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Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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In any given year, awards-season viewers are doing some combination of reveling in the booze-filled loosie-goosey nature of the Golden Globes while bemoaning the ostensible arbitrariness of many of its nominees and winners. Do you recall the movie Salmon Fishing in the Yemen? (Three nods in 2012, including best picture.) And really, The Kominsky Method beat out shows like Barry and The Good Place for best TV drama in 2019? How?!

The mood going into this year's Globes ceremony was different, however, and not just because the producers had Covid-related logistics to work out for a mostly virtual event. Just a few days earlier, the Los Angeles Times published two investigations looking into the inner workings of the mysterious Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization of 87 "journalists" who vote on the awards. Those exposés unveiled a number of details which suggest the Globes are more frivolous (and corrupt) than even the most cynical among us may have considered. Among the reveals: a number of HFPA members were fabulously flown in to France and wined and dined for a set visit to Emily in Paris, the wildly popular but critically reviled show which received three head-scratching nominations. Also, there are currently zero Black members in the HFPA.

On Sunday night, the ceremony addressed the diversity PR nightmare head-on, first via the opening banter between returning co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who were broadcast from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Rainbow Room in New York City, respectively. Sprinkled in between jokes about the differences between movies and television and an acknowledgement of the pandemic first responders in the audience, were cracks about the HFPA's membership ("around 90 international — no Black — journalists," a couple of whom "might be ghosts") and a more serious admission that worthy Black performances and creators were overlooked this year.

And a bit later in the evening, three members of the HFPA emerged from obscurity to pledge that the organization felt bad about all the negativity publicity and would commit to doing better about inclusion going forward. (There was no mention of whether or not all-expenses paid trips to fancy cities on a Hollywood studio's dime was also being reconsidered.)

Once the awards-giving kicked off, it was often a bumpy ride. While presenters appeared in person in either New York or L.A., nominees attended remotely from their respective homes. The potential for technical chaos was realized almost immediately, when Daniel Kaluuya, who won the first award of the night for his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, couldn't be heard while giving his acceptance speech. After a few moments, presenter Laura Dern noted the difficulties and attempted to quickly wrap up and move to the next segment; luckily, Kaluuya was able to jump back in, this time with sound in check, and deliver typically charming remarks.

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There were many more awkward sound-related issues, merely irritating and occasionally chaotic – was that acceptance speech where Catherine O'Hara, who took home an award for Schitt's Creek, kept being interrupted by her husband Bo Welch's phone, a planned bit or a kerfluffle-turned-on-the-fly bit? I'm not sure, but whatever it was, it was a rare highlight in an otherwise dull night. The producers padded the run time with skits which, even in normal times, would feel forced – saved for a perfectly weird skit involving Maya Rudolph and Kenan Thompson donning faux French accents, anything not directly related to the presentation of awards was superfluous.

The big winners of the night were a mixed bag of the surprising and predictable. Nomadland won best motion picture, drama, and its director Chloe Zhao became the first Asian woman to win the best director award – and first woman since Barbra Streisand won for Yentl nearly 40 years ago. Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous honor for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in the best actor, drama category; his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward gave a stirring, heartbreaking speech on his behalf. Andra Day triumphed for her first feature starring role in The United States vs. Billie Holiday in a stacked category that included Viola Davis and Frances McDormand.

While Emily In Paris went home empty-handed – Netflix must be wondering, was that all-expenses paid set visit for all those HFPA members worth it after all? – crowd-pleaser The Queen's Gambit beat out Steve McQueen's transformative Small Axe for best limited series, drama. (Though John Boyega earned his first Globe win for his role in Red, White and Blue, one of the films in Small Axe.)

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The show was at its best when the veterans were involved. The 98-year-old Norman Lear was given the Carol Burnett Award for "outstanding contributions to television," and, perhaps because it was coordinated ahead of time, the TV titan had by far the sharpest audio and visual set-up of all the remote celebrities. He kept his remarks short and sweet, proving yet again that he is a national treasure. Ditto Jane Fonda, who appeared in-person at the Rainbow Room to accept the other honorary award of the evening, the Cecil B. DeMille award. In one of the most riveting moments of the night, she gave a shout out to the recent works that inspired her, including Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari (which won after being controversially nominated in the Best Foreign Language category) and I May Destroy You (which was notably shut out from any nominations despite its critical acclaim).

