The 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards spread the love around to everyone except North Korea and Bill Cosby. Kicking off the show, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wasted no time in mocking Hollywood’s most tender subjects: the hacking of Sony Pictures over “The Interview” and the sexual assault allegations against Cosby.
The hosts welcomed Hollywood’s “despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats” to the Globes to celebrate “all the movies that North Korea was OK with.” A North Korea government character, played by Margaret Cho, voiced her displeasure.
The recent terrorist attack in Paris at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo hung heavily over the show. Clooney and others wore “Je Suis Charlie” pins, and Helen Mirren was among the people holding up signs that read the same on the red carpet. (Read: Julianne Moore wins Golden Globe for best actress in drama) Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Theo Kingma drew a standing ovation for a speech pledging support of free speech “from North Korea to Paris.” The night had an orchestrated but carefree spirit, filled with the usual high dose of glamour, celebrity cameos (Prince!) and even the drink-swilling return of an old Globes villain, the former host Ricky Gervais.
The Globes have been on a terrific upswing in recent years. Last year’s awards drew 20.9 million viewers, the most since 2004. Accepting the Globe for best original song for “Glory” in the civil rights drama “Selma,” the rapper Common raised the status of the group behind the Globes even higher: “I want to thank God and the Hollywood Foreign Press.” The Hollywood Foreign Press, a group of mostly freelance journalists, has lately cleaned up its reputation for idiosyncratic choices and awards swayed by celebrity. Last year, the HFPA chose the eventual Academy Awards best-picture winner, “12 Years a Slave,” as best drama and “American Hustle” as best comedy.
72nd Golden Globe Awards: List of winners
Motion Pictures
Picture, Drama: Boyhood
Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Actor, Drama: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Actress, Drama: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Foreign Language: Leviathan
Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
Original Score: Johann Johannsson, 'The theory of everything'
Original Song: 'Glory' (music by John Legend, Common), Selma
Television
Series, Drama: The Affair
Actor, Drama: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Actress, Drama: Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Series, Musical or Comedy: Transparent
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Miniseries or Movie: Fargo
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Joanne
Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: George Clooney
