The Golden Globes may not have the prestige of the Oscars, but you can always count on it to bring nearly as much glitz and glamour. The stars came out tonight in full force to celebrate some of the best films of the year, including some — like Trainwreck or Spy — that might otherwise be overlooked at the more serious-minded Oscars.
This year’s ceremony is hosted by Ricky Gervais, who previously emceed for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2011. His very presence promises some naughty, off-color jokes, while the strong list of contenders suggests we’re in for some major ups and downs. So buckle up, strap in, and click through to join us as we live-blog our way through the 2016 Golden Globes winners.
8:00: That full glass of beer says Ricky Gervais is ready.
8:01: … And there’s the requisite Sean Penn El Chapo joke.
8:02: … And there’s the requisite Caitlyn Jenner joke.
Odds on the 1st actor to point at Ricky Gervais and give him the “oooh I’m mad at you” look J-Law 3-2, Matt Damon 7-1, Idris Elba 50-1.
— Meredith Woerner (@MdellW)
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
* Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Thoughts: Steve Jobs hasn’t been getting a ton of buzz in the awards race, so this is a nice early win for them. Then again, Kate Winslet wasn’t really up against anyone who felt like a shoo-in.
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
* Maura Tierney, The Affair
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
* Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Thoughts: Gina Rodriguez won this prize last year, so it seems appropriate that Rachel Bloom — Rodriguez’s successor to the “breakout star of a critically acclaimed but criminally underseen freshman CW series” mantle — should take it this year.
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Casual
* Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
Thoughts: Mozart in the Jungle may not be the obvious pick here, but the HFPA does love shiny new things.
Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
American Crime
American Horror Story
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
* Wolf Hall
See, Chiwetel Ejiofor laughed in that #TheMartian clip, and that's how you know it's a comedy. #GoldenGlobes
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan)
Best Performance By an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, Luther
* Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo
Thoughts: It truly is a great time to be Oscar Isaac.
Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damien Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
* Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Thoughts: Christian Slater is officially no longer a “show killer.”
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl
* Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, The Revenant
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
* Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Thoughts: Jon Hamm’s win for Mad Men is well deserved. He did call Don Draper a “horrible person, ” a few months after Daniel Craig said similar things about James Bond. Is disowning one’s signature character the hot new trend?
Hosts for next year, right? #GoldenGlobes
— Natalie Abrams (@NatalieAbrams)
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
* Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear
Thoughts: The Martian‘s miscategorization as a comedy still bugs, but Matt Damon truly did stellar work. It’s tough to argue he doesn’t deserve it.
Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
* Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Fun Fact: #InsideOut's #GoldenGlobes win is Pixar’s 7th win in 10 years, but the first since Brave in 2013.
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW)
Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
* Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Thoughts: Maybe even better than watching Sylvester Stallone win for Creed, is watching how happy everyone else in the room looks to see Sylvester Stallone win for Creed. He literally got a standing ovation.
9:22: Didn’t even notice in the moment, but…
Did Sly Stallone not thank Ryan Coogler or Michael B. Jordan?
— Doree Shafrir (@doree)
Well. I'm gonna go ahead and thank RYAN COOGLER + MICHAEL B. JORDAN since no one else is. Thank you, brothers. Good work. #smh #goldenglobes
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC)
Winners make these oversights all the time in the madness of the moment, but it still seems bizarre that Stallone would forget to recognize two of the men who made his win possible.
9:27: Scandal averted: word is Stallone went back to correct his mistake.
— Matt Dentler (@MattDentler)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
* Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
* Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Thoughts: Gael García Bernal gets the statue, but Aziz Ansari wins the ceremony.
— Dan Kois (@dankois)
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
* Son of Saul
Best Performance By an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
