Yesterday evening, while in Italy it was 2:00 a.m., at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on the red carpet rolled out a few days ago, the actors and actresses we loved last year started to arrive, they made us laugh and cry, both at the cinema and on television. NBC cameras are aimed, the celebrities are finishing to take their seats at the tables, the lights are dimming and the Golden Globes 2019 can begin.
The hosts of the 76th edition of the most awaited Hollywood party of the year are Sandra Oh, the famous Cristina Yang of Grey’s Anatomy, who during the evening will manage to take home the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Eve Polastri in Killing Eve, and the comedian of Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg, who do not give up the classic opening sketches, for example claiming to be the presenters because they are the only ones who have not yet insulted anyone. The couple does the honors perfectly, even when they are forced to move Jim Carrey from the tables dedicated to the cinema to those dedicated to the TV, but the comedian was able to cash the blow as he could only do: making us laugh.
Everything is ready to present the prizes awarded by the HFPA, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the first couple of presenters is perhaps the most anticipated: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga go on stage to award the Golden Globe to the best actor in a tv series comedy or musical to Michael Douglas who dedicates the prize to his father, the one hundred and two year old Kirk Douglas.
The awards ceremony proceeded until the hall was invaded by doctors ready to dispense vaccines against influenza, perhaps it was better the pizza that rained from the sky at last year’s Oscars.
One cannot but mention Carol Burnett who receives the award dedicated to her, the Carol Burnett Award, which for sixty years continues to make us laugh and for this reason a prize all his own deserved it.
The evening goes on and almost all the statuettes have been assigned and we discover with pleasure that sometimes the predictions are right, so we see Christian Bale on stage to pick up the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a comedy or musical film, followed by the favorite Alfonso Cuarón, who with Rome won two awards out of three nominations.
As every year, then, it’s the turn of Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Golden Globe for career, and this time the honor of receiving the award is Jeff Bridges who for over six decades has kept us attached to the screen and his roles in films such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, Torn, King Kong, just to mention a few, are inevitable pieces in the history of cinema.
“We’re alive, we can really make the difference. We can turn this ship in the way we want to go man!”
The sun starts to set also on the west coast and this means only one thing, it’s time to unveil the winners of the most important categories, Green Book wins as best comedy or musical film arriving at three Golden Globes, Glenn Close that in addition to winning the prize to Lady Gaga also makes one of the most beautiful speeches of the evening, directed to all women.
“We have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams and say: I can do that and I should be allowed to do that.”
Then it’s the turn of a very emotioned Rami Malek who doesn’t fail to thank Brian May and Roger Taylor sitting in the room. But thanks to the Queen don’t end there, because Bohemian Rhapsody wins the last Golden Globe of the evening, the one for best drama film, thus winning two of the most important awards.
The 2019 Golden Globes couldn’t have ended better, with thanks to Freddie Mercury and the standing ovation of the theatre.
Read the entire list of winners and look at the gallery to discover the unforgettable moments of these Golden Globes 2019, I recommend you do so by listening to the playlist that contains all the music of the films and TV series mentioned, from All The Stars by Black Panther to Shallow by A Star Is Born.
