Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making ”Boyhood” won top honors at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, while Hollywood rallied against recent threats to the art of satire.
”Boyhood” won best movie, drama; best director for Linklater; and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette. Perhaps the film’s top Oscar rival, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ”Birdman,” also fared well. It won best actor in a comedy or musical for its lead, Michael Keaton.
But in a shocker, ”Birdman” was upset by Wes Anderson’s ”Grand Budapest Hotel” for best film, comedy or musical. The film was Anderson’s biggest box office hit yet, but not an award season favorite.
Kicking off the show, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wasted no time in mocking some of Hollywood’s most tender subjects: the hacking of Sony Pictures over the North Korea comedy ”The Interview” and the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.
The hosts welcomed Hollywood’s ”despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats” to celebrate ”all the movies that North Korea was OK with.” A North Korea government character, played by Margaret Cho, voiced her displeasure.
Last week’s terrorist attack in Paris at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo hung heavily over the show. George Clooney and others wore ”Je Suis Charlie” pins, and Helen Mirren was among the people holding up similar signs on the red carpet.
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 hosts also relished their favorite target: Clooney. Of the night’s Cecil B. DeMille honoree, Fey suggested the lifetime achievement award might have been better off going to his new wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
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 Russian entry ”Leviathan” took best foreign language film.
The DreamWorks sequel ”How to Train Your Dragon 2” took best animated film over the favorite, ”The Lego Movie.” The Stephen Hawking biopic ”The Theory of Everything” won best score for Johann Johannsson.
In one of the evening’s most hotly contested categories, best actor in a drama, Eddie Redmayne emerged as victorious for his performance as Stephen Hawking in ”The Theory of Everything.”
.@johnlegend and @common talk about their #GoldenGlobes win for Best Original Song. https://t.co/7mA4sOwVQY
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Julianne Moore won best actress in a drama for her startling performance as an academic with early onset Alzheimer’s in ”Still Alice.” Amy Adams surprised in taking best actress in a comedy or musical for her performance in ”Big Eyes.” As the only major awards show to honor both movies and TV, the Globes have also benefited from television’s rise.
Amazon, crashing the party like Netflix did before it, celebrated its first Golden Globes for the sexual identity comedy ”Transparent,” winning best TV series, musical or comedy. The show’s star, Jeffery Tambor, landed best actor in the category, dedicating his award to the transgender community.
AMC’s adaptation of the Coen brothers’ acclaimed 1996 film, ”Fargo,” came in the leading TV contender with five nominations and promptly won best miniseries or movie, as well as best actor, miniseries or movie, for Billy Bob Thornton.
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.
List of winners of the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, California, by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
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-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.”
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Previously announced:
Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: George Clooney.