Golden Globe Awards: 1917 Wins Top Award, See All The Winners Here
By ESR on 6 ianuarie 2020
This year’s Golden Globes awards show was held on Sunday night. Honoring the best of 2019’s TV shows and movies, Skyfall director Sam Mendes’ World War I movie 1917 took home the overall top honor for best drama, while HBO’s Succession won the best drama award for TV.
1917 beat out the Netflix movies The Irishman, The Two Popes, Marriage Story, and Joker to win the Best Drama award, while Succession succeeded over other nominees including Big Little Lies, The Crown, Killing Eve, and The Morning Show.
HBO’s big-budget and hugely popular Game of Thrones was nominated for only one award–Kit Harington for Best Actor. However, he did not win.
Parasite won Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language. Director Bong Joon-ho said in his acceptance speech that he hopes more people will watch non-English language films. “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” he said.
In addition to the main awards for movies and TV shows, Ellen Degeneres won the Carol Burnett Award for lifetime achievement in television, while Tom Hanks won the Cecil B. DeMille award for Outstanding Contribution to the World of Entertainment.
Another major theme of the evening was actors urging people to considering donating or providing support to the ongoing efforts to fight the devastating fires in Australia that have been ravaging the country for months.
After winning Best Actor for The Loudest Voice, Russell Crowe delivered a message to viewers–“Make no mistake, the tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate change based … we need to act based on science.” Actress Cate Blanchett, who was born in Australia, praised the volunteer firefighters and added, “When one country faces a climate disaster, we all face a climate disaster.”
Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for Joker. In his acceptance speech, he called on Hollywood to make sacrifices in their own lives. “We don’t have to take private jets to Palm Springs,” he said.
For lots more on the Golden Globes, head to GameSpot sister site TV Guide.
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