Actor Chadwick Boseman has posthumously won the prize for best actor at the Golden Globes last night. His portrayal of ambitious trumpet player Levee in the stage adaptation Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was one of the last acting jobs he completed before unexpectedly dying of colon cancer last summer.
His Globe was received by his widow Taylor Simone Ledward. “He would have thanked God and his parents,” she said in her acceptance speech. “He would have thanked his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices.”
Ledward’s word of thanks:
Due to corona, the ceremony was largely via video links: hostesses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were not even in the same city, but performed on stages in New York and LA. The show ended with that and then with the usual homework problems: Daniel Kaluuya stayed up mute when he got his prize for the film Judas and the Black Messiah received.
The technique offered a unique opportunity to see Hollywood stars at home, who often celebrated their winnings with family or pets. John Boyega revealed that he was secretly wearing sweatpants under his chic jacket, Jodi Foster revealed that she received her prize in bare feet. “This is the best Golden Globes ever. Great to be at home without all that hassle.”
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TV series The Crown won the most awards in the ceremony. The series about the British royal family, which can be seen on Netflix, won the prize for best TV drama of the year. Three actors from the series also received awards: Emma Corrin received the Actor Award for her portrayal of Princess Diana, Josh O’Connor for his portrayal of Prince Charles, and Gillian Anderson for her supporting role as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Streaming service Netflix also won awards in many other categories: the much-watched chess series The Queen’s Gambit won two awards (for best miniseries and for the acting performance of lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy) and writer-director Aaron Sorkin won the Globe for best script for his Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7, the historical drama film about the riots surrounding the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968.
Another notable prize winner was the film Nomadland. In addition to Best Drama, this film was also honored with the Best Direction Award for Chloé Zhao. It was only the second time in history that that category went to a female winner, after Barbra Streisand in 1984 for Yentl.
Borat Subsequent Movie Film also received two awards (Best Comedy, Best Comedic Lead). Sacha Baron Cohen praised in his acceptance speech “the fresh new talent that turned out to be a comic genius”. He turned out not to mean his fellow player Maria Bakalova, but Rudy Giuliani.
All prize winners can be seen here.