The 74th Golden Globes honored the best of TV and cinema Sunday night. Host Jimmy Fallon brought his sense of humor and his known musical talents to the live event. The night was filled with many politically charged speeches as nominees lent support to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which votes on the awards. Here are some of the top moments from the award show.
The Opening Number
In true Jimmy Fallon fashion, the host started the night with a star-studded opening song that nodded to Golden Globe nominee La La Land. The show opened with a traffic jam on the red carpet and Jimmy Fallon singing in the back seat of a limo. The following stars accompanied the comedian on stage: Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Amy Adams and Rami Malek. The Stranger Things cast also made an appearance and sang “Barb is still alive,” as Barb emerged from a pool. The pre-recorded opening shifted to Ryan Reynolds who was laying on a piano that Fallon was playing. Reynolds blew his minty fresh breath in Fallon’s face, but did not stop there — he spit the mint into the host’s mouth. After the Deadpool actor left the stage, Tina Fey emerged and said “I’ve been waiting 20 years for this.” It looked like they were going to kiss when Fallon walked past Fey to his best friend Justin Timberlake. The two shared a very romantic dance, also mimicking La La Land. I think Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have some competition for best couple because Fallon and Timberlake are #RelationshipGoals.
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Monologue Malfunctions
After the opening number, Fallon came out on the Golden Globe stage to find the teleprompter malfunctioning. He improvised until another prompter came out. Later in the show, Fallon nodded to the moment while poking fun at a New Year’s Eve mishap: “I just got off the phone with Mariah Carey and she thinks Dick Clark Productions sabotaged my monologue.” When the prompter arrived, Fallon got back on track and opened with this one-liner: “(The Golden Globes are) one of the few places where they still honor the popular vote.” Fallon also said he got wise advice from many people, including Chris Rock. While impersonating Rock, Fallon ran through the list of people the winners were likely to thank, but Fallon thought people should thank O.J. Simpson, as the famous court case he was involved with inspired season one of American Crime Story.
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Rain drop, drop top
The FX television series Atlanta won best TV Series, Musical or Comedy, and creator, writer, producer and actor Donald Glover accepted the award. Glover thanked “Atlanta and all the black people in Atlanta” for providing him with the inspiration for the show. Glover not only thanked the city of Atlanta, but also the popular hip-hop group Migos: “I really want to thank the Migos, not because they were in the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee.’ ”
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Hugh Laurie and his dry humor
The actor accepted the award for Actor in a Supporting Role, Limited Series or TV Movie for The Night Manager. In his speech, he said he was happy to be a part of the last Golden Globes. Laurie said any award show ran by an association with the words “Hollywood” “foreign” and “press” in its title is bound to be shut down under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
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La La Land dances to the top
The musical had a perfect night as the movie picked up all seven awards it was nominated for, including Original Score and Original Song. Ryan Gosling picked up the win for Best Actor, Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and said “This is not the first time I’ve been mistaken for Ryan Reynolds,” who was nominated for the same award for his role in Deadpool. Gosling continued by saying “You don’t get up here without standing on a mountain of people.” The actor thanked his partner Eva Mendes for raising their children and taking care of her brother who had cancer while Gosling worked on the film. Gosling concluded by dedicating the award to Mendes’s late brother. His co-star Emma Stone won the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical. The actress thanked her family, friends and the crew: “This movie is for dreamers.” Director and writer Damien Chazelle won awards for Best Screenplay, Motion Picture and Best Director. As he stumbled through his acceptance speech for Best Director, Chazelle said, “I’m in a daze now officially.” The film took home a top honor, Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
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First animated feature
Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig told the stories of the first animated film they ever saw. For Carell it was Fantasia, which was the same day his mom told his dad she wanted a divorce. “I never saw my dad again after that,” he said. Wiig’s first animated film was Bambi, and she watched it the day she put her three dogs down. “And that was the last time I saw my grandfather. I didn’t talk for two years after that.”
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Tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Fallon introduced the tribute by saying Hollywood is a community and family, and that they lost a mother and daughter. The tribute feature clips from each of the actresses’ films. Compared to the magnitude of the losses, the tribute was insignificant — it only lasted a little longer than one minute.
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Cecil DeMille Award
In a moving speech, Viola Davis introduced the Cecil DeMille Award recipient, Meryl Streep. Davis described Streep as a muse and called her “Dame Streep.” Davis revealed she was nervous to talk to Streep on the set of Doubt. She tells Streep what she wanted to tell her: “You make me proud to be an artist.” A montage showed Streep’s roles, including The Devil Wears Prada, Into the Woods, Doubt, Julie and Julia, Mamma Mia! and Sophie’s Choice. Upon receiving the award, Streep, who lost her voice, took a moment to draw upon Hugh Laurie’s speech. The actress ran through a list of some of the nominees’ birthplaces and how they were raised. “Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if you kick them out you’ll only have football and mixed martial arts to watch, which are not the arts,” she said. Her politically charged speech praised the press for holding people accountable and lent her support to all people in the press.
Isabelle Huppert beats out Natalie Portman
The actress, who won for the French film Elle, accepted the award for Best Actress, Motion Picture Drama. Huppert beat out anticipated winner, Natalie Portman for her role in Jackie. Actresses in foreign films rarely win individual awards during these events.
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You can find the complete list of winners here.
