Though it feels as though Awards Season has already trudged on for months, the 72nd Annual Golden Globes from Sunday night showed the season has really only just begun.
On their long road to the Oscars before nominations are announced this Thursday, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel struck a blow for mid-level indies by winning Best Motion Picture in both the Drama and Comedy or Musical categories respectively. Both Linklater and Anderson won their first ever Golden Globe prizes, with Linklater also taking home the award for Best Director.
Television too had a strong night for up-and-coming shows, with freshman comedies and dramas all having a big evening on the awards stage. Transparent, Amazon’s comedy about a transgender woman, took home prizes for actor Jeffrey Tambor and for Best Comedy or Musical Series. The CW’s Jane the Virgin won a surprise Golden Globe for actress Gina Rodriguez. FX’s Coen Brothers spinoff Fargo won Best Miniseries. And Showtime’s The Affair scored prizes for Best Drama and Best Actress Ruth Wilson.
Perhaps the biggest winners though were Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, hosting together for their third consecutive and final year. Though they were used sparingly, they continued to prove why they are the most pleasant comedienne duo of friends working today. Their monologue leaned heavy on feminist themes rippling through Hollywood and the world, lampooning Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award recipient George Clooney, the time it took Steve Carell to get on his prosthetic nose, and most notably, Bill Cosby, with two impressions that left many in the audience stunned and will be sure to inspire think pieces taking up both sides of the cause.
Other winners of the evening included Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything, Julianne Moore for Still Alice, Michael Keaton for Birdman, and Amy Adams for Big Eyes.
See the full list of winners in all categories below:
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BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Boyhood
IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction; IFC Films
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory Of Everything
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Julianne Moore
Still Alice
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
J.K. Simmons
Whiplash
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Patricia Arquette
Boyhood
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Richard Linklater
Boyhood
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Grand Budapest Hotel
American Empirical Picture; Fox Searchlight Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Michael Keaton
Birdman
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams
Big Eyes
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
The Affair
Showtime
Showtime Presents, Sheleg, Higlewater
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Transparent
Amazon
Amazon Studios Instant Video
BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Fargo
FX
FX Productions & MGM Television
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Honorable Woman
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Kevin Spacey
House Of Cards
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jeffrey Tambor
Transparent
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Ruth Wilson
The Affair
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Matt Bomer
The Normal Heart
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joanne Froggatt
Downton Abbey
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Billy Bob Thornton
Fargo
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Gina Rodriguez
Jane The Virgin
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Johann Johannsson
The Theory Of Everything
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Glory”
Selma
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How To Train Your Dragon 2
DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Birdman
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Leviathan (Russia)
(Левиафан) Non-Stop Production, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation of the Cinema Funds, RuArts Foundation; Sony Pictures Classic