Perhaps the one saving grace of this snooze fest was that it ended under three and a half hours. But considering how much time the producers had to execute a smooth and relatively painless event – and that they could have looked to last fall's comparatively successful virtual Emmy Awards for guidance – this year's Golden Globes only further solidified the event's irrelevance, for everyone to witness.

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Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Trump and Giuliani, Chloé Zhao makes history, Time's Up still ticked: Golden Globes 2021 highs, lows and head-scratchers - Yahoo Entertainment

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler may have wanted to keep the 2021 Golden Globes a politics-free zone. But Sacha Baron Cohen didn't get that memo from the show's hosts... or he just ignored it. The Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star used his dual acceptance speeches to pointedly tweak Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, both of whom play major (if unwitting) roles in the hit sequel. Cohen's comments functioned as the telecast's most trenchant — and hilarious — pieces of political commentary on an evening when most presenters and winners tried to turn the focus elsewhere.

While Cohen's speeches inspired tears of laughter, genuine tears were shed when Hollywood legend Norman Lear, five months shy of his 99th birthday, accepted the Carol Burnett Award for his storied career, and when Simone Ledward Boseman spoke on behalf of her dearly departed husband, Chadwick Boseman, who won a posthumous statue for his blistering performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

While those moments ranked among the show's highlights, the Globes' luster was dimmed by the continued controversy over the lack of diversity within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Executives from the organization attempted to address the absence of Black voters in the group head-on, but their comments didn't exactly persuade viewers or activists. It didn't help that the night's first winner — Judas and the Black Messiah star Daniel Kaluuya — suffered technical difficulties during his speech that nearly prevented his voice from being heard.

Read on for our recap of the night's highs, lows and head-scratchers.

HIGH: Sacha Baron Cohen took shots at Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, officially retires Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen may have logged more on-camera hours in the buzzy sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, but he made sure to give credit to the movie's real star: Rudy Giuliani. While accepting his award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical, he cuttingly characterized the former New York mayor as a "fresh new talent" who got more laughs "out of one unzipping" than anyone thought possible. In a subsequent speech after his movie won the prize for Best Musical or Comedy, Cohen name-checked Giuliani's one-time employer Donald Trump, claiming that the former president was "contesting the results" of Borat's big night. Speaking to the press afterwards, Cohen stated that Trump was the reason he did the sequel. "I made this movie because of Donald Trump because I felt democracy was really in danger. I felt that the underbelly that I had exposed in Borat 1 of anti-Semitism and hatred and misogyny had become overt. Racists were out and proud, we had one who was the president. … I felt the only thing I could do was pull out the gray suit and do Borat again. I felt like we had to get it out before the election. It was me ringing the bell saying this is the danger of re-electing him. And if he had won on November 3 and I hadn't made the movie, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself." Cohen added that he was officially retiring his Borat persona, saying it was too dangerous to do another film.

LOW: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lack of diversity gets panned (again)

Shortly after hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened the ceremony by mocking the HFPA's notorious lack of diversity (the group has no Black members), a trio of executives — Meher Tatna (chairperson and former president), Ali Sar (president) and Helen Hoehne (vice president) — took the stage. "We must ensure everyone gets a seat at our table," said Tatna. Hoehne added: "We recognize we have our own work to do. Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital. We must have Black journalists in our organization." However their statements fell flat with viewers and critics. Moments after the show ended, Time's Up issued a statement blasting the HFPA for "a fundamental lack of understanding of the depth of the problems at hand" and stating, "change only occurs from an awareness of larger cultural problems, as well as a long-term commitment to systemic change."

HIGH: Chadwick Boseman's widow paid tearful tribute to the star

Chadwick Boseman didn't live to accept his Best Actor, Drama trophy for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. But his spirit was very much in the room as his widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, spoke beautifully on his behalf. "He would thank God, he would thank his parents, he would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices," she said, as fellow nominees Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman joined her in tearing up. "I don't have his words, but we have to take this moment to celebrate those we love."

HIGH: Chloé Zhao is the second female filmmaker to win the Best Director statue

Chloé Zhao accepts the Best Director, Motion Picture award for Nomadland via video from Bryce Dallas Howard onstage at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Photo: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

The last time a female director took home the Globe's directing prize, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Silkwood topped the box office and "Yes" was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. Yentl helmer Barbra Streisand became the first woman to shatter that particular barrier at the 41st Golden Globes in 1984, but it took another 37 years for the "sequel" to arrive in the form of Nomadland's Chloé Zhao. The Beijing-born filmmaker is also the first Asian woman to accept both that statue, and the award for Best Motion Picture, Drama — another step in the movie's clear path to an Oscar night victory.

