Surprises mark Golden Globes

There was a lot of cheering at the Golden Globes viewing party held by media conglomerate 21st Century Fox on Sunday night.

Inarritu, whose “Birdman” swept the Oscars past year, also beat out “The Martian’s” Ridley Scott for the best director award. From the marvelous hosting of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the past three years to glorious little moments like Emma Thompson tossing her shoes in the air, the Globes were starting to get a little bit of air under them – a fun diversion during awards season.

Brie Larson, on the other hand, took home the Best Actress for Motion Picture, Drama, in “Room”.

Despite some diversity in the nominee ranks, the film acting awards were still won exclusively by Caucasians, rousing some worry that the Oscars may follow suit despite increased scrutiny after last year’s #OscarsSoWhite criticisms.

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This advantage has fared much better for the leading ladies – in the past 25 years, 88% of the GG winners for Best Actress later went on to win Oscars that same year!

Denzel Washington was awarded the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Jennifer Lawrence won best comedy actress for “Joy”, about the inventor of the Miracle Mop. Sam Esmail’s remarkable new entry Mr. Robot was rewarded with Globes for Best Television Series – Drama and a Best Supporting Actor award for Christian Slater and co-author/star Rachel Bloom won a Globe for her thoroughly original Crazy Ex Girlfriend.

Ditto the two wins for the biopic “Steve Jobs” – Aaron Sorkin for screenplay and Kate Winslet for supporting actress, for her role as Jobs confidante Joanna Hoffman.

Matt Damon plays fictional NASA astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian”, which won two Golden Globe awards.

The best supporting actress in a series, limited-series, or TV movie was won by Maura Tierney for “The Affair”.

“Carol”:The film came into the Golden Globes Sunday with more nominations than any other movie, but walked away empty-handed. Amazon’s musical comedy-drama scored a pair of big wins: One for the show as a whole, and another for star Gael Garcia Bernal. Taraji P. Henson, who is growing in the Entertainment industry, also made her debut this year and won her first Golden Globe award as well.