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'1917' upsets Hollywood awards season at the Golden Globes
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Monday, January 06, 2020, 18:00 By Reuters

Cast and crew of "1917," pose in the press room with the award for best motion picture drama at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Jan 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (CHRIS PIZZELLO / AP)

BEVERLY HILLS — World War One movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s Tinseltown, won the top movie prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday on a night packed with upsets and hot-button issues at the start of Hollywood’s awards season.

Joaquin Phoenix, who played a terrifying Joker, and Renee Zellweger, who portrayed Judy Garland in Judy, took the drama movie actor honors

1917 was named best drama and took best director, beating presumed front-runners The Irishman and Marriage Story, both from Netflix Inc. The nostalgic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from Sony Pictures won for best comedy/ musical, and had the biggest Golden Globe haul, with three awards.

Martin Scorsese’s high-profile and costly gangster epic for Netflix went home empty-handed on a disappointing night for the streaming service that could affect its Oscar chances in February.

Netflix took home just one Golden Globe in the movie race, for Laura Dern’s supporting role as a ruthless divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.

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This image released by NBC shows presenters Brad Pitt, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif, Jan 5, 2020. (PAUL DRINKWATER / NBC VIA AP)

Apple Inc’s new Apple TV+ streaming service, in its first award show, failed to make good on any of its three nominations for The Morning Show.

British director Sam Mendes was named best director for his immersive 1917 from Universal Pictures, a dark horse with no big names that arrived in US movie theaters only 10 days ago.

“That is a big surprise,” said a stunned Mendes. “I really hope this means people will turn up and see it.”

Joaquin Phoenix, who played a terrifying Joker, and Renee Zellweger, who portrayed Judy Garland in Judy, took the drama movie actor honors. Taron Egerton (Rocketman) and Awkwafina (The Farewell) were first-time winners in the comedy/musical field.

“We all know there is no ... competition between us,” Phoenix told his fellow nominees, praising their “beautiful, mesmerizing work.”

Joaquin Phoenix, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama for "Joker," arrives at the InStyle and Warner Bros. (RICHARD SHOTWELL / INVISION / AP)

Tarantino won for the screenplay of his love letter to the industry, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, while Brad Pitt was a popular winner for playing a laid-back stunt double in the film.

“I wanted to bring my mom,” quipped Pitt. “But any women I stand next to, they say I am dating.”

Gervais gets wicked

British comedian and actor Ricky Gervais, hosting the awards ceremony for a fifth time, threw caution to the wind with expletives and jabs about the dominance of streaming platforms, diversity and Hollywood’s sexual misconduct scandal, which drew mostly nervous laughter in the room of A-list celebrities.

Gervais noted that the room was packed with entertainment executives. “They are all terrified of Ronan Farrow. He’s coming for you,” he said, referring to the American journalist whose reports helped uncover the sexual misconduct scandal that has swept Hollywood over the past two years.

Gervais was not the only celebrity at the boozy dinner to get political.

This image released by NBC shows host Ricky Gervais speaking at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif, Jan 5, 2020. (PAUL DRINKWATER / NBC VIA AP)

Michelle Williams, winning limited TV series actress for Fosse/Verdon, gave an impassioned speech about reproductive rights and encouraged women to vote.

She said she had built a career of her choosing and “wouldn’t have been able to do this without employing a woman’s right to choose. To choose when to have my children and with whom.”

Others, including absent winner Russell Crowe, for television series The Loudest Voice, spoke of the devastating bushfires in Australia and the dangers of global warming.

Patricia Arquette, winning for limited TV series The Act, expressed fears over heightened tension in the Middle East following the US killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.

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Brett Gelman, from left, Sian Clifford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott, from the cast of "Fleabag," pose in the press room with the award for best television series, musical or comedy, at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Jan 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (CHRIS PIZZELLO / AP)

In the television races, HBO’s media dynasty show Succession and Amazon Studio’s quirky British comedy Fleabag were the big winners.

British talent took multiple prizes. In addition to Mendes, they included Succession and Fleabag stars Brian Cox and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman for The Crown, Rocketman actor Taron Egerton, and music duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin for original song (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again.


This image released by NBC shows Brian Cox accepting the award for best actor in a drama series for "Succession" at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif, Jan 5, 2020. (PAUL DRINKWATER / NBC VIA AP)


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