HIGH: Norman Lear dropped pearls of wisdom

Honoree Norman Lear accepts the Carol Burnett Award while co-host Amy Poehler watches onstage at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Photo: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

At 98 years young, TV legend Norman Lear is still taking his younger peers to school. Accepting the HFPA's Carol Burnett Award, the super-producer behind such beloved shows as as All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and both versions of One Day at a Time gave one of the night’s best speeches, one that left everyone in the audience — both in the room and at home — visibly awed. "I could not feel more blessed," Lear said, reflecting on his career. "I am convinced that laughter adds time to one's life. ... At close to 99, I can tell you that I have never lived alone. I have never laughed alone and that has as much to do with my being here today as anything else I know." If he keeps laughing, he's gonna live to be 200.

HIGH: Jane Fonda gives love to the snubbed

Seven-time Golden Globe winner Jane Fonda was honored with the HFPA’s Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award Sunday. That alone was enough to excite cinephiles, but she made social media downright giddy when she used her acceptance speech to honor a handful of films and television shows that were snubbed in this year's irksome ballot. Fonda gave props to a handful of projects that were overlooked, most centered around people of color, including Minari (which was controversially restricted to the Best Foreign-Language category), the Black-led films Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, One Night in Miami and Judas and the Black Messiah (which were all left out of Best Picture), and HBO's I May Destroy You (which was completely ignored despite being one of the best-reviewed shows of the year). Fonda was still talking things she loved when she entered the "backstage" press room, singing the praises of the 2019 Bill Nighy film Hope Gap.

HIGH: Tina and Amy kept the show moving right along

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler speak via livestream during the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association)

Despite being on opposite coasts, the dynamic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler barely missed a step as the evening's emcees. The Saturday Night Live veterans and longtime friends ably danced around the night’s numerous technical snafus, and didn’t hold back from criticizing their HFPA hosts for the group's questionable nomination choices, as well as its controversial lack of Black members. Remind us why they don't have their own late-night show again?

LOW: Daniel Kaluuya was nearly done dirty

Laura Dern presents the Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture award for Judas and the Black Messiah to winner Daniel Kaluuya (accepting via video) onstage at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Photo: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

In an awards show face plant for the ages, the Globes followed up Fey and Poehler's blistering monologue addressing the lack of diversity in its organization by announcing Daniel Kaluuya as the nights first winner… and then almost didn’t let him speak. The Judas and the Black Messiah star’s attempts to accept his Best Supporting Actor trophy were marred by technical difficulties that muted his audio. Just as presenter Laura Dern was about to move the show along, Kaluuya was finally seen and heard. "You did me dirty," he said half-jokingly, adding "I'll save all that for the HFPA."

LOW: Maya Rudolph and Kenan Thompson's SNL reunion needed more rehearsal

Maya Rudolph and Kenan Thompson perform a skit onstage at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Photo: Rich Polk/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Fey and Poehler may have slayed the crowd, but the evening’s other SNL pairing didn’t generate the same Studio 8H magic. Maya Rudolph — who was just announced as the host of the March 27 episode — and Kenan Thompson took the stage in the guise of oddball composers, and proceeded to come up with their own bizarre versions of TV theme songs. It was a bit that probably sounded great on paper, but SNL mastermind, Lorne Michaels, absolutely would have known to cut it after the dress rehearsal. Another not-ready-for-Globes-time bit saw Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo needlessly reprising their Barb and Star personas from Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar at a time when our collective patience was wearing thin.

HEAD-SCRATCHER: Jason Sudeikis was high on… life?

Jason Sudeikis accepts the Best Television Actor, Musical/Comedy Series award for Ted Lasson via video from Sterling K. Brown and Susan Kelechi Watson. (Photo: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Blame it on the time zone perhaps: Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis was watching the Globes from London, where the local time was 1 a.m., which might have explained his bleary-eyed, dressed-down appearance. But after he won the statue for Best Actor in a Comedy — beating out the presumptive favorite, Eugene Levy — the actor's hilariously rambling speech had many wondering if he was under the influence of something other than jet lag. Fellow nominee Don Cheadle tried to help him save face, repeatedly giving him the "wrap it up" gesture over Zoom. Sudeikis is gonna need a strong cup of tea in the morning.

