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La La Land sweeps Golden Globes but Meryl Streep steals the show with anti-Trump speech

Sahil Bhalla | Updated on: 9 January 2017, 12:36 IST

The 21st century Singing in The Rain, La La Land won all seven awards it was nominated for at the Golden Globes, beating the previous shared record of six wins by Midnight Express and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The host for the night may have been Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon, but with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in her hand, 'newcomer' Meryl Streep stole the night by eviscerating President-Elect Donald Trump near the end of her speech without even directly naming him.

This, even after beginning her speech with an apologetic "I love you all but you'll have to forgive me. I've lost my voice in screaming and lamentation..."

Jimmy's opening glitch

Jimmy Fallon was almost robbed of his moment in the sun when technical glitches marred his opening monologue. It was a glitch of colossal proportions as Fallon was left to improvise thanks to a malfunctioning teleprompter.

"I can think of something," he nervously said. "Cut to Justin Timberlake please." As the issues continued, Fallon trudged on, "I'll make up this monologue... We're here. This is what happens at the Golden Globes. Already you have your Golden Globes moment". Eventually the issues were resolved and Fallon got to make his jokes about Donald Trump. "One of the few places left where America still honors the popular vote," Fallon said.

There ain't no Hidden Fences

"All movies with black people don't sound alike," tweeted Robin Thede. Considering the awards shows for many a year have been criticised for being white, this incorrect reference didn't go down well.

The Founder star Michael Keaton referred to Fox's Hidden Figures, featuring Octavia Spencer, as "Hidden Fences". He confused it with Fences, a drama starring eventual winner Viola Davis.

That wasn't the first mistake of the night. NBC's Jenna Bush Hager also made a hash of things when she meant to ask Pharrell Williams about his best original score nomination for Hidden Figures but incorrectly said Fences.

Pharrell's reaction, though, was classy as ever.

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling winning best actor in a comedy film wasn't so surprising. What was surprising was his acceptance speech. He started off on an all too familiar train of thought, "You don't get to be up here without standing on the shoulders of a mountain of people."

Then he went to one woman. Eva Mendes, his wife. "While I was singing and dancing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences I ever had on a film, my lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer," said Gosling. "If she hadn't taken all that on so that I could have this experience, there would surely be someone else up here other than me today. So sweetheart, thank you."

La La Land

With Fallon and several other actors stuck in various cars on the red carpet on their way to the Globes, the suspense was slowly killed what the show was about. Unpredictability. Using La La Land as the mainstay of the opening number, there was no way it would be losing Best Film and Best Director awards.

Take a look here:

It was Damien Chazelle's night as his movie swept the Globes with a record breaking seven trophies by the end of the night. The movie completely dominated the 'comedy or musical' section. Some were surprises, like La La Land winning best screenplay and Emma Stone (albeit very good) beating out Jackie's Natalie Portman (Even though we totally called it!).

Mixed bag

The rest of the awards were split. There was no love for Game of Thrones (six seasons and counting) and even Toni Erdmann, the front-runner for Oscar foreign language, lost out. Freshman shows like The Crown and Atlanta won big.

The sexual harassment allegations against Casey Affleck didn't deny him a win at the Globes while Isabelle Huppert took home Best Performance by an Actress for Elle. The movie also won Best Foreign Language Film. Moonlight beat out Manchester By The Sea for Best Motion Picture, Drama.

There were many people angry about Moonlight repeatedly lost out to La La Land. #JusticeForMoonlight was trending throughou.t the night.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson from Nocturnal Animals beat out favourite Mahershala Ali from Moonlight. That Moonlight won just one award was also a complete surprise.

Of divorce and dead pets

On a largely unfunny night - an unfortunate thing for an awards show - the best moment came from Kristen Wiig and Steve Carrell.

Not much else happened in the show unfortunately.

India's one-hour delay

For those of us watching in India, there was an inexcusable one-hour delay on the television. Those waking up at 7:30 AM had missed Fallon's opening monologue and Gosling's speech, but luckily hadn't missed Streep's. With the Oscar's coming around next month, the same better not happen then.

Full list of winners

For those who just want to know who won on the night, here's a complete list (winners in bold):

1. Best Motion Picture, Drama

Moonlight

Manchester by the Sea

Lion

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

2. Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

La La Land

20th Century Women

Sing Street

Florence Foster Jenkins

Deadpool

3. Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Ruth Negga, Loving

Amy Adams, Arrival

Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

4. Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Emma Stone, La La Land

Annette Bening, 20th Century Women

Lily Collins, Rules Don't Apply

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen

5.Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Denzel Washington, Fences

Joel Edgerton, Loving

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

6. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Dev Patel, Lion

Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

7. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

8. Best Director, Motion Picture

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

9. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Colin Farrell, The Lobster

Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins

Jonah Hill, War Dogs

10. Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Manchester by the Sea

La La Land

Moonlight

Hell or High Water

Nocturnal Animals

11. Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Arrival

Lion

La La Land

Moonlight

Hidden Figures

12. Best Motion Picture, Animated

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life As a Zucchini

Sing

Zootopia

13. Best Original Song, Motion Picture

"Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls

"City of Stars," La La Land

"Faith," Sing

"Gold," Gold

"How Far I'll Go," Moana

14. Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

Divines, France

Elle, France

Neruda, Chile

The Salesman, Iran/France

Toni Erdmann, Germany

15. Best Television Series, Drama

The Crown

Game of Thrones

Stranger Things

This Is Us

Westworld

16. Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Atlanta

Veep

Transparent

Black-ish

Mozart in the Jungle

17. Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

American Crime

The Dresser

The Night Manager

The Night Of

The People v. O.J. Simpson

18.Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath

19. Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle

Nick Nolte, Graves

20. Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of

Bryan Cranston, All The Way

Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager

John Turturro, The Night Of

Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson

21. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson

Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager

John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson

Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

John Lithgow, The Crown

22. Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

Claire Foy, The Crown

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Catriona Balfe, Outlander

Keri Russell, The Americans

23. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Olivia Colman, The Night Manager

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Thandie Newton, Westworld

24. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson

Kerry Washington, Confirmation

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Charlotte Rampling, London Spy'

Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience

25. Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Issa Rae, Insecure

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

First published: 9 January 2017, 12:36 IST
 
Sahil Bhalla @IMSahilBhalla

Sahil is a correspondent at Catch. A gadget freak, he loves offering free tech support to family and friends. He studied at Sarah Lawrence College, New York and worked previously for Scroll. He selectively boycotts fast food chains, worries about Arsenal, and travels whenever and wherever he can. Sahil is an unapologetic foodie and a film aficionado.