{"id":196658,"date":"2019-01-07T02:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T07:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=196658"},"modified":"2019-01-07T02:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T07:20:55","slug":"sandra-oh-the-americans-spider-man-win-at-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/07\/sandra-oh-the-americans-spider-man-win-at-globes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Oh, ‘The Americans,’ ‘Spider man’ win at Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! It’s time for Hollywood’s Party of the Year™! We’ll be LIVE with the 76th #GoldenGlobes at 8PM ET\/5PM PT only on @NBC! Don’t miss it! (Photo<\/a>: @goldenglobes\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Lady Gaga won for the song \u201cShallow\u201d from \u201cA Star Is Born,\u201d \u201cThe Americans\u201d won best drama series for its sixth and final season and co-host Sandra Oh spoke passionately about \u201cfaces of change\u201d at a Golden Globes that shrugged off the seriousness of last year’s black-draped ceremony for a more lighthearted show.<\/p>\n

Oh and Andy Samberg opened the 76th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on a note of congeniality, including a mock roast of attendees and a string of jokes that playfully commented on critiques of Hollywood. Oh performed an impression of a sexist caveman film executive who casts like the title of Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong drama: \u201cFirst … man!\u201d Noting the success of \u201cCrazy Rich Asians,\u201d Oh alluded to films with white stars in Asian roles like \u201cGhost in the Shell\u201d and \u201cAloha,\u201d the latter of which prompted Emma Stone, who starred in \u201cAloha,\u201d to shout out \u201cI’m sorry!\u201d from the crowd.<\/p>\n

But Ottawa-born Oh, who later also won for her performance on the BBC America drama series \u201cKilling Eve,\u201d closed their opening monologue on a serious note explaining why she was hosting with Samberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight because I wanted to be here to look out at this audience and witness this moment of change,\u201d said Oh, tearing up and gazing at minority nominees in attendance. \u201cRight now, this moment is real. Trust me, this is real. Because I see you. And I see you. All of these faces of change. And now, so will everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon thereafter, the stars of \u201cBlack Panther\u201d took the stage to introduce the best picture-nominated film by pronouncing, in unison: \u201cWakanda forever!\u201d They, along with the casts of \u201cCrazy Rich Asians,\u201d \u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d \u201cRoma\u201d and others made for a diverse array of nominees.<\/p>\n

As expected, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt won best song for the signature tune from \u201cA Star Is Born,\u201d the film most expected to dominate the Globes.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I just say that as a woman in music, it’s really hard to be taken seriously as a musician and as songwriter and these three incredible men, they lifted me up. They supported me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best supporting actress in a motion picture went to the Oscar frontrunner Regina King for her matriarch of Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk.\u201d King spoke about the Time’s Up movement and vowed that the crews of everything she produces in the next two years will be half women. She challenged others to do likewise.<\/p>\n

\u201cStand with us in solidarity and do the same,\u201d said King, who was also nominated for the TV series \u201cSeven Seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n

A year after the Globes were awash in a sea of black and #MeToo discussion replaced fashion chatter, the red carpet largely returned to more typical colours and conversation. Some attendees wore ribbons that read TIMESUPx2, to highlight the second year of the gender equality campaign that last year organized the Globes black-clad demonstration.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Milano, the actress who was integral in making #MeToo go viral, said on the red carpet that in the past year a \u201creally wonderful sisterhood has formed\u201d and that they’re \u201creally finding our voice through our pain and our collective pain.\u201d But she added that she’s more concerned with women in underseen industries \u2014 farmworkers, those in the military, hotel employees \u2014 than those walking the red carpet alongside her.<\/p>\n

The night’s first win went to Michael Douglas for the Netflix series \u201cThe Kominsky Method,\u201d besting Douglas dedicated the honour to his 102-year-old father. The second award went to the acclaimed \u201cSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u201d for best animated film.<\/p>\n

For its sixth and final season, FX’s \u201cThe Americans\u201d took best drama series over shows like Amazon’s conspiracy thriller \u201cHomecoming\u201d and Oh’s own \u201cKilling Eve.\u201d Richard Madden, the breakout star of the terrorism suspense series \u201cBodyguard,\u201d won best actor in a drama series. Ben Wishaw took best supporting actor in a limited series for \u201cA Very English Scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The press association typically likes to have first crack at series that weren’t eligible for the 2018 Emmys. They did this year in not just \u201cThe Kominsky Method\u201d and \u201cBodyguard\u201d but also the Showtime prison drama \u201cEscape at Dannemora.\u201d Its star, Patricia Arquette, won for best actress in a limited series.<\/p>\n

The 2018 Globes were the first major televised awards in Hollywood following the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the subsequent push for greater gender equality in the film industry. Usually the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s ceremony is known for its freewheeling frivolity and fun. The free-flowing booze helps.<\/p>\n

Last year’s show, like a lot of recent awards shows, saw ratings decline. Some 19 million tuned in to the Seth Meyers-hosted broadcast, an 11-per cent decline in viewership. This year, NBC has one thing in its favour: an NFL lead in. Ahead of the Globes, NBC broadcast the late afternoon wild card game between the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles, which proved to be a nail-bitingly close game \u2014 likely delivering the network a huge audience.<\/p>\n

Nominees that have been in sizable box office hits may also potentially help the Globes, none more than Ryan Coogler’s \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d up for best picture (drama) and score. \u201cA Star is Born,\u201d which is expected to dominate the drama side of the movie awards, recently passed $200 million in domestic ticket sales.<\/p>\n

Adam McKay’s highly critical Dick Cheney portrait \u201cVice,\u201d starring Christian Bale, came in with a leading six nominations. While music-heavy films \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d and \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d opted to contend in the Globes’ drama categories, \u201cVice\u201d tops the comedy-musical nominees, though it’s closely trailed by multiple nominees, including \u201cThe Favourite\u201d and \u201cGreen Book,\u201d Peter Farrelly’s interracial road trip tale starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.<\/p>\n

At stake are not just Golden Globes awards but Oscar momentum. Voting for the Academy Awards nominations begins Monday.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bridges was to receive the Globes’ honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award. A similar television achievement award is also being launched, dubbed the Carol Burnett Award. Its first honoree is Burnett, herself.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Lindsey Bahr contributed to this report from Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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