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Golden Globes 2018: Red carpet, winners live coverage

Plus, Three Billboards wins best picture on a night where stars wore black and drewn attention to abuse, sexism and racism | WINNERS

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9:46AMJanuary 08, 2018.
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Seth Meyers, host of the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, rolls out the red carpet in Beverly Hills, California. Picture: Getty Images
Seth Meyers, host of the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, rolls out the red carpet in Beverly Hills, California. Picture: Getty Images

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 75th Golden Globe Awards. All times AEDT.

Nicole Kidman won acting and producing awards for her show Big Little Lies, which dominated along with The Handmaid’s Tale and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It’s been a politically charged evening, with stars using their time at the podium to draw attention to abuse, sexism, and racism. Out of solidarity with the victims of sexual harassment and assault, most women and many men dressed in all black.

3.45pm: Two Globes for Kidman

Nicole Kidman has won two Golden Globes, with Big Little Lies named best TV mini-series after she earlier took out the award for best actress in a mini-series.

Kidman starred as an abused wife and also was a producer, sharing the award with fellow Aussie Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea.

Nicole Kidman with her best actress award. Picture: AFP
Nicole Kidman with her best actress award. Picture: AFP

The series, inspired by Australian author Liane Moriarty’s novel, also scored Kidman and Papandrea Emmy wins last year.

The significance of Kidman’s win was magnified at the Globes which became a platform for the Time’s Up movement supporting all women and men silenced by abuse, harassment and discrimination in Hollywood and other industries.

Kidman and the industry’s other elite actors at the Beverly Hilton wore black gowns and suits for the landmark moment in response to numerous scandals involving some of Hollywood’s most powerful men.

“My mum was an advocate for the women’s movement when I was growing up and because of her I’m standing here,” Kidman told the A-list crowd. “My achievements are her achievements and Antonia Kidman, my sister, and I say thank you Janelle Kidman for what you fought for so hard.

“This character that I play represents something that is the centre of our conversation right now - abuse.

“I do believe, and hope, we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them. Let’s keep the conversation alive.

A teary Kidman ended her speech with words for husband Keith Urban. “When my cheek is against yours everything else melts away and that is love,” she said. “I love you so much.”

How the Aussies fared

Margot Robbie - whom co-star Allison Janney earlier called a “quadruple threat” - has missed out on a Golden Globe for her performance as controversial US champion figure skater Tonya Harding in the movie I,Tonya.

The best actress in a comedy/musical Globe was won by Irish actress Saorise Ronan for her performance in Lady Bird.

And Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman and I, Tonya lost out on the best musical-comedy film prize, which went to Lady Bird. Robbie’s losses are a blow to her Oscar hopes. Jackman missed out when James Franco took the best actor award in a film comedy-musical award for his performance in The Disaster Artist. Jackman was nominated for playing PT Barnum.

Perth actress Katherine Langford was also bypassed for a Golden Globe. The 21-year-old was nominated for her performance in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why for best actress in a TV drama series, but the winner was Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid’s Tale.

Geoffrey Rush also missed out for his performance as the great theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in Genius.

The best actor in a mini-series or TV movie Globe went to Ewan McGregor for his role on Fargo.

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3.10pm: Three Billboards takes out best picture

Best picture goes to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, after star Frances McDormand won best actress moments earlier. Director Martin McDonagh also won for best screenplay and Sam Rockwell for supporting actor.

McDormand plays a mother seeking justice for her daughter, who was raped and killed, and takes on the small town police force who she doesn’t believe is doing enough to solve the case.

REVIEW: David Stratton on Three Billboards

It bested other nominated films Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, The Post and The Shape of Water. It was the last award of the night.

Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” has won best film - comedy or musical.

“Lady Bird” stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a teenager in Sacramento, California, who is navigating her last days of high school and her tense relationship with her mother. The film has earned Gerwig, Ronan and her co-star Laurie Metcalf widespread The film’s producer ceded his speech to Gerwig, who profusely thanked everyone who worked on the film and Ronan, who moments earlier won the best actress in a film comedy Globe.

3.05pm: Oldman, McDormand best actor winners

Gary Oldman takes out best actor in a drama film for his turn as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” which focuses on the British statesman’s efforts to convince his countrymen to fight the Nazis in World War II.

