Broadcasting from separate locations, Fey and Poehler kicked off the Hollywood awards ceremony by tackling the controversy surrounding it head-on, with their comedic zingers. The pair referred to the lack of black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association which was recently revealed in a bombshell report. The Association nominates and selects Golden Globes winners each year. Fey said they’ll be celebrating “all the amazing TV shows you’ve binged this year – American Office, old Colombos.” They also noted the Association had 87 “no Black” members and joked that several members may be ghosts. They had a dig at Australian singer Sia’s controversial autism-themed film Music, which has been nominated, according to Fey, “for Biggest Flopparooni.” They said it was “more problematic than (the film’s star) Kate Hudson promoting Weight Watchers”.Meantime, the hybrid online Golden Globes suffered teething problems when the night’s first winner Daniel Kaluuya couldn’t be heard accepting his award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Judas and the Black Messiah.He beat huge names Sacha Baron Cohen, Bill Murray, Leslie Odom Jnr and Jared Leto for the gong that was presented by Laura Dern.Although his first attempt to speak didn’t work, he was able to give his speech shortly afterwards.Under fire for having no black voting members, the Foreign Press Association has awarded its first two Golden Globes to black performers, with John Boyega winning best supporting actor in a made-for-television role for Small Axe.Veteran actress and singer Catherine O’Hara won the Golden Globe for best comedy actress in a TV series for her iconic turn as Schitt’s Creek matriarch Moira Rose.“From the first read-through, where no-one had to fake a laugh, to the final day on set where everybody but me had to hold back their tears, it’s an experience I will forever hold dear to my heart,” O’Hara said.Mark Ruffalo won Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for playing identical twins in I Know This Much is True, beating Hugh Grant, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Daniels and Ethan Hawke.“I love you guys,” he said in his acceptance speech interrupted by his children hugging him at home.“This group of actors. these are the people I admire and love and look up to.”Jane Fonda, 83, was recognised for her legendary acting and activism with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.Co-host Tina Fey said the honour was probably coming at the “midpoint” of the apparently ageless performer’s career.“I found Jane to be so much more than just a movie star,” Fey said of working with Fonda.“She was an open, generous hard working actor, with the ass of a 20 year old boy.”Aaron Sorkin was awarded best motion picture screenplay for the historical drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.The West Wing creator said the greater honour had been to be nominated alongside Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Jack Fincher and Florian Zeller.Legendary television creator Norman Lear, 98, who was behind boundary-smashing 1970s classics All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons and Maude was honoured with the Carol Burnett Award for outstanding contributions to television.Co-host Tina Fey said: “Before Norman no-one dared to have sitcoms tackle controversial topics.“And in doing so, he paved the way for all of us who followed.”Lear, who continues to produce TV shows, dedicated his award to Burnett, 87, saying “nobody has made me laugh harder, there is nobody I owe more to than Carol Burnett”.“It knocks me out to be introduced by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and to accept this award,” he said.“I could not feel more blessed.”Emma Corrin’s mesmerising debut in The Crown saw her recognised for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series.She dedicated her award to the late Princess Diana, who she plays in the semi-historical Netflix drama charting the past few decades of the British Royal family. “Most of all, thank you so much to Diana,” she said.“You have taught me compassion and empathy beyond any measure that I could ever imagine, and on behalf of everyone who remembers you so fondly and passionately in our hearts, thank you.”Corrin’s win for The Crown should make producers rethink their decision to cast another actress to play Diana in the next season when Australian actor Elizabeth Debecki is due to replace Corrin as the people’s princess. Her Globe win completes her fairytale experience on the show, which began when she was originally hired as an audition stand-in to read Diana’s lines with other actors, but captured producer Peter Morgan’s eye and was given the role of a lifetime.The Crown – which also won best TV drama – continued its winning streak with Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles, beating Al Pacino, Jason Bateman, Bob Odenkirk and Matthew Rhys for best actor in a television drama.Jason Sudekis beat a heavy-hitting line-up to take best performance in a TV musical or comedy for his heartwarming role as an out-of-place American football coach in London in the Apple comedy Ted Lasso.He praised co-nominees Don Cheadle, Eugene Levy, Nicholas Hoult and Ramy Youseff.While Levy missed out for his work on Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian comedy did win best television series, musical or comedy.Amy Poehler and Tina Fey open the show for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards. British actress Rosamund Pike won best actress in a musical or comedy film for her chilling performance as a conwoman in the dark comedy I Care a Lot.She said her fellow nominee Maria Bakalova should have been recognised for her bravery for being alone in a room with Rudy Giuliani in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as she accepted her award.The kids of Hollywood were a surprise inclusion of the virtual Globes, with Sunday and Faith Urban, appearing on a couch beside their nominated mother, Nicole Kidman and dad, Keith.Ethan Hawke, nominated for The Good Lord Bird, clutched his two young children, while Mark Ruffalo’s two sons crashed their dad’s Zoom acceptance speech to give him a hug.Meantime, Cate Blanchett, Kidman and Sia lead our local hopes at the 78th Golden Globes.Both actresses were nominated for Best Performance in a limited series of made-for-TV film, Kidman in The Undoing and Blanchett in Mrs America, which she also produced.They face stiff competition from up and coming Anya Taylor-Joy, who was nominated for her work making chess look sexy in The Queen’s Gambit as well as Daisy Edgar-Jones from Normal People and Shira Haas in Unorthodox.Kidman’s Netflix musical The Prom faces off against Sia’s Music for Best Motion Picture, musical or comedy, but both are widely anticipated to make way for the venerated musical Hamilton, whose film adaptation brought together the original Broadway cast.Golden Globes poll – film dramaSia wrote and directed Music, about a young autistic musician, which also scored a best actress nod for Kate Hudson but has been polarising critics and disability advocates. Honorary Australian Sacha Baron Cohen, who is married to Aussie actress Isla Fisher, is up for a slate of awards, including Best Supporting Actor (motion picture) for The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Best Actor (motion picture) for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which is also nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.Golden Globes poll – film comedyThe Golden Globes are a “hybrid” virtual this year due to the pandemic, with fourth time co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler respectively presenting from the Rainbow Room in New York and the traditional Globes venue, The Beverly Hilton.



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