HIGH: The Crown stars show love to Princess Diana… and each other

Emma Corrin, winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama for The Crown, speaks during the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards broadcast. (Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Both Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor, who played a young Princess Diana and Prince Charles in the Netflix drama, won their first Golden Globes on Sunday night. Corrin praised the late royal-turned-humanitarian in her speech. "And most of all, thank you so much to Diana,” she said. "You have taught me compassion and empathy beyond any measure that I could ever imagine. On behalf of everyone who remembers you so fondly and passionately in our hearts, thank you." Meanwhile, she called O'Connor her "Prince Charming," and she said he makes “every single day by my side a complete joy." He returned the compliment when he described Corrin as "extraordinary, talented, funny and brilliant." O'Connor wiped away tears as he said, "I've had the time of my life making this series."

HIGH and LOW: A trio of major upsets in female acting races

The 2021 Globes proved once again to be Hollywood's most unpredictable awards — and that's not necessarily a compliment. For starters, the Best Actress, Drama race included three presumptive Oscar contenders in Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Frances McDormand (Nomadland) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), yet it was Andra Day who shocked everyone by winning for her lead turn in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Elsewhere, Jodie Foster was considered the least likely winner in Best Supporting Actress, but still topped Amanda Seyfried (Mank), Olivia Colman (The Father) and Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) for The Mauritanian. Foster, herself, said the win was the biggest surprise of her career. Elsewhere, surprise nominee Rosamund Pike became surprise winner for Netflix's I Care A Lot in Best Actress, Musical or Comedy, beating highly favorited Borat 2 breakout Maria Bakalova. The Globes, as they say, gonna globe… but at least it made the night more interesting.

HEAD-SCRATCHER: Wait, did Tracy Morgan really give an award to "Sal"?!

Tracy Morgan has been known to make the occasional verbal gaffe — the most legendary being Fey's explanation that the person Morgan would refer to as "Jack Human" was actually Hugh Jackman. In presenting Best Original Score, Fey’s 30 Rock cohort emphatically yelled out “SAL!” as the winner, when he meant Soul, as in Disney-Pixar's latest animated feature. He later apologized for the slip in typical Morgan fashion.

Sorry SOUL. I was thinking about the pizza I was going to get from my guy SAL on the way home!!

— Tracy Morgan (@TracyMorgan) March 1, 2021

HIGH: Forget the stars — show us their pets... and kids!

Regina King's dog Cornbread wasn't nominated for any awards, but he was definitely one of the night's winners! He was one of the pets and kids who stood proudly by their parents' sides as the camera switched to them in a bizarre awards season. Sarah Paulson cuddled her dog, Winnie, while Corrin, from The Crown, held her cat. Director Lee Isaac Chung, whose Minari won Best Foreign-Language Film, was one of several recipients with little ones nearby. As his category was called, his 7-year-old daughter called out, “I prayed! I prayed!” and hugged her dad. And two of Mark Ruffalo’s teens were there to congratulate him on his win for I Know This Much Is True.

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Golden Globes winners 2021: The full list - Vox.com

The winners of the 2021 Golden Globes were crowned on Sunday night, in a bicoastal and bizarrely produced ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

There were awkward Zoom moments aplenty. There were several uncomfortable but necessary mentions of the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees and within the notoriously corrupt organization that hands out the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And in between, a variety of television shows and movies won new trophies!

On the TV side, Netflix drama The Crown was the winningest show of the evening, taking home four statuettes, including Best TV Series – Drama. It was joined on the winners list by its Netflix sibling The Queen’s Gambit, which won Best Limited TV Series, as well as Best Actress in a TV Drama for star Anya Taylor-Joy. And in the TV comedy categories, the beloved Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek capped off its sweep at last year’s Emmys with one more victory lap for its final season, winning Best TV Series and Best Actress for Catherine O’Hara.

On the film side, several movies won two Globes apiece. Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland earned one for Best Motion Picture – Drama and one for director Chloé Zhao. Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and its star Sacha Baron Cohen won Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. And Pixar’s Soul won Best Animated Motion Picture and Best Original Score. The rest of the film awards were fairly spread out: Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, I Care A Lot, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 all took home awards, as did HBO Max’s Judas and the Black Messiah, STXfilms’ The Mauritanian, and A24’s Minari.

