The Golden Globe Awards mark the Hollywood calendar as one of the biggest nights. This year the award was held on Feb 28th—nearly two months later than usual due to the pandemic. The award ceremony was bi-coastal and hosted by Tina Fey in New York and Amy Poehler in Los Angeles.
This Golden Globe Awards 2021 ceremony could be summarized as honoring the contribution of several female directors, engaging TV shows, and superb storytelling to the entertainment industry. However, the heartbreaking moment at this year’s ceremony was Chadwick Boseman winning the Best Actor award.
Our superhero Chadwick Boseman—popularly known for his role as Black Panther in the MCU, died last year due to cancer. He was awarded with the golden globe award for best performance by an actor in a television series – drama for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
There have been many other surprising wins in the 78th Golden Globe Awards. If you missed the stream of the 78th Golden Globe Awards, here is a glance through the list of winners.
Category: Drama
Best Motion Picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- The Father
- Mank
- Promising Young Woman
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Winner:
Nomadland
Directed, written, and edited by Chloé Zhao, Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film that revolves around the life of a woman in her sixties, who lost everything in the Great recession and is travelling the American West as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Actress in a motion picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
- Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
- Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
- Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Winner:
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
Actor in a motion picture
Gloden Globe Nominations:
- Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
- Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
- Gary Oldman (Mank)
- Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian)
Winner:
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Lovecraft Country
- The Mandalorian
- Ozark
- Ratched
Winner:
The Crown (2016- present)
The Crown is a historical drama streaming television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
Actor in a television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Jason Bateman (Ozark)
- Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
- Al Pacino (Hunters)
- Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason)
Winner:
Josh O’Connor (The Crown)
Actress in a television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Olivia Colman (The Crown)
- Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
- Laura Linney (Ozark)
- Sarah Paulson (Ratched)
Winner:
Emma Corrin (The Crown)
Category: Musical or Comedy
Best motion picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Hamilton
- Music
- Palm Springs
- The Prom
Winner:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is darkly hilarious, disturbingly crass, and incredibly fearless movie. It revolves around the life of Kazakh funnyman Borat who risks life and limb when he returns to America with his 15-year-old daughter.
Actor in a motion picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- James Corden (The Prom)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton)
- Dev Patel (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
- Andy Samberg (Palm Springs)
Winner:
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Actress in a motion picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Kate Hudson (Music)
- Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit)
- Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma)
Winner:
Rosamund Pike (I Care a Lot)
Television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Emily in Paris
- The Flight Attendant
- The Great
- Ted Lasso
Winner:
Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020)
A Canadian television sitcom created by father and son Eugene and Dan Levy that aired on CBC Television from January 13, 2015, to April 7, 2020. A married couple suddenly goes bankrupt and the only remaining asset they have is an ugly small town named Schitt’s Creek.
Actor in a television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
- Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
- Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
- Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Winner:
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Actress in a television series
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Lily Collins (Emily in Paris)
- Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)
- Elle Fanning (The Great)
- Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)
Winner:
Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)
Supporting actor
Category: Television
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Brendan Gleeson (The Comey Rule)
- Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
- Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
- Donald Sutherland (The Undoing)
Winner:
John Boyega (Small Axe)
Supporting actress
Category: Television
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
- Julia Garner (Ozark)
- Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek)
- Cynthia Nixon (Ratched)
Winner:
Gillian Anderson (The Crown)
Supporting Actor
Category: Motion Picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Jared Leto (The Little Things)
- Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
- Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Winner:
Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Supporting actress
Category: Motion Picture
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
- Olivia Colman (The Father)
- Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
- Helena Zengel (News of the World)
Winner:
Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)
Limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Normal People
- Small Axe
- The Undoing
- Unorthodox
Winner:
The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
Set during the Cold War era, orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world.
Actress in a limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television
Golden Globe Nominations:
- Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
- Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People)
- Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
- Nicole Kidman (The Undoing)
Winner:
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit)
Motion Picture
- Category: Director
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
- David Fincher (Mank)
- Regina King (One Night in Miami)
- Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Winner:
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
- Category: Foreign Language
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- Another Round (Denmark)
- La Llorona (Guatemala/France)
- The Life Ahead (Italy)
- Two of Us (France)
Winner:
Minari (United States)
- Category: Original Score
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- Speak Now (One Night in Miami)
- Fight for You (Judas and the Black Messiah)
- Hear My Voice (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Tigress & Tweed (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
Winner:
Io Si (Seen) (The Life Ahead)
- Category: Original song
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- The Midnight Sky-Alexandre Desplat
- Mank-Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- News of the World — James Newton Howard
- Tenet-Ludwig Göransson
Winner:
Soul-Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
- Category: Screenplay
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton (The Father)
- Jack Fincher (Mank)
- Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
- Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Winner:
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Category: Animated
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
- The Croods: A New Age
- Onward
- Over the Moon
- Wolfwalkers
Winner:
Soul
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