'La La Land' sweeps the Golden Globes, Oscars next?
Posted Monday, January 9, 2017 at 4:38 PM Central
Last updated Monday, January 9, 2017 at 4:40 PM Central
by John Couture
If there's one thing that my dearly departed (from this site, not from the Earth thank goodness) colleague Tim always preached, it was to keep religion and politics separate from the site. We have tried our best to do so and will continue in that effort as much as we can, but last night's Golden Globes awards show is just the latest reminder of the deep fracture that exists in this country.
What should have been a wonderful celebration of an amazing year of diversity and great films was largely overshadowed by an acceptance speech by Hollywood royalty Meryl Streep. She received the Cecil B. Demille Award and her five-minute speech turned into an indictment of the incoming administration without naming names.
In case you missed it, the speech is embedded below.
At tonight's #GoldenGlobes we honor Hollywood legend Meryl Streep with the prestigious Cecil B. Demille Award. pic.twitter.com/dxpeCDNXY6
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 9, 2017
Host Jimmy Fallon largely ignored the elephant in the room throughout the evening, but Meryl went for it in a big bad way that immediately set the Twitterverse on fire. As expected, it didn't take long for the President-Elect to fire back his thoughts on the speech.
Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017
Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him.......
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017
"groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017
We try to remain as neutral as we can here, but come on, did Trump really call three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep "over-rated"? I can't say that I agree with that opinion. But enough about last night's political side-step, let's talk about the awards themselves.
The big winner of the evening was without a doubt La La Land. The musical won in all seven categories in which it was nominated including Best Picture, Comedy or Musical, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Comedy and Best Actress, Comedy. This sweep sets up an intriguing possibility for next month's Academy Awards, will this be the first time since 1991's The Silence of the Lambs to sweep the top five awards?
Only three films have won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay in the history of the Academy Awards, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, It Happened One Night and the aforementioned The Silence of the Lambs. For La La Land to have a chance, it will probably face the greatest challenge in the acting categories where Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will have to fend off the likes of Golden Globe Drama winners Casey Affleck and Isabelle Huppert among others.
It will be something to keep an eye on for sure, but there's still plenty of time for films to build some momentum. The Oscar nominations won't even be announced until January 24. The 89th Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 26.
All of the Golden Globe winners and nominees are listed below.
2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS
MOVIES
Best Picture, Drama
Best Picture, Comedy or Musical
Best Director
- Damien Chazelle – La La Land
- Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
- Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea
Best Actor, Drama
- Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea
- Joel Edgerton – Loving
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
- Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress, Drama
- Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- Amy Adams – Arrival
- Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
- Ruth Negga – Loving
- Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Actor, Comedy
- Ryan Gosling – La La Land
- Colin Farrell – The Lobster
- Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Jonah Hill – War Dogs
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
Best Actress, Comedy
- Emma Stone – La La Land
- Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
- Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
- Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
- Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water
- Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Dev Patel – Lion
Best Supporting Actress
- Viola Davis – Fences
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Nicole Kidman – Lion
- Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
- Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea
Best Screenplay
Best Original Score
- Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
- Nicholas Britell– Moonlight
- Johann Johannsson – Arrival
- Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
- Hans Zimmer, Pharrel Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures
Best Original Song
- “City Of Stars” – La La Land
- “Can't Stop The Feeling” – Trolls
- “Faith” – Sing
- “Gold” – Gold
- “How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Foreign Language Film
- Elle – France
- Divines – France
- Neruda – Chile
- The Salesman – Iran/France
- Toni Erdmann – Germany
TELEVISION
Best TV Series, Drama
Best TV Series, Comedy/Musical
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
- American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
- American Crime
- The Dresser
- The Night Manager
- The Night Of
Best Actor, Drama
- Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath
- Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
- Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
- Matthew Rhys – The Americans
- Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Best Actress, Drama
- Claire Foy – The Crown
- Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
- Keri Russell – The Americans
- Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
- Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld
Best Actor, Comedy
- Donald Glover – Atlanta
- Anthony Anderson – Black•ish
- Gael García Bernal – Mozart In The Jungle
- Nick Nolte – Graves
- Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Best Actress, Comedy
- Tracee Ellis-Ross – Black•ish
- Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
- Issa Rae – Insecure
- Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Best Supporting Actor
- Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager
- Sterling K. Brown – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
- John Lithgow – The Crown
- Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
- John Travolta – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Supporting Actress
- Sarah Paulson – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
- Felicity Huffman – American Crime
- Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
- Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
- Thandie Newton – Westworld
Best Actor, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager
- Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
- Bryan Cranston – All The Way
- John Turturro – The Night Of
- Courtney B. Vance – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson