72nd Golden Globe Awards

For F*** Magazine

THE 72^ND GOLDEN GLOBES

By Jedd Jong

The 72nd Golden Globe Awards took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in L.A. on 11th January, with Boyhood taking three wins and The Theory of Everything and Birdman bagging two. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the proceedings for the third and final time, delivering a gut-busting opening monologue that established a tone of not taking things too seriously and taking as many jabs as possible while stopping a safe distance from being confrontational or offensive – saving their sharpest barbs for scandal-plagued comedian Bill Cosby.

Putting things into perspective, Fey let fly with this zinger regarding Cecil B. Demille Award recipient George Clooney and his better half: "George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria and was selected for a three-person UN commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award."

While naturally not nominated at all, The Interview and the attendant controversy certainly made its presence felt. Fey greeted the A-list crowd with “Welcome you bunch of despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats,” referencing producer Scott Rudin’s labelling of Angelina Jolie in that infamous leaked Sony Pictures email.

"The biggest story in Hollywood this year was when North Korea threatened an attack if Sony released The Interview, forcing us all to pretend we wanted to see it,” Poehler added. The entire show was almost stolen by comedienne Margaret Cho, in character as a North Korean general and the editor-in-chief of “Movies Wow” magazine. Unsmiling and clad in full military uniform, this “member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association” demanded to have her photo taken with Meryl Streep, a request Michael Keaton obliged. Benedict Cumberbatch performed his signatured photo-bomb, leaping up into frame. In the hours since the ceremony aired, the jokes have attracted their share of controversy, seeing as the human rights crisis in North Korea is a very real one.

We watch live TV for the gaffes and hiccups, and while there were no major ones for this telecast, those that happened were still amusing. Lily Tomlin mistakenly said “House of Cards” when she meant “House of Lies” and Kevin Spacey dropped a precision F-Bomb when accepting his award for House of Cards. A visibly tipsy Ricky Gervais, glass of red wine in hand, sheepishly tried to avoid offending anyone, bringing his scathing Golden Globes hosting stints to mind. It was also pretty endearing to see Benedict Cumberbatch star struck as he presented the Best Supporting Actor award alongside Jennifer Aniston. The Purple One himself, Prince, made a surprise appearance to present the Best Original Song award, toting a cane.

On a more serious note, the tragic terrorist attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo loomed large over the ceremony. Helen Mirren walked the red carpet in a Dolce & Gabbana gown embellished with a blue fountain pen as a brooch. The attendees rose to their feet for Dutch journalist and HFPA President Theo Kingma, who saluted the slain journalists and cartoonists during his speech. Both Jared Leto and George Clooney uttered the phrase “Je Suis Charlie”, French for “I Am Charlie”. The phrase has become a rallying cry in the wake of the attack.

Another emotional moment came during Michael Keaton’s acceptance speech after he was named Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Birdman. After expressing his profuse gratitude to director Alejandro González Iñárritu, he recounted his upbringing in Pennsylvania as one of seven children and fought back tears as he acknowledged his son Sean, whom he described as his “closest friend”. Also overcome with emotion was Gina Rodriguez, who beat out seasoned TV actresses such as Julia-Louis Dreyfus and Edie Falco to take home the Best Actress in a Comedy Series award for Jane The Virgin.

The full list of winners and nominees follows:

FILM:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Boyhood – WINNER
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel – WINNER
Birdman
Into the Woods
Pride
St Vincent

Best Director
Richard Linklater (Boyhood) – WINNER
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)

Best Actress – Drama
Julianne Moore (Still Alice) - WINNER
Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Actor – Drama
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) – WINNER
Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
David Oyelowo (Selma)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams (Big Eyes) – WINNER
Emily Blunt (Into The Woods)
Helen Mirren (The Hundred-Foot Journey)
Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Annie)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton (Birdman) – WINNER
Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Bill Murray (St. Vincent)
Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice)
Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) – WINNER
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Meryl Streep (Into The Woods)

Best Supporting Actor
JK Simmons (Whiplash) – WINNER
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)

Best Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo (Birdman) – WINNER
Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)

Best Foreign Language Film

Leviathan (Russia) – WINNER
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem (Israel)
Ida (Poland/Denmark)
Tangerines (Estonia)

Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – WINNER
Big Hero Six
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
The LEGO Movie

Best Original Score
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Theory of Everything) – WINNER
Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Gone Girl)
Antonio Sanchez (Birdman)
Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)

Best Original Song
Glory (Selma) – WINNER
Big Eyes (Big Eyes)
Mercy Is (Noah)
Opportunity (Annie)
Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1)

TV:

Best Drama Series
The Affair – WINNER
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Best Comedy Series
Transparent - WINNER
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley

Best Miniseries or TV Movie
Fargo – WINNER
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
The Missing

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Ruth Wilson (The Affair) – WINNER
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)
Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife)
Robin Wright (House Of Cards)

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) - WINNER            
Clive Owen (The Knick)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
James Spader (The Blacklist)
Dominic West (The Affair)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) – WINNER
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) – WINNER
Louis CK (Louie)
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Ricky Gervais (Derek)
William H. Macy (Shameless)

Best Actor in a Limited Series
Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) – WINNER
Martin Freeman (Fargo)
Woody Harrelson (True Detective)
Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)
Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart)

Best Actress in a Limited Series
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman) – WINNER
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge)
Frances O'Connor (The Missing)
Allison Tolman (Fargo)

Best Supporting Actress
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) – WINNER
Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black)
Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Michelle Monaghan (True Detective)

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart) – WINNER
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
Colin Hanks (Fargo)
Bill Murray (Oliver Kitteridge)
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)

Photo Credit: HFPA