Film
Best Motion Picture Drama
– Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Bryan Singer
– Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler
– BlacKkKlansman, directed by Spike Lee
– If Beale Street Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins
– A Star Is Born, directed by Bradley Cooper
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
– Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly
– Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu
– The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
– Mary Poppins Returns, directed by Rob Marshall
– Vice, directed by Adam McKay
Best Director
– Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
– Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
– Peter Farrelly – Green Book
– Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
– Adam McKay – Vice
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
– Glenn Close – The Wife
– Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
– Nicole Kidman – Destroyer
– Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
– Rosamund Pike – A Private War
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
– Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
– Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
– Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
– Lucas Hedges – Boy Erased
– John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
– Olivia Colman – The Favourite
– Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
– Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
– Charlize Theron – Tully
– Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
– Christian Bale – Vice
– Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mary Poppins Returns
– Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
– Robert Redford – The Old Man & the Gun
– John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
– Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
– Amy Adams – Vice
– Claire Foy – First Man
– Emma Stone – The Favourite
– Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
– Mahershala Ali – Green Book
– Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
– Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
– Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
– Sam Rockwell – Vice
Best Foreign Language Film
– Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico)
– Capernaum, directed by Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
– Girl, directed by Lukas Dhont (Belgium)
– Never Look Away, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)
– Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore’eda (Japan)
Best Animated Feature Film
– Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman
– Incredibles 2, directed by Brad Bird
– Isle of Dogs, directed by Wes Anderson
– Mirai, directed by Mamoru Hosoda
– Ralph Breaks the Internet, directed by Phil Johnston e Rich Moore
Best Screenplay
– Brian Hayes, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga – Green Book
– Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
– Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
– Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
– Adam McKay – Vice
Best Original Score
– Justin Hurwitz – First Man
– Marco Beltrami – A Quiet Place
– Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs
– Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
– Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman – Mary Poppins Returns
Best Original Song
– Shallow (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) – A Star Is Born
– All the Stars (Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Sounwave, Al Shux) – Black Panther
– Girl in the Movies (Dolly Parton, Linda Perry) – Dumplin’
– Requiem for a Private War (Annie Lennox) – A Private War
– Revelation (Jónsi, Troye Sivan, Leland) – Boy Erased
Television
Best Television Serie – Drama
– The Americans
– Bodyguard
– Homecoming
– Killing Eve
– Pose
Best Actress in a Television Series -Drama
– Sandra Oh – Killing Eve as Eve Polastri
– Caitriona Balfe – Outlander as Claire Fraser
– Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale as June Osborne/Offred
– Julia Roberts – Homecoming as Heidi Bergman
– Keri Russell – The Americans as Elisabeth Jennings
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
– Richard Madden – Bodyguard as Sergeant David Budd
– Jason Bateman – Ozark as Martin “Marty” Byrde
– Stephan James – Homecoming as Walter Cruz
– Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell
– Matthew Rhys – The Americans as Philip Jennings
Best Television Serie – Musical or Comedy
– The Kominsky Method
– Barry
– The Good Place
– Kidding
– The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
– Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam “Midge” Maisel
– Kristen Bell – The Good Place as Eleanor Shellstrop
– Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
– Alison Brie – GLOW as Ruth “Zoya the Destroya” Wilder
– Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
– Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky
– Sacha Baron Cohen – Who Is America?
– Jim Carrey – Kidding as Jeff Piccirillo
– Donald Glover – Atlanta as Earnest “Earn” Marks/Teddy Perkins
– Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman/Barry Block
Best Miniseries or Television Film
– The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story
– The Alienist
– Escape at Dannemora
– Sharp Objects
– A Very English Scandal
Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
– Patricia Arquette – Escape at Dannemora as Tilly Mitchell
– Amy Adams – Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker
– Connie Britton – Dirty John as Debra Newell
– Laura Dern – The Tale as Jennifer Fox
– Regina King – Seven Seconds as Latrice Butler
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
– Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story as Andrew Cunanan
– Antonio Banderas – Genius: Picasso as Pablo Picasso
– Daniel Brühl – The Alienist as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
– Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose as Patrick Melrose
– Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal as Jeremy Thorpe
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
– Patricia Clarkson – Sharp Objects as Adora Crellin
– Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson
– Penélope Cruz – The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
– Thandie Newton – Westworld as Maeve Millay
– Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale as Serena Joy Waterford
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
– Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal as Norman Josiffe
– Alan Arkin – The Kominsky Method as Norman Newlander
– Kieran Culkin – Succession as Roman Roy
– Edgar Ramirez – The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story as Gianni Versace
– Henry Winkler – Barry as Gene Cousineau
Cecil B. DeMille Award
– Jeff Bridges
Carol Burnett Award
– Carol Burnett
