Leonardo DiCaprio had won his second Globe for his best actor in a comedy for his work in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” He had been nominated nine times.
He had 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” while accepting the 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 had 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.
Lawrence said, “Don’t ever do this again,” she told herself. “It’s so scary.”
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.
Fey said, “George Clooney would rather float away in space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.”
Andy Samberg had won best actor in a comedy series, “Brooklyn Nine—Nine”, Elisabeth Moss had won best actress, miniseries or movie, for “Top of the Lake”, Robin Wright had won best actress in a TV series, drama and even Poehler, herself win as best actress in a TV series, comedy. Poehler celebrated by making out with Bono.
Spike Jonze was also blindsided by his best screenplay win for his futuristic romance “Her.”
Spike Jonze said, “I’m a terrible public speaker.” “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.
Paul said with what essentially became his character’s catch phrase, “Yeah, bitch.”
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.”
Meanwhile Bono said, “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.”
Jared Leto while accepting the Globe for best supporting actor, 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.”
Leto said, “To the Rayons of the world, thanks for the inspiration.”
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.
Douglas told Damon, “The only reason you’re not here is I had more sequins.”
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.
Fey explained, “This is Hollywood,” “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.
Bureau Report
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