He acknowldges the “fine company” of fellow nominees Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hanks,

Timothée Chalamet, and Denzel Washington.

“Winston Churchill said, ‘my tastes are simple I am easily satisfied by the very best’... and I was surrounded by the very best,” he says, before thanking his fellow cast and crew.

And Frances McDormand, who won for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, gave a typically charismatic speech.“Well, I have a few things to say...” she began, before assuring her fellow nominees that “tequilas (are) on me”.

“So many of you know, I keep my politics private but it was really great to be in this room tonight and be part of the tectonic shift in our industry’s power structure,” she said. “Trust me, the women in this room tonight are not here for the food. We are here for the work.”

2.45pm: Big big winner

Big winner for the night Big Little Lies has taken out best television limited series or movie.

The series follows a group of mothers in Northern California who each have their own secrets threatening them and their families. The show won the Emmy Award last year for best limited series and will return for a second season on HBO. The show dominated the acting Globes in the limited series category, with wins for Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Laura Dern.

Reese Witherspoon, who starred in and produced the series, said of women who have been abused: “We see you, we hear you, and we will tell your stories.”

2.35pm: Best director del Toro

Guillermo del Toro wins best director for his Cold War fairy tale “The Shape of Water.” The film stars Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an amphibious creature kept confined in a government lab. The film has become of the frontrunners for best picture at March’s Academy Awards. Del Toro’s acceptance speech, which was interrupted by the orchestra at one point, was an ode to his love affair with monsters.

He thanked the film’s cast, before continuing: “My monsters thank you.” The category was dominated by male directors, which drew criticism since 2017 featured several acclaimed films from female directors, including “Wonder Woman,” “Lady Bird” and “Mudbound.” It was a point that presenter Natalie Portman accentuated before the names of the nominees were read.

2.35pm: Oprah: a new day is on the horizon

Oprah Winfrey has accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes by saying she hopes as the first black woman to accept the honour, it has an impact on young girls watching the ceremony.

The actress and businesswoman accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award and received a lengthy standing ovation, which she tried to calm down.

She spoke about the feelings she had as a young girl watching Sidney Poitier win the best actor Academy Award in 1964. She likened the pride she felt watching Poitier, the first black man to win the best best actor Oscar, to the impact she hoped she could have on young women.

“I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon.”

Winfrey also addressed the sexual misconduct scandal roiling Hollywood and beyond, telling those watching “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool you all have.” Reese Witherspoon introduced Winfrey and described their friendship, forged over long sessions in a makeup trailer while filming “A Wrinkle in Time.” Witherspoon said sitting in the room with Oprah was like taking the best business classes, and her hugs could end wars.

2.10pm: Ansari: I thought I would lose

Aziz Ansari has won best television comedy actor for Master of None, which he co-created and focuses on his character, Dev, as he navigates relationships and his growing television career. Ansari accepted the award by saying he didn’t think he would win it since so many websites had predicted he would lose.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel took out best television comedy.

The freshman Amazon series stars Rachel Brosnahan as a 1950s housewife who pursues a stand-up comedy career. It’s been a big evening for the show - Brosnahan won the best actress in a comedy series award earlier in the ceremony.

1.55pm: Wins for McDonagh, McGregor and In the Fade

Ewan McGregor has won best actor in a television limited series or movie for his dual roles in the third season of the FX series Fargo - beating Geoffrey Rush, who was nominated for playing Einstein in Genius.

McGregor plays brothers, one a successful businessman and the other a parole officer, who find themselves at odds over the paths their lives have taken.

Martin McDonagh has won best screenplay for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - his acclaimed film starring Frances McDormand. Kirk Douglas, now 101, was on stage to present.

REVIEW: David Stratton on Three Billboards

Germany and France’s “In the Fade” is the winner of the best foreign language Golden Globe Award. The film stars Diane Kruger as a woman forced to cope with the death of her Turkish husband and their young son in a terrorist attack. It is from director Fatih Akin, a German-born filmmaker of Turkish descent.

1.40pm: Janney wins for I, Tonya

Allison Janney is the winner of the best supporting film actress Golden Globe Award for her role in I, Tonya. Janney won for her portrayal of figure skater Tonya Harding’s mother, who unleashes abuse on her daughter to try to make her a better athlete. She thanked her co-star, Australian Margot Robbie, who is herself nominated, calling her a “quadruple threat”, and profusely thanked Harding, who was in the ballroom for the ceremony.

