EMMA’S CROWNING MOMENT AS SHE TRIUMPHS AT GLOBES
From Zoom mishaps and megawatt gowns to surprise winners and dodgy lockdown haircuts — the Golden Globes gave us something to talk about (at last!). Team ES reports from the virtual red carpet
Victorious: Crown star Emma Corrin expressing her disbelief after she was named best actress in a TV series for her portrayal of Princess Diana at the Golden Globes
EMMA CORRIN, Josh O’Connor, Daniel Kaluuya and John Boyega were among the British names who triumphed at the 78th Golden Globe Awards.
The Hollywood awards season officially began with the virtual ceremony, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on opposite sides of America.
British royal drama The Crown was one of the biggest winners of the night, taking home four awards out of six nominations.
Winners included Corrin for her portrayal of Princess Diana, O’Connor who played Prince Charles and Gillian Anderson who played Margaret Thatcher. Creator Peter Morgan accepted the best TV drama series gong.
Corrin appeared shocked as her name was called to confirm she had won ahead of co-star Olivia Colman’s turn as the Queen and Jodie Comer’s performance in Killing Eve. She referred to O’Connor as “my prince charming” and added: “Thank you so much to Diana, you have taught me compassion and empathy beyond anything I could ever imagine.”
O’Connor, who won best performance by an actor in a television series drama, said: “That’s quite a surprise.” Addressing Corrin, he said: “You’re extraordinarily talented, funny and a brilliant player of rock, paper, scissors. I love you to bits.”
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was named best musical or comedy film. Rosamund Pike won best actress in a comedy or musical for I Care A Lot and The Queen’s Gambit was named best limited series, with its British-Argentinian star Anya Taylor-Joy named best actress in a limited series.
The hosts of the ceremony, which was delayed by a few weeks due to the pandemic, took to the stage from different locations, with Fey hosting from the Rainbow Room in New York and Poehler at the usual location at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
While nominees dialled in from home, the limited live audience consisted of frontline workers and first responders. Some stars — including Margot Robbie, Salma Hayek, Renée Zellweger, and Cynthia Erivo — presented awards in person.
The award for best supporting actor in a drama film went to Kaluuya for Judas And The Black Messiah.
The Briton plays US activist Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated in 1969 aged 21. In typically 2021 fashion, technical issues initially left the actor without sound. “You’re doing me dirty,” he said when he eventually returned.
Boyega was named best supporting actor in a limited series for his role in Steve McQueen’s BBC show Small Axe.
“I’m so shocked. I’ve got trackie bottoms on... but this is exciting,” he joked.
The night’s top prize — best drama film — went to Nomadland, which also took home best director for Chloé Zhao. Andra Day won best actress for her role in The United States Vs Billie Holiday.
Chadwick Boseman was posthumously honoured for his portrayal of an ambitious trumpeter in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. His wife Simone accepted the award for best actor on his behalf.
WHAT’S that? A real-life red carpet with reallife A-listers? Last night’s Golden Globes looked a little different to the ceremony’s previous 77 iterations (see: British actor Daniel Kaluuya’s muted Zoom acceptance speech). But seeing stars like Margot Robbie and Salma Hayek pose for the paparazzi in Los Angeles felt like a welcome return to pre-pandemic glamour — even if it was in front of a sprinkling of masked essential workers instead of the usual sea of stars, and most of the rest of the guests tuned in on Zoom.
From the red carpet fashion to the viral moments, this is your bluffer’s guide to last night’s Globes.
A very distanced double act
What happens when your presenting duo Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are lined up to lead the ceremony but 3,000 miles apart? Stitch them together on a split screen and make an attempt to make them look like they’re on the same stage, of course. Fey was broadcasting from New York’s 30 Rock while Poehler was streamed in from the Beverly Hilton in LA — but that didn’t stop them doing what they do best and roasting the hell out of almost every aspect of what Poehler jokingly called “the 78th annual Hunger Games”.
Their skit included weird pandemic viewing (“The American Office, old Columbos, very one-sided news programmes”); Emily In Paris being nominated for two awards (“French Exit is what I did after watching the first episode”, quipped Fey); and how to tell the difference between film and TV now cinemas are closed (“if the British actors are playing Brits, that’s TV. If they’re playing Americans, that’s a movie,” Fey explained).
The jokes were quickfire but their opening monologue did not shy away from the main controversy of the night: the criticism of organiser the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for not having a single black member. “We all know award shows are stupid ... the point is, even with stupid things, inclusivity is important and there are no black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” said Fey, as Poehler called them “a scam invented by Big Red Carpet”.
Winners and losers
It wouldn’t be the Globes without some wild card wins. In the film Best Actress race, first-time actress Andra Day beat Brit favourites Vanessa Kirby and Carey Mulligan for her compelling turn as Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’s biopic. I Care A Lot’s Rosamund Pike beat Borat breakout star and clear favourite Maria Bakalova. Few predicted a Supporting Actress win for The Mauritanian’s Jodie Foster (the trophy felt like a dead cert for Mank star Amanda Seyfried).
