The British royal family crashed Hollywood’s biggest night for television and film. ‘The Crown’ took home the Golden Globes 2021 for best TV drama, in addition to giving leads Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, who play ‘Princess Diana’ and ‘Prince Charles’, their first Globes. Gillian Anderson of The Crown also won for supporting actress in a TV series.
The streamer behind the hit series, Netflix, which commanded the competition with 42 nominations and 10 wins, also landed a pair of nods with chess-prodigy drama ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, which was named best-limited series and earned its star Anya Taylor-Joy the actress in a limited series prize.
Golden Globes 2021 was dominated by streaming services. Amazon’s ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ nabbed the best motion picture comedy or musical prize and Sacha Baron Cohen took home the acting trophy for his title role in the film.
In a historic night of Golden Globes 2021, ‘Nomadland’ scored best motion picture drama, making history for its director and producer Chlo? Zhao. She became only the second woman and first woman of color to win best director. Other big winners include Andra Day for actress in a movie drama for ‘The United States vs.
Billie Holiday’ and Chadwick Boseman for actor in the same category for Ma Rainey’s ‘Black Bottom.’ Schitt’s ‘Creek’ was named best TV comedy and gave star Catherine O’Hara a victory as well. Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega, Jodie Foster, Rosamund Pike, Jason Sudeikis and Mark Ruffalo also took home acting trophies.
Sunday’s 78th Golden Globe Awards, the HFPA’s first-ever bicoastal and virtual show, was hosted by the dynamic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fey emceed live from the Rockefeller Center’s Rainbow Room in New York City, while Poehler hosted from the Globes’ usual location inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. - Variety