Despite recent controversies and their reputation as the goofiest major entertainment industry awards show, the Golden Globes have long functioned as a prominent kickoff to Hollywood’s annual awards season. That’s still true in this atypical year. Though the 2021 edition of the Globes happened two months later than usual thanks to the pandemic, they still took place shortly before the close of Oscar voting and several weeks ahead of the Covid-19-delayed Oscar ceremony, which is slated for April 25. Thus, the Globes maintain their not-really-but-sometimes status as an Oscar indicator.

The full list of 2021 Golden Globes nominees and winners is below.

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah — WINNER

Jared Leto, The Little Things

Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

John Boyega, Small Axe — WINNER

Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule

Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Jim Parsons, Hollywood

Donald Sutherland, The Undoing

Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning, The Great

Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek — WINNER

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Soul — WINNER

Over the Moon

Wolfwalkers

Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant, The Undoing

Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True — WINNER

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Jack Fincher, Mank

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of Chicago 7 — WINNER

Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Emma Corrin, The Crown — WINNER

Laura Linney, Ozark

Sarah Paulson, Ratched

“Fight For You,” Judas and the Black Messiah

“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7

“Io Sì (Seen),” The Life Ahead — WINNER

“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami

“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Alexandre Desplat, Midnight Sky

Ludwig Göransson, Tenet

James Newton, News of the World

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, Soul — WINNER

Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult, The Great

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso — WINNER

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Emily in Paris

The Flight Attendant

The Great

Schitt’s Creek — WINNER

Ted Lasso

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson, Music

Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot — WINNER

Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Josh O’Connor, The Crown — WINNER

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Al Pacino, Hunters

Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Another Round (Denmark)

La Llorona (Guatemala/France)

The Life Ahead (Italy)

Minari (USA) — WINNER

Two of Us (France/USA)

The Crown — WINNER

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Ratched

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian — WINNER

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Helena Zengel, News of the World

Gillian Anderson, The Crown — WINNER

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

Julia Garner, Ozark

Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Cynthia Nixon, Ratched

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America

Daisy Edgar Jones, Normal People

Shira Haas, Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman, The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit — WINNER

Normal People

The Queen’s Gambit — WINNER

Small Axe

The Undoing

Unorthodox

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — WINNER

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Gary Oldman, Mank

Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

David Fincher, Mank

Regina King, One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland — WINNER

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — WINNER

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — WINNER

James Corden, The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday — WINNER

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

The Father

Mank

Nomadland — WINNER

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

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Read the full text of Jane Fonda's powerful speech at the Golden Globes - CNN

But actress Jane Fonda took a different tack when she accepted the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes Sunday night.

Fonda began by exalting storytelling as an art form and praising the work of the actors and directors behind many nominated works this year. She ended by calling for better leadership in Hollywood to make sure everyone's stories are told.

"Stories — they really can change people. But there's a story we've been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in this industry -- a story about which voices we respect and elevate, and which we tune out," Fonda said.

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"Thank you all the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. I'm -- I'm so moved to receive this honor. Thank you.

You know, we are a community of storytellers, aren't we? And in turbulent, crisis-torn times like these, storytelling has always been essential.

You see, stories have a way to ... they can change our hearts and our minds. They can help us see each other in a new light. To have empathy. To recognize that, for all our diversity, we are humans first, right?

You know, I've seen a lot of diversity in my long life and at times I've been challenged to understand some of the people I've met.

But inevitably, if my heart is open, and I look beneath the surface, I feel kinship.

That's why all of the great conduits of perception -- Buddha, Mohammed, Jesus, Laotzi -- all of them spoke to us in stories and poetry and metaphor.

Because the nonlinear, non-cerebral forms that are art speak on a different frequency.

They generate a new energy that can jolt us open and penetrate our defenses so that we can see and hear what we may have been afraid of seeing and hearing.

Just this year, "Nomadland" helped me feel love for the wanderers among us. And "Minari" opened my eyes to the experience of immigrants dealing with the realities of life in a new land.

And "Judas and the Black Messiah," "Small Acts," "US vs. Billie Holiday," "Ma Rainey," "One Night in Miami" and others have deepened my empathy for what being Black has meant.

"Ramy" helped me feel what it means to be Muslim American.

"I May Destroy You" has taught me to consider sexual violence in a whole new way.

The documentary "All In" reminds us how fragile our democracy is and inspires us to fight to preserve it.