Tonya Harding. Picture: Invision/AP
Tonya Harding. Picture: Invision/AP

1.30pm: Tricky gig

Host Seth Meyers arguably had trickiest gig in Hollywood with his opening monologue - so how did he fare? Here are some of his lines:

- “It’s 2018, marijuana is finally allowed, and sexual harassment finally isn’t. It’s gonna be a good year!”

- “This was the year of big little lies and get out -- and also television series ‘Big Little Lies’ and the movie ‘Get Out.’”

- “There’s a new era under way, and I can tell because it’s been years since a white man has been this nervous in Hollywood. For the male nominees in the room tonight, this will be the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.”

- “A string of three words that could not be better designed to infuriate our president -- Hollywood Foreign Press Association . The only name that could make his angrier is the ‘Hillary Mexico Salad Association.’”

- “Time to address the elephant not in the room: Harvey Weinstein isn’t here tonight because, well, I’ve heard crazy he’s difficult to work with. Don’t worry, he’ll be back in 20 years when he’s the first person ever booed during the In Memoriam.”

- “They’re going to do another season of House of Cards. Is Christopher Plummer available for that too? I hope he can do a southern accent because Kevin Spacey sure couldn’t.”

- “The Shape of Water received the most nominations of any film this year. When I first heard about a film where a woman falls in love with a hideous monster, I thought it was a Woody Allen movie.”

Reuters

Seth Meyers. Picture: NBC/AP
Seth Meyers. Picture: NBC/AP

1.25pm: Coco best animated film

“Coco” has won the Golden Globe Award for best animated film. The Disney and Pixar collaboration is considered a leading contender for an Academy Award for best animated feature. It tells the story of a Mexican boy who dreams of being a musician despite his family’s wishes and falls into the realm of the dead. “Coco” has drawn widespread praise for the culturally authentic way it presents Mexico’s “Day of the Dead” culture.

Coco.
Coco.

1.20pm: Laura Dern wins supporting actress nod

And ANOTHER acting win for Big Little Lies and a powerful acceptance speech from Laura Dern.

1.15pm: Jackman loses to Franco

James Franco has won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a comedy or musical for his portrayal of the mysterious man who created what many consider the worst movie ever made.

Franco directed and starred in The Disaster Artist, which tells the story of the mysterious filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his passion project, The Room. Savaged by critics, The Room has since gained a cult following, and Franco has received considerable Oscar buzz.

Franco opened his speech by inviting The Room creator Wiseau up on stage and giving him a hug and reading a passage he said Wiseau wrote 19 years ago.

Other nominees were Jackman for The Greatest Showman, Steve Carell for Battle of the Sexes, Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out, and Ansel Elgort for Baby Driver.

1.05pm: Music’s men of the moment

This is Me is the winner of the best original song Golden Globe Award, taking out the first gong for The Greatest Showman.

REVIEW: The Greatest Showman

The song is the work of Oscar-winning duo Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, who won an Academy Award for their song City of Stars in La La Land last year.

The “Showman” tune appears in the musical starring Jackman about the life of P.T. Barnum.

It beat out songs created by stars such as Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, who was onstage at the Globes moments before the best song award was announced.

Carey, who was nominated for her song The Star, helped announce the winner of the best original score honour, which went to Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness. Picture: Invision/AP
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness. Picture: Invision/AP

12.55pm: And another acting gong for Big Little Lies

Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Nicole Kidman’s character’s abusive husband in Big Little Lies, has been recognised for his performance.

12.50pm: And Handmaid’s Take wins best TV drama

Second award of the night for the critically acclaimed adaptation.

12.40pm: Moss wins for Handmaid’s Tale

Possibly surprising few, Elisabeth Moss has won for her powerhouse performance in The Handmaid’s Tale, the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian novel.

Moss plays one of the few fertile women left in a world ruled by a totalitarian regime where women are considered property. Her character Offred attempts to keep her identity and humanity in the Hulu series.

She dedicated her award to Atwood, reading some of the author’s words and saying that women are now “writing the stories ourselves.”

She beat Perth actress Katherine Langford to the Golden Globe. The 21-year-old was nominated for her performance in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.

