There are several major media
awards that focus on honoring achievements in motion pictures, and there are
those that honor achievements in television. And then there are the Golden
Globes with goes on to honor the best in a year for both small and silver
screens. While the next Primetime Emmys or Oscars to award the cream of the
crop for their respective media in 2019 will not be until later on in this New Year
of 2020, the Golden Globes has already done its first strike this Sunday
evening. For the most part, their announced winners were equally of the “expected”
and “surprise” sorts.
Previous media awarding
ceremonies have started singing the trend of how the award-winners are
increasingly of the streaming source variety. But as Forbes put it the 77th Golden Globe Awards, held the
night of January 5 at the Beverly Hilton, saw a revenge of sorts from the “traditional”
sources of film and TV entertainment. And while streaming platforms like
Netflix still eked out victories, TV networks and film studios marshaled its
best content to put upstart streamers in their place. A selection of their
choice wins will be detailed below.
Despite strong showings from
Warner-DC’s super-villain movie “Joker” and the Netflix bio-drama “The Two
Popes,” It was World War I film “1917” that got the Golden Globe for Best
Motion Picture – Drama, followed by Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
for the Musical/Comedy sub-category. “Joker” star Joaquin Phoenix got one back by
winning Best Actor – Drama, his counterpart being Renee Zellweger for playing
Judy Garland in “Judy.” Supporting Performance nods went to Brad Pitt (“Hollywood”)
and Laura Dern (Netflix’s “Marriage Story”). Amazingly, what should have been
assured victories for any of Disney’s three animated offerings for 2019 were
dashed by the box-office failure but critical darling “Missing Link” from
Annapurna Pictures and United Artists.
On the television side, the
streaming services had a far more competent showing with their original
content. Netflix finally got one with its award-winner “The Crown,” as Olivia
Colman followed her predecessor Clair Foy in winning Best Actress – Drama for
portraying an older Queen Elizabeth II. Hulu was no slouch either with acting
accolades for two of their shows: Ramy Youssef (Best Actor – Comedy, “Ramy”)
and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress – Series/Mini/TV Film, “The Act”).
But major networks also triumphed significantly here, such as HBO with Best Drama
Series for “Succession” and Best Miniseries/TV Film for “Chernobyl.” BBC Three
took Best Comedy Series with “Fleabag.”
The lifetime achievement awardees
of the Golden Globes for 2019 are also both well earned. Veteran actor Tom
Hanks received the cinematic nod with the Cecil B. DeMille Award while his TV
counterpart, who received the Carol Burnett Award, was talk-show staple Ellen
DeGeneres (above).
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