And "A Life on Our Planet" shows us how fragile our small blue planet is and inspires us to save it and ourselves.

Stories: They really, they really can change people.

But there's a story we've been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in this industry. A story about which voices we respect and elevate -- and which we tune out.

A story about who's offered a seat at the table and who is kept out of the rooms where decisions are made.

So let's all of us -- including all the groups that decide who gets hired and what gets made and who wins awards -- let's all of us make an effort to expand that tent. So that everyone rises and everyone's story has a chance to be seen and heard.

I mean, doing this simply means acknowledging what's true. Being in step with the emerging diversity that's happening because of all those who marched and fought in the past and those who've picked up the baton today.

After all, art has always been not just in step with history, but has led the way.

So, let's be leaders, OK?

Thank you, thank you so much."

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Meghan Markle dazzles in $4,700 Armani dress for Oprah interview - Page Six

The first look at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s upcoming tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey has arrived — and for the occasion, the Duchess of Sussex certainly dressed to impress.

For her sit-down with the talk-show icon, a teaser for which aired Sunday night, 39-year-old Markle donned a $4,700 black gown by Armani with a belted waist and foliage embroidery.

Unsurprisingly, her exact style is already sold out, but a similar (albeit embellished) version is still available for the same price.

Along with her signature messy bun, the Duchess accessorized with her favorite suede Aquazzura pumps ($695) and Cartier Love bracelet ($6,550), along with an aquamarine necklace by Pippa Small and blue topaz Birks earrings, both of which are now sold out.

But the real crown jewel of Markle’s ensemble? Her dainty diamond bracelet, believed to be a Cartier heirloom once owned by Princess Diana.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are seen during their interview with Oprah Winfrey airing next month.

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Incidentally, 36-year-old Prince Harry’s late mother looks to be a major talking point of the upcoming interview; at one point in the teaser, he tells Winfrey, “My biggest concern was history repeating itself.”

Continues the Duke of Sussex in the clip, “You know, for me, I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago. Because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us but at least we had each other.”

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Winfrey’s CBS interview with the Sussexes, during which the pair will open up about their decision to leave the royal family and move to California, will air in a two-hour exclusive primetime special on Sunday, March 7.

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Lawyer Seeks Sexual Abuse Investigation Against T.I. and Tiny - Rolling Stone

A lawyer representing nearly a dozen people is calling for a sexual abuse investigation against rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris.

In a letter sent to state and federal authorities in Georgia and California, lawyer Tyrone A. Blackburn, who is representing the 11 “victimized” people, alleged “sexual abuse, forced ingestion of illegal narcotics, kidnapping, terroristic threats and false imprisonment” against the rapper (birth name Clifford Harris) and his wife spanning from 2005 to 2018, the New York Times reports.

Five of the victims cited in the letters claimed they were raped or sexually assaulted by the couple. One of the women, a military veteran, says she was drugged by the couple after meeting them at a club; she was later taken to their hotel room — experiencing the effects of the alleged drugging — where she claimed Tiny bathed her and T.I., and the three then engaged in sex, during which the woman vomited.

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“The next thing she remembers was waking up naked on the couch, with a towel thrown over her, with a very sore vagina,” the letter states. Friends of the woman corroborated her story to the Times.

In a statement to Rolling Stone, the couple’s lawyer Steve Sadow said, “Clifford (T.I.) and Tameka Harris deny in the strongest possible terms these unsubstantiated and baseless allegations. We are confident that if these claims are thoroughly and fairly investigated, no charges will be forthcoming. These allegations are nothing more than the continuation of a sordid shakedown campaign that began on social media. The Harrises implore everyone not to be taken in by these obvious attempts to manipulate the press and misuse the justice system.”

After multiple women shared their accusations of sexual abuse against T.I. and Tiny on social media — including Sabrina Peterson, who in January accused T.I. of putting a gun to her head in an Instagram post. She then used her account to share statements from over 30 women who claimed they had been drugged, coerced or forced into sex, and trafficked by the Harrises — production was halted on the fourth season of the couple’s VH1. reality show T.I. and Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle. Blackburn told the Times that none of his clients were among the women who alleged sexual abuse on social media.

 A spokesperson for MTV Entertainment said, “We are aware of the allegations, and while they are not connected to our show, we have reached out to T.I. and Tameka Harris, as well as local and state officials. Given the serious nature of the allegations, we have decided to suspend production in order to gather more information.”