Elisabeth Moss as Offred. Picture: Hulu/AP
Elisabeth Moss as Offred. Picture: Hulu/AP

Best performance by an actor in a television drama series went to Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us.

Brown plays a family man recovering from a nervous breakdown and the complicated dynamics of the family that adopted him when he was a baby.

Brown opened his speech by remarking on Oprah Winfrey’s presence in the room - she is receiving a lifetime achievement award - before quickly saying he needed to thank his wife before he forgot. He also told his children that he would take them to school in the morning.

Brown profusely thanked “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for engaging in colorblind casting and giving him great material to work with.

12.35pm: Watch Kidman’s speech

Meanwhile Sam Rockwell has won the best film supporting actor Golden Globe Award for his role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Rockwell won for his role as a small town cop with anger issues in the revenge tale starring fellow-Globes nominee Frances McDormand. He thanked McDormand and “Three Billboards” director Martin McDonagh, who he thanked for giving him such beautiful words to say. Rockwell called McDormand a “force of nature” who made him a better actor.

And Rachel Brosnahan has been awarded the best television comedy actress Golden Globe Award for her role on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Brosnahan plays a 1950s mum who decides to pursue a stand-up comedy career. The show is also nominated for best comedy series at Sunday’s Globes. The actress won the award on her first nomination.

12.15pm: Kidman wins!

Australian star Nicole Kidman has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in Big Little Lies, the smash hit series based on the book by Australian author Liane Moriarty. It’s her fourth Globe.

Kidman plays a lawyer who gave up her successful career to be a full-time mum in a rich coastal northern California town. Her life is not as idyllic as it seems - her husband beats her.

She referenced her character in her acceptance speech, urging others to keep the conversation about abuse and the treatment of women going.

The actress also thanked her Big Little Lies co-stars, saying she was sharing the honour with fellow nominees Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Reese Witherspoon.

Kidman and fellow Australian Bruna Papandrea, who co-produced Big Little Lies, are also up for Globes later in the ceremony when the series competes against Fargo, Feud: Bette And Joan, The Sinner and the Australian production Top of The Lake: China Girl for best limited TV series.

Margot Robbie could also take two Globes for starring in and producing I, Tonya, although she faces stiff opposition.

Margot Robbie. Picture: Getty Images
Margot Robbie. Picture: Getty Images

12.10pm: Meyers goes there

Seth Meyers has opened the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards with jokes about the sexual misconduct scandal, saying it’s the first time in three months that it won’t be terrifying for male actors to have their names read out loud. Meyers started his monologue by saying, “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen!” He also jabbed disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual harassment and abuse. Meyers noted that Weinstein isn’t present today’s ceremony, but said that he’ll be back in 20 years - when he’ll be the “first person ever booed during the In Memoriam” segment. The joke was met with some groans in the ballroom.

Meyers mixed his comments about the sexual misconduct scandal with jokes about the nominees and a few barbs directed at President Donald Trump.

11.40am: Tricky job for host

It should all make for an unusual atmosphere for the Globes, which have long fostered a reputation as the loosest, booziest evening of awards season.

Angelina Jolie. Picture: Getty Images
Angelina Jolie. Picture: Getty Images

Rookie Globes host Seth Meyers has promised to address the Weinstein issue. He told The Hollywood Reporter: “(My wife and staff) agreed it’s an opportunity to say some things you wouldn’t be able to say.”

He will have his hands full trying to match last year’s broadcast, which was hosted by Jimmy Fallon. It was watched by 20 million viewers.

“We don’t want this night to be a session where we’re just scolding everything that happened because it is really important for us to remember that great movies came out of this year,” Meyers told The Associated Press last week.

“A lot of people, we’re realizing, worked really hard in environments that were not that conducive to working really hard. So the goal is to have people have a wonderful night and an enjoyable party in a year which everyone deserves it.”

Hollywood awards are no stranger to protest. At the 2016 Oscars the reaction to the perceived marginalisation of black screen talent became #OscarsSoWhite. This year it will be #MeToo, adopted amid the Weinstein scandal.

Even former host Ricky Gervais has acknowledged the awards will have an awkward tone.

“If I were hosting the Golden Globes this weekend, I wouldn’t be brave enough to do the joke I’ve just thought of,” Gervais said on Wednesday.

AP

Mariah Carey, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone and Billie