Leonardo
DiCaprio, a nine-time Golden Globe nominee, won his second Globe award
The
con-artist caper “American Hustle” looked every bit the Oscar front-runner at
the Golden Globes, winning best picture for a comedy or musical and acting
awards for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.
Adams,
in a low-cut dress evocative of her character’s ‘70s style, won her first
Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical Sunday night at the
Beverly Hills, Calif., ceremony. Lawrence took best supporting actress for her
performance in David O. Russell’s fictionalised Abscam tale.
The
award returned Lawrence, a winner last year for Russell’s “Silver Linings
Playbook,” to the stage for an acceptance speech something she said was no
easier a year later.
“Don’t
ever do this again,” she told herself. “It’s so scary.”
Leonardo
DiCaprio, a nine-time Golden Globe nominee, won his second Globe for his best
actor in a comedy for his work in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Accepting the
award, he thanked director Martin Scorsese, which whom he’s made five films,
for his mentorship and “for allowing me to stalk you to make this film.”
Alfonso
Cuaron won best director for the space odyssey “Gravity,” a worldwide hit and
critical favorite.
Going
into the night’s final awards, Steve McQueen’s unflinching epic “12 Years a
Slave” had been shut out despite a co—leading seven nominations (tied with
“American Hustle“).
Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler, last year’s co-hosts, picked up where they left off,
starting the 71st annual Golden Globes with a torrent of punch lines that
lambasted Matt Damon, Meryl Streep and, naturally, George Clooney. The audience
roared most of all when Fey described “Gravity,” which co—stars Clooney.
“George
Clooney would rather float away in space and die than spend one more minute
with a woman his own age,” said Fey.
Many
of the night’s surprise winners were literally caught speechless. Andy Samberg
(best actor in a comedy series, “Brooklyn Nine—Nine“), Elisabeth Moss (winner
of best actress, miniseries or movie, for “Top of the Lake“), Robin Wright
(best actress in a TV series, drama) and even Poehler, herself (best actress in
a TV series, comedy), appeared particularly shocked to win and each stumbled
through their thank you’s. Poehler celebrated by making out with Bono.
Spike
Jonze was also blindsided by his best screenplay win for his futuristic romance
“Her.”
“I’m
a terrible public speaker,” said Jonze. “And I’m bad at English. And it’s the
only language I know.”
Four
months after its final episode, AMC’s “Breaking Bad” won for best drama TV
series and best actor in a drama series for Bryan Cranston (both their first
Globes). Cranston called his honor “a lovely way to say goodbye.” Creator Vince
Gilligan said the award gave him “one more chance to thank the fans of the
show,” but left the final word for star Aaron Paul.
“Yeah,
bitch,” declared Paul, with what essentially became his character’s catch
phrase.
U2
and Danger Mouse won the award for best original song for “Ordinary Love,”
recorded for the Nelson Mandela biopic “Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom.” Bono
said working on the film completed a decades—long journey with Mandela, having
played an anti—apartheid concert some 35 years ago.
“This
man turned our life upside down, right—side up,” said Bono of the South African
leader who died in December. “A man who refused to hate not because he didn’t
have rage or anger or those things, but that he thought love would do a better
job.”
Accepting
the Globe for best supporting actor, Jared Leto also paid tribute to his
inspiration. The actor, whose rock band took him away from movies for years
before the part, won for playing a transsexual in the Texas HIV drama “Dallas
Buyers Club.”
“To
the Rayons of the world, thanks for the inspiration,” said Leto.
As
expected, the Emmy—winning HBO film “Behind the Candelabra,” the acclaimed
Liberace drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, won for best movie or miniseries,
as well as best actor in a TV film for Michael Douglas. He thanked his co—star
Matt Damon, who curiously became a kind of mascot throughout the evening.
(Poehler said in such a starry crowd, Damon was “basically a garbage person.”)
“The
only reason you’re not here is I had more sequins,” Douglas told Damon.
The
telecast managed two expletives in its first 30 minutes, one from Moss, the
other from Jacqueline Bisset (best supporting actress, miniseries or movie,
“Dancing on the Edge“). Both were surprise winners.
But
the playful interplay of Fey and Poehler again stole the show in the early
going. The “SNL” duo, signed up to host next year, too, brought last year’s
Globes’ telecast to a six—year ratings high of 19.7 million.
“This
is Hollywood,” explained Fey. “If something kind of works, they’ll just keep
doing it until everyone hates it.”
The
Tracy Letts play adaptation “August- Osage County,” starring Streep, Fey said,
proved “that there are great parts in Hollywood for Meryl Streeps over 60.”
Poehler
and Fey, as they did last year, sought to get off the stage and mingle among
the guests. In one memorable bit that parodied the Hollywood legacies who serve
as stage guides, Poehler played Fey’s surly daughter. They left it open as to
whether Harvey Weinstein was the father.
The
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 85 mostly freelance
foreign journalists (Fey and Poehler mocked their publications), has recently
undergone a change in leadership and, perhaps, a shift toward respectability.
While the Globes have in the past been known for curious nominees like “The
Tourist” and “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” this year’s nominees were seen as
without such oddities.
This
year, the Globes fall days after Oscar nomination voting concluded.
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