After last night's GoldenGlobes, which one of these movies is the Oscar frontrunner?
,” a hugely expensive mob saga from Netflix, was completely shut out despite five nods.
In another surprise, “Missing Link,” Laika’s stop-motion animated film that was a box office bomb, earned the award for best animated feature over blockbusters like “Toy Story 4” and “The Lion King.” Director and writer Chris Butler proclaimed himself “flabbergasted” while accepting the award, looking genuinely shocked instead of just engaging in false modesty.
“Fleabag” creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge added a Globe to a trophy case that’s already filled with Emmys, picking up a statue in the lead comedy actress category for her work in front of the camera. In a pair of wry speeches, she called her critically adored, comic look at a troubled woman in London, “a little scrap of a show” and also thanked President Barack Obama for putting the series onBrian Cox nabbed best actor in a TV drama for his portrayal of a Machiavellian CEO in “Succession.
Host Ricky Gervais’ opening monologue was a bleep-filled one, during which he poked fun at an often stone-faced crowd of moguls and movie stars, joking about everything from Joe Pesci’s resemblance to Baby Yoda to Hollywood’s flexible moral compass . Gervais dropped at least one four-letter word and offered up a bit about Judi Dench getting into character for “Cats” by licking her nether regions that was heavily censored. Portions of the audience appeared to be unamused.
Gervais didn’t spare the HFPA in this broadcast, saying that the plant-based dinner they served attendees was apt because the group was made up of vegetables. He also joked that they had missed hisabout the trans community on social media because “they have no idea what Twitter is.” The broadcast wasn’t just a chance to gawk at celebrities. It was also an opportunity to take stock of a media business in the throes of dramatic changes. This year’s crop of awards contenders didn’t just hail from film studios and broadcast and cable networks. They were also the work of tech giants such as Apple and streaming players such as Netflix .
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