 worldwide journalists who bestow the awards each year.