Mozart In the Jungle Wins Best Comedy Series at 2016 Golden Globes
Matt Damon picked up the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for The Martian.
But the two other films nominated in the category, Joy and The Big Short, arguably skirt the same line as The Martian does.
The victory sparked many viewers of the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on NBC to ask, “What the hell is “Mozart in the Jungle”?”
It was developed by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Alex Timbers, and stars Gael García Bernal – who also won Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy on Sunday – along with Lola Kirke, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Hannah Dunne, Peter Vack and Bernadette Peters. Even the film’s director Ridley Scott seemed to wav off the movie’s classification as he accepted the award. Mozart in the Jungle also won for Best TV Comedy at this year’s awards. Three years ago, Adele won for the title song for Skyfall, and this year Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes won for writing “Writing’s on the Wall” for Spectre.
“Steve Jobs” also was named best screenplay for Aaron Sorkin’s talky script, a surprising show of strength for a film that tanked at the box office and has faded somewhat as a top Oscar contender.
The Amazon musician series faced major competitors the likes of sibling Transparent, who took home the award past year, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, Hulu’s Casual, HBO’s Veep and Silicon Valley.
Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”. Lady Gaga won best actress in a limited TV series for her role as a vampire on “American Horror Story: Hotel”.
Slater, 46, won for Best Supporting Actor for a TV series or movie.
The Hungarian feature Son of Saul, set amid the Auschwitz crematorium, was chosen best foreign language feature.
Best miniseries or TV movie went to “Wolf Hall”, the BBC drama about political machinations among England’s Tudor dynasty during the reign of King Henry VIII.
“Malcolm in the Middle” (2003): Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday, with the show following on February 28.