Awards season has finally begun! The moment we have all been waiting for – the twinkling evening for glitz and glamour to shine on the red carpet and for our favourite actors to be applauded for their astonishing work on screen. Jimmy Fallon helmed the 74^th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on Sunday (this morning Malaysia time). Fallon’s monologue included some political humour, noting that the Globes is “one of the few places left that still honours the popular vote”.
  The high-spirited Tonight Show host, who was leading the star-studded spectacular for the first time, celebrated the night with A-listers of the big and small screens, including Natalie Portman for Jackie, Evan Rachel Wood for Westworld and both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling for La La Land.
  Meryl Streep gave an impassioned acceptance speech after receiving the Cecile B. DeMille Award. Streep used her speech as an opportunity to slam President-elect Donald Trump without ever mentioning him by name.
 Ryan Gosling, Viola Davis, Tracee Ellis Ross and Atlanta were clear early winners. La La Land being an apparent huge favourite this year, while Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea battled for best drama. History was made when Tracee Ellis Ross won for best actress in a musical or comedy TV series. She became the first black woman to win in that category since Debbie Allen won for Fame in 1983.
  The show opened with an elaborate taped song-and-dance number that riffed on the night’s most-nominated film, La La Land, and included plentiful celebrity cameos, setting a fun, carefree tone to what is known as one of Hollywood’s most lighthearted award ceremonies.
  La La Land swept the 74^th Golden Globe Awards and set a record! The musical film won all seven of the awards for which it received nominations including best motion picture (musical/comedy), best director, best screenplay, best score and acting awards for its stars.
  Of course, the Globes also paid tribute to Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, with a video highlighting some of their most unforgettable film roles. Reynolds died a day after Fisher (her daughter) in December.

The list of winners at this year’s 2017 Golden Globe Awards:

Movies

Actor, comedy or musical: Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Supporting actress: Viola Davis, Fences

Supporting actor: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Screenplay: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Animated film: Zootopia
 
Foreign language film: Elle (France)

Original score: Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

Original song: “City of Stars,” in La La Land

Television

Best series, drama: The Crown, Netflix

Best series, comedy or musical: Atlanta, FX

Best television movie or mini-series: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX

Actress, mini-series or television movie: Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Actor, mini-series or television movie: Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager

Actress, drama: Claire Foy, The Crown

Actor, drama: Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath

Actress, comedy or musical: Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Supporting actress: Olivia Colman, The Night Manager

Supporting actor: Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager