Golden Globes 2019: Highlights, winners and losers

Almost everyone thought Lady Gaga had the Best Actress Golden Globe in the bag, but she missed out in a stunning upset.

It’s the win no one saw coming.

Glenn Close pulled off a stunning upset at the Golden Globes by beating out firm favourite Lady Gaga for Best Actress (film drama).

Almost everyone thought Gaga would win for her debut movie, A Star Is Born, but instead Close walked away with the Globe her role in The Wife.

In a rousing speech, Close paid tribute to the other nominees in the category including Gaga, Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy and Rosamund Pike.

“Everything you did this year … we should all be up here together,” she said.

Speaking about her role in The Wife, the actress said: “Women, we’re nurturers, we have our children, and our partners if we’re lucky enough, but we have to find personal fulfilment, we have to follow our dreams, we have to say ‘I can do that’ and I think we should be allowed to do that.”

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Glenn Close couldn’t believe she’d won either.

Glenn Close hugged Gaga on the way to the stage.

A Star Is Born was nominated for five Golden Globes but only won one on the night.

The movie was nominated for Best Film (Drama) but lost out to Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Bradley Cooper was pipped at the post for Best Director (Film) by Alfonso Cuaron for the Netflix movie, Roma.

And Cooper also missed out on the Globe for Best Actor to Rami Malek, who was simply sensational as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

The only Globe A Star Is Born picked up was for Best Original Song for Shallow, the No.1 duet between Gaga and Cooper.

The singer was in tears as she accepted the award with co-writer Mark Ronson, who took the opportunity to praise Cooper.

Gaga won the Globe for Best Original Song.

“You took a heartfelt honest tune and you gave it emotional resonance that we could’ve only dreamt of,” Ronson said. “Seriously, the way you weaved the lyrics into the film and the narrative of your beautiful heartbreaking film is why we’re standing up here tonight.”

OTHER WINNERS

The Globes may have been a nightmare for A Star is Born but the night proved to be a big success for Bohemian Rhapsody.

The Queen biopic won Best Film (Drama) and, as mentioned, Rami Malek won Best Actor for playing Freddie Mercury.

In his acceptance speech, Malek thanked the singer he portrayed on the big screen.

“Thank you to Freddie Mercury for giving me the joy of a lifetime,” he said. “I love you, you beautiful man. This is for and because of you, gorgeous.”

Green Book won Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Olivia Colman won Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for The Favourite.

Christian Bale won Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) for playing Dick Cheney in Vice and joked on stage, “Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration”.

One of the biggest cheers on the night came when co-host Sandra Oh won the Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama) for her role in Killing Eve.

“Mostly there are two people here tonight that I am so grateful that they are here with me. I’d like to thank my mother, my father,” Oh said as she accepted her award, bowing to her parents in the crowd and thanking them in Korean.

You can see a full list of the winners and losers here.

Remi Malek won the Globe for Best Actor.

OPENING MONOLOGUE

Hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg kept things light and fun during their opening monologue.

Oh, who is the first person of Asian descent to host the Golden Globes, cracked several gags about her heritage.

“Crazy Rich Asians is nominated tonight for best picture — musical or comedy. It is the first studio film with an Asian-American lead since Ghost in the Shell and Aloha,” she said, making a sly dig at the movies, which were famously panned for having placing white actresses in the roles associated with Asian characters.

The pair also referenced the recent controversy that saw Kevin Hart step down as host of the Oscars over his previous homophobic tweets.

“Now some of you may be wondering why the two of us are hosting together,” Samberg said.

Oh continued, “And the reason is that we’re the only two people left in Hollywood who haven’t gotten in trouble for saying something offensive.”

“Oh Sandra, that reminds me,” Samberg said. “You know what race of people really gets under my skin?

“Uh, Andy …” Oh said, worryingly.

“The Hollywood Half Marathon,” Samberg joked. “Cause it messes up all the traffic, you know? It’s the worst race of people.”

Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg were charming as hosts.

The hosts also joked about Vice, the Dick Cheney biopic, which had more nominations than any other movie.

“It’s actually up for best musical or comedy because it erroneously invaded the wrong category based on false intelligence,” Samberg said.

Oh kept the jokes coming with a gag about First Man, a movie about the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong.

“Claire Foy is nominated for her work in First Man,” Oh said. “First Man is also how studios look for directors. ‘First man. If no man available, then pair of men. Then team of men. Then eventually maybe woman.’”

Jokes aside, Oh ended the opening monologue with an emotional speech about representation.

“I said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight because I wanted to be here, to look out into this audience, and witness this moment of change and I’m not fooling myself,” she said.

“I’m not fooling myself. Next year could be different. It probably will be, but right now this moment is real. Trust me, it is real because I see you and I see you — all these faces of change — and now so will everyone else.”

Sandra Oh proved herself to be a very capable host.

BEST SPEECH

Olivia Colman brought the house down with a hilarious acceptance speech after winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) for The Favourite.

The British actress hilariously thanked her co-stars.

“My bitches — Emma (Stone) and Rachel (Weisz) — thank you,” she said. “Every second of working with you was such a joy, so much fun; I was so sad when it finished.

“I would like to tell you how much this film means to me but I can’t think of it ‘cause I’m too excited. I had such a f***ing blast, it was amazing.

“I went on a private jet and I ate constantly throughout the film. It was brilliant.”

Olivia Colman’s speech was hilarious.

MOST RANDOM MOMENT

Jeff Bridges left viewers scratching their heads and asking “WTF?” with his bizarre acceptance speech for the Cecil B DeMille Award.

The actor, 69, rambled about the children’s game tag and boat rudders.

“I like to think of myself as a trim tab and all of us are trim tabs,” Bridges said. “It may seem that we’re not up to the take, but we are, man. We’re alive. We can make a difference. We can turn this ship in the way we want to go, man! Towards love, to creating a healthy planet for all of us.”

It’s fair to say viewers were rather confused.

I love Jeff Bridges, but oh my God...where is he going with this? #GoldenGlobes

— Emily Hinizzle (@Emilyhinizzle) January 7, 2019

Jeff Bridges knew he was getting this award right? He didn’t prepare a speech? Just spouting off names? Oh, dude. #goldenglobes

— Lauren (@lau_wag) January 7, 2019

Listening to Jeff Bridges speech for the Cecil B .deMille award was equivalent to listening to your grandparent in the retirement home go on an on about nothing... #GoldenGlobes

— Dylan Horner (@dylanhorner96) January 7, 2019

FUNNIEST MOMENTS

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph had the crowd in stitches as they presented the Globe for Best Screenplay.

The hilarious women recreated that memorable onstage marriage proposal from last year’s Emmy Awards with Rudolph popping the question. FYI — Amy Poehler said yes.

Even the most special of moments can happen when Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph present at the #GoldenGlobes. pic.twitter.com/9tzDMW4EUr

— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 7, 2019

Steve Carell got one of the biggest laughs on the night as he introduced Carol Burnett, who was being presented with an award for Lifetime Achievement in Television named in her honour.

Carell remarked that Burnett was one of the nicest people in showbiz, so much so that she “makes Tom Hanks look like an a**hole”.