The 2017 Golden Globes began with a La La Land-style musical tribute featuring Jimmy Fallon, Amy Adams, Nicole Kidman, Rami Malek, Evan Rachel Wood, and Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harington mimicking Jon Snow’s return from the dead. Ryan Reynolds crawled on top of a piano as Golden Globes host Fallon played, and then Justin Timberlake stepped in to sweep Fallon off of his feet. Once the musical bit was over, the night’s technical problems began. Fallon’s opening monologue got off to a rocky start because the teleprompters weren’t working and once when they did, it took a while for Fallon to find his footing.
It didn’t take long for Trump references to pop up, and the President Elect was frequently the butt of jokes as well as the topic of impassioned speeches. Meryl Streep used her time on stage as winner of this year’s Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award to deliver a speech in which she spoke about immigrants, empathy, and the need to support each other and to support journalists, in particular. She ended on an emotional note, recalling what her friend Carrie Fisher told her. “Take your broken heart, make it into art,” said Streep, voice catching.
The 74th Annual Golden Globes will be remembered for Streep’s speech and for the comedy team of Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell who stole the show and should be signed up immediately to host 2018’s event before they have time to think about it. It will also go down as the year in which two films merged into one, with both Jenna Bush and Michael Keaton talking about Hidden Fences, mixing up Hidden Figures and Fences. As far as the actual awards presentations, it was a La La Land kind of night. The romantic musical love letter to Hollywood took home a record-breaking seven awards. The only other film to snag more than one honor was the French drama, Elle, which didn’t even make the short list of potential Oscar contenders. On the television side, The Night Manager earned three Golden Globes followed by Atlanta, The Crown, and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story with two each.
74th Annual Golden Globes Winners:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Moonlight (WINNER)
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
La La Land (WINNER)
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street
Best Director – Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (WINNER)
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Ryan Gosling – La La Land (WINNER)
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill – War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone – La La Land (WINNER)
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
(WINNER)
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Isabelle Huppert – Elle (WINNER)
Amy Adams – Arrival
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Viola Davis – Fences (WINNER)
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals (WINNER)
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (WINNER)
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land (WINNER)
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Johann Johannsson – Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“City of Stars” – La La Land (WINNER)
Music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
Music and lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Shellback
“Faith” – Sing
Music and lyrics by Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder and Francis Farewell Starlite
“Gold” – Gold
Music and lyrics by Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, Daniel Pemberton and Iggy Pop
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Animated Feature Film
Zootopia (WINNER)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Best Foreign-Language Film
Elle (France) (WINNER)
Divines (France)
Neruda (Chile)
The Salesman (Iran/France)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Atlanta (WINNER)
Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep
Best Television Series – Drama
The Crown (WINNER)
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Donald Glover – Atlanta (WINNER)
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Gael Garcia Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle
Nick Nolte – Graves
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath (WINNER)
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys – The Americans
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish (WINNER)
Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
Issa Rae – Insecure
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Claire Foy – The Crown (WINNER)
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Keri Russell – The Americans
Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld
Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The People v. O.J. Simpson (WINNER)
American Crime
The Dresser
Night Manager
The Night Of
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager (WINNER)
Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
Bryan Cranston – All the Way
John Turturro – The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson (WINNER)
Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
Kerry Washington – Confirmation
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager (WINNER)
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson
John Lithgow – The Crown
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
John Travolta – The People v. O.J. Simpson
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 (WINNER)
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Thandie Newton – Westworld