T.I.’s spokesperson said in a statement, “Mr. and Mrs. Harris want to be on record and more importantly want the public to know they emphatically deny in the strongest way possible the egregiously appalling allegations being made against them by Sabrina Peterson. The Harrises have had difficulty with this woman for well over a decade. They are taking this matter very seriously, and if these allegations don’t end, they will take appropriate legal action.”

T.I. himself addressed the allegations in a January 29th eight-minute video posted on Instagram. “We vehemently deny ALL these disgusting, anonymous allegations,” the rapper wrote, saying that while “women who have been victimized deserve to be heard… however, evil has no gender. People with evil intentions have no gender. A threat comes in all shapes and sizes. I would never treat a woman the same way I would treat a threat.”

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Tina Fey And Amy Poehler Really Roasted The Hell Out Of The Golden Globes - BuzzFeed News

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Tina Fey in New York City and Amy Poehler in Beverly Hills.

How do you host an awards show held during a pandemic for films that most people couldn't see in theaters and which completely overlooked nominating a widely acclaimed TV series led by a Black woman?

By absolutely burning the whole damn thing down.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — hosting jointly but from New York City and Beverly Hills, respectively — decided to roast the hell out of the Golden Globes on Sunday night, using their opening monologue to lean into the controversies that have dogged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group of international journalists who hand out the awards and who have a reputation for being, well, star-fuckers.

"The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of around 90 international, no-Black journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search for a better life," said Fey.

The HFPA has in recent days drawn the ire of celebrities for the fact that the group hasn't had a Black member in some 20 years. Stars and Hollywood moguls including Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Jennifer Aniston, Sterling K. Brown, Kerry Washington, and Ellen Pompeo have shared messages on social media saying that "Time's Up" for the HFPA to do more in terms of diversity.

The Golden Globes also was scorned this year for ignoring Michaela Coel’s critically acclaimed TV series I May Destroy You, while favoring less well received shows like Emily In Paris after 30 HFPA were flown to Paris by Netflix to visit the show's set, where they were put up in $1,400-a-night hotel rooms and treated "like kings and queens," according to the Los Angeles Times.

"Emily In Paris is nominated for Best TV Series Musical Or Comedy, and I, for one, cannot wait to find out which it is," joked Fey. "French Exit is what I did after watching the first episode of Emily in Paris."

This week, the HFPA pledged to immediately work to bring in more members who are Black or from underrepresented backgrounds. They also said that the issue would be addressed on Sunday's show — and it was.

"Everybody is understandably upset at the HFPA and their choices," Poehler said. "Look, a lot of flashy garbage got nominated, but that happens. That's, like, their thing. But a number of Black actors and Black-led projects were overlooked."

"Look, we all know award shows are stupid," Fey said.

"They're all a scam invented by Big Red Carpet," joked Poehler.

"The point is, even with stupid things, inclusivity is important and there are no Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press," Fey said. "I realize, HFPA, maybe you guys didn't get the memo because your workplace is a back booth of a French McDonald's, but you gotta change that."

Fey was the subject of some debate in recent months for her work in the movie Soul, which featured Disney Pixar's first Black lead character, but drew criticism because he was quickly transported into the body of a cat.

"Soul is a beautiful Pixar animated movie where a middle aged Black man's soul accidentally gets knocked out of his body and into a cat," said Fey in her opening monologue. "The HFPA really responded to this movie because they do have five cat members."

While a few stars served as presenters at Sunday's show, the nominees all stayed home due to the coronavirus pandemic and winners were promised they would receive their awards in the coming days.

Most nominees still dressed up for the ceremony, wearing dresses and tuxedos, but others, like Billy Murray, opted for a quarantine casual look.

Fey and Poehler also decided to acknowledge the coronavirus-sized elephant in the room: most US theaters have been closed for a year so it's been a little difficult for us viewers to tell the difference between TV and movies.

"It's hard to tell them apart because movie theaters were closed and we watched everything on our phones," Poehler said.

"Now, TV is the one that I watch five hours straight," she added, "but a movie is the one that I don't turn on because it's two hours. I don't want to be in front of my TV for two hours. I want to be in front of the TV for one hour five times."

And much like your Zoom calls this past year, the show featured some embarrassing audio moments.

