Nomadland has won the Golden Globe for Motion Picture – Drama and its director Chloé Zhao was named Best Director, only the second woman in 78 years of the Globes to win the award and the first woman of color. The first was Barbra Streisand for 1983’s Yentl, who was later snubbed at the Oscars. That doesn’t seem likely for Zhao, who comes in with more critics’ wins for directing than any person in history. Zhao was joined by Regina King (One Night in Miami) and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) as the first time in Golden Globes history that three women were nominated for Best Director in the same year.
Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, live from New York City and Los Angeles, respectively, opened their monologue and took little time getting to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s newest scandal, the revelation that the group hasn’t had a Black member in over 20 years. While it began jokingly, “The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of 90 international no-Black journalists,” quipped Fey, it quickly turned serious. “A number of Black actors and Black-led projects were overlooked,” Poehler said. But in the spirit of keeping things buoyant, Fey shot back “Inclusivity is important, and there are no Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press. I realize, HFPA, maybe you guys didn’t get the memo because your workplace is the back booth of a French McDonalds, but you gotta change that.”
In one great moment, Poehler joked about what qualifies as a movie or a show this year, since movie theaters were largely closed and eligibility at everything from the Oscars to SAG and the Globes themselves became rather malleable. “TV is the one that I watch five hours straight, but a movie is the one that I don’t turn on because its two hours. I don’t want to be in front of the TV for two hours, I want to be in front of the TV for one hour five times.”
HFPA President Ali Sar, Vice President Helen Hoehne and former President Meher Tatna addressed the audience later in the show on the issue of inclusivity with a 30-second commentary.
“On behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, thank you for joining us tonight to celebrate the work of artists from around the globe, we recognize we have our own work to do,” Hoehne began. “Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital. We must have Black journalists in our organization.
“We must also ensure everyone from all underrepresented communities gets a seat at our table, and we are going to make that happen,” continued Tatna.
“That means creating an environment where a diverse membership is the norm, not the exception,” Sar concluded. “Thank you and we look forward to a more inclusive future.”
As the awards got underway, Daniel Kaluuya took home the first, Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. At first his audio was muted and presenter Laura Dern tried to thank the HFPA on his behalf but then his audio came back and all was well. It ended up being the only major technical gaffe of the night, impressive all things considered.
Upon receiving her Cecil B. DeMille Awards, two-time Oscar and 7-time Golden Globe winner Jane Fonda presided over the audience with courage, conviction and the passion she’s known for.
“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, a story about who is offered a seat at the table and who is kept out of the rooms where decisions are made,” she said.
“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,” she continued.
Fonda concluded, “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 have 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; okay?”
The Golden Globe Awards wouldn’t be much without its shocking wins and this year was not different. First came with Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) in Supporting Actress, besting Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy, Olivia Colman in The Father, Amanda Seyfried in Mank and Helena Zengel in News of the World. “I never thought I’d be here again,” she said, cloaked in pajamas with her wife and their dog. The last time the Golden Globe winner here wasn’t Oscar-nominated was 1976, Katharine Ross in Voyage of the Damned.
Then in Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Rosamund Pike (I Care A Lot) shocked, winning over heavy favorite Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Pike used her speech to salute Bakalova’s performance and bravery for having to act with Rudy Giuliani.
But possibly the biggest surprise came near the evening’s end when newcomer Andra Day (The United States vs Billie Holiday) overcame performances from Best Picture nominees to win Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for her performance as Billie Holiday.
Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous Globe in Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his wife Taylor Simone Ledward accepted on his behalf in a tearful speech.
“He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors,” Ledward said through tears. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that amplifies that little voice inside of all of us.”
Boseman’s widow added, “I don’t have his words, but we have to take all the moments to celebrate those we love.” She thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press for allowing her and those close to the late actor to “do just that.”
In television, The Crown utterly dominated, sweeping all categories it had nominations in. It won Drama Series, lead actress for Emma Corrin, lead actor for Josh O’Connor and supporting actress for Gillian Anderson. It became the first show to non-consecutively repeat a Drama Series win since The X-Files in the 1990s, which also starred Anderson.
Jason Sudeikis won actor in a comedy for Ted Lasso while Schitt’s Creek took home two of its five nominations: for Comedy Series and Comedy Actress, Catherine O’Hara. The Queen’s Gambit picked up two wins, for Limited Series and Limited Series Actress, Anya Taylor-Joy.
Netflix was the overall winner with 10 wins from its 42 nominations across film and television.
The Golden Globe Awards have always set the pace for the season of televised awards and as the first major awards show of 2021 to produce and air while we’re still in a pandemic will be the bar set for the Critics Choice in March, and Screen Actors Guild and the Oscars in April.
Here is the full list of motion picture and television nominees below with the winners in bold.
Motion Picture – Drama
Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Director – Motion Picture
Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Screenplay – Motion Picture
Original Score – Motion Picture
Motion Picture – Animated
Original Song – Motion Picture
Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Television Series – Drama
Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
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