Golden Globes 2021: the winners, the speeches, the controversy – live | Film

Nothing was as funny tonight as Tracy Morgan calling Soul SAL

While the HFPA offered up a fleeting and frankly pathetic segment on their need to improve diversity, Jane Fonda managed something far more effective. Here’s her speech in case you missed it:

In case you need a reminder of tonight’s big winners then here is a reminder of tonight’s big winners:

Nomadland! Easily the most deserving nominee here and a welcome winner. It’s a beautiful film and given the HFPA’s usual choices, it would have made more sense to see something more conventional like The Trial of the Chicago 7 win big. A nice end to a weird evening.

Well, Jason Sudeikis wasn’t the only actor in a hoodie tonight. Joaquin Phoenix just stumbled out in one to announce that Andra Day is the surprise winner of an award that many assumed would go to Carey Mulligan or perhaps Frances McDormand. A very emotional Day is also extremely surprised and, in a category that’s still somewhat up for play, it will help secure her an Oscar nomination.

Important that James Corden didn’t win and deserved that Sacha Baron Cohen did, bringing back a character we thought we were done with for a surprisingly necessary and smart sequel. A big night for Brits!

And here’s a recent long interview we did with Sacha Baron Cohen:

The most important news here is that Sia’s awful autism drama Music didn’t win. The second most important news here is that Ryan Murphy’s awful musical The Prom didn’t win. Sacha Baron Cohen thanks the “all-white” HFPA for the award and goes onto take some potshots at Rudy Giuliani because again, why not. He’s probably about to win another award …