Unlike the Emmys, Sunday's Globes did feature a live audience for Fey and Poehler to play off of, with a few masked first responders and essential workers invited to sit in the seats normally reserved for big stars.

"We are so grateful for the work that you do," said Fey, "and that you are here so that the celebrities can stay safely at home."

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Golden Globes 2021: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler skewer the group behind the ceremony - NBC News

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, stationed on opposite sides of the country, kicked off the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday with one-liners about the unusual format of the pandemic-era telecast and the renewed scrutiny of the organization behind the show.

"Normally, this room is full of celebrities, but tonight our audience on both coasts is made up of smoking-hot first responders and essential workers," Fey said from the Rainbow Room in New York. "We are so grateful for the work that you do and that you're here, so that the celebrities can stay safely at home."

The coronavirus crisis forced the producers of the Golden Globes to put on a largely virtual telecast, with nominees beamed in from their homes and hotel rooms via Zoom. Poehler, speaking to a small audience of masked guests at the Beverly Hilton in California, jokingly recalled that the ceremony is typically a free-wheeling, champagne-soaked party.

The co-hosts, featured on a split screen, also nodded to the recent criticism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small organization of international journalists that votes on nominees and winners — specifically the fact that the group does not have a single Black member.

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"The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of around 90 international, no-Black journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life," Fey said. "We say around 90, because a couple of them might be ghosts, and it's rumored that the German member is just a sausage that somebody drew a little face on."

In the first 30 minutes of the show, which aired on NBC, three members of the group appeared on stage and pledged to diversify their ranks.

"We recognize we have our own work to do. Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital. We must have Black journalists in our organization," said Helen Hoehne, the association's vice president.

Meher Tatna, the chairman of the board, added: "We must also ensure everyone from all underrepresented communities gets a seat at our table, and we are going to make that happen."

Two entertainment industry luminaries received lifetime achievement honors. Norman Lear, the storied creator of seminal sitcoms such as "All in the Family," was given the Carol Burnett Award, named for the comedian of the same name. Jane Fonda, the trailblazing actor and activist, accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Jane Fonda speaks at the Golden Globes on Feb. 28, 2021.NBC

In a passionate speech, Fonda paid tribute to the power of movies to foster empathy and called on Hollywood to push for diversity on screen, behind the camera and in board rooms.

The night included a few technical glitches. The first winner of the night — Daniel Kaluuya of "Judas and the Black Messiah" — began to give his acceptance speech with the sound off. The presenter, Laura Dern, apologized to Kaluuya, who won best supporting actor for his turn as slain Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton.

But then Kaluuya's sound came on. He jokingly wagged his finger at the camera and said, "You're doing me dirty!"

This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates.

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Daniel Arkin is a reporter for NBC News who focuses on popular culture and the entertainment industry, particularly film and television.

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January Jones Rewears Her Sexiest Golden Globes Gown 10 Years Later: 'Still (Sorta) Fits' - Yahoo Entertainment

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The Golden Globes red carpet may look a bit little different this year, but January Jones is celebrating award show day with a fun fashion flashback.

The actress, 43, posted a photo on Instagram on Sunday rewearing one of her sexiest red carpet outfits.

"10yrs later and it still, (sorta), fits," she captioned the photo carousel, featuring one pic of herself smiling and modeling her red Versace dress at home, alongside a photo of herself wearing it on the 2011 Golden Globes red carpet.

Jones made headlines for her bombshell look 10 years ago when she donned the flaming red Versace gown with a plunging neckline and bold cutouts on the side.

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The former Mad Men actress has been nominated for two Golden Globes for her role as Betty Draper. This year, she doesn't have a project that's nominated, but she's still taking part in the festivities.

Jones shared more photos in her Instagram Stories calling the gown her "dream dress."

She also shared a photo wearing the high-fashion design while holding up a pink frosted donut, writing: "Part of the problem. Also I had a child." (Jones' son, Xander Dane, is now 9 years old.)

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Her try-on session inspired her Mad Men co-star (and on-screen daughter) Kiernan Shipka to take part as well.

The 21-year-old actress shared a photo of her and Jones at the 2011 ceremony, and decided to rewear the outfit she donned that night, posing in the velvet babydoll dress with white lace collar while sitting in her backyard.

"hey @januaryjones I heard we're putting on our Golden Globes looks from 10 years ago," Shipka captioned the sweet post.

The 78th Annual Golden Globes Awards are airing live on NBC from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.

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