Easier to call was Chloe Zhao’s historic Best Director win for Nomadland. Zhao became only the second woman — and the first of Asian descent — to receive the trophy. Chadwick Boseman was posthumously awarded Best Actor in a Drama for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, while Daniel Kaluuya battled technical difficulties to accept the Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Film for his turn as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, the first Golden Globe win for the Londoner.
In TV, The Crown made a clean sweep, victorious in every category it was nominated
It wouldn’t be the Globes without some wild card wins — such as newbie Andra Day winning Best Actress
in. Newcomer Emma Corrin beat her co-star Olivia Colman to Best Actress for her scene-stealing portrayal of Princess Diana, while Gillian Anderson was also recognised in the Supporting Actress category for her uncanny Iron Lady transformation. The Netflix show was crowned (sorry) Best Drama for the second time and Josh O’Connor beat industry heavyweights Al Pacino and
Bob Odenkirk to win Best Actor in a TV Drama for his turn as Prince Charles. A right royal flush, you could say.
Two big wins for The Queen’s Gambit (including one for lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy) rounded off a glittering night for Netflix. Londoner John Boyega also won for his turn as real-life Met Police officer Leroy Logan in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series.
Viral moments
Much of Twitter was delighted to finally see the A-list doing what we’ve all been doing for a year: WFH. Whilst there was no shortage of glamour at the awards, many guests took a more laidback approach. Like Jeff Daniels — who turned up in a flannel shirt with a chic backdrop of crumpled bedsheets. “In awe of Jeff Daniels’s dad-Zooming-in-from-thespare-room-vibe,” one Twitter user commented.
On the topic of good shirt energy, there was Bill Murray’s shirt and Martini combo (plus his envious LA backdrop). The vibe was very “I’ve worked from home for too long and now I don’t care” — something we can all connect with. Meanwhile, Jason Sudeikis in his tie-dye hoodie was serving a look that could only be described as “my wife just left me and is now dating Harry Styles”. The moustache, the rambling acceptance speech that prompted fellow nominee Don Cheadle to sign “wrap it up” over Zoom — it was the whole package. Though to be fair, the guy’s currently in London filming Ted Lasso, so he was pulling an allnighter to attend.
Another universal leveller? The bad lockdown hair in evidence. Colin Farrell’s patchy facial hair raised a lot of eyebrows (sorry) on social media. “Colin Farrell is all of us who tried that one time to wax our own eyebrows,” read one tweet. Don’t worry Colin, they’ll grow back.
And last but not least, there were Olivia Colman’s reactions to everything — especially pets, who were the ultimate plus ones to this virtual Globes (shout out to Jodie Foster’s dog, Ziggy!). From her rapturous applause and dancing for fellow The Crown stars winning their Globes to her obvious delight at Sarah Paulson’s dog and Emma Corrin’s cat, Colman was having a whale of a time.
WFH but make it fashion
There were no fleets of limos dropping off couture-clad starlets, but many of the remote A-listers still went for a high fashion moment, turning living rooms, hotel suites and gardens into remote red carpets. The Crown’s Emma Corrin was a hot contender for best dressed, tuning in from home wearing a monochrome Miu Miu dress with fittingly regal collar and emerald and diamond jewellery from Cartier. Rosamund Pike embraced the excuse to ditch the PJs in London designer Molly Goddard, posing from her hotel room in a frothy fuchsia number accessorised with combat boots. Amanda Seyfried opted for a more traditional Hollywood ensemble with a custom Oscar de la Renta silk sorbet gown embroidered with taffeta pressed flowers, and Elle Fanning was elegant in an ice blue Gucci gown.
Schitt’s Creek star Daniel Levy deserves an honourable mention for his sunshine yellow suit — a Valentino couture ensemble — and Jamie Lee Curtis also wore banana brights. Regina King — who was nominated for Best Director — looked like a statuette in a shimmering Louis Vuitton cape column.
Elsewhere, Dior was a popular option: Gillian Anderson tuned in wearing a long gold lamé halterneck dress from the haute couture spring/ summer 2021 collection paired with a Dior clutch and shoes and Dior jewellery, while Anya Taylor-Joy rocked a dramatic emerald green lurex Dior Haute Couture dress and evening coat with matching shoes.
Among the select few to attend the event in person, Margot Robbie, one of the evening’s presenters, looked sweet and summery in a polka dot dress from Chanel’s spring/summer 2021 collection, while Cynthia Erivo gave a lesson in how to nail haute highlighter hues in a sculptural apple green Valentino dress from Pierpaolo Piccioli’s spring/ summer couture collection paired with white opera gloves and silver platforms. Remote or real, the red carpet still rocked.
Olivia Colman was having a whale of a time — she was especially delighted by her co-star Emma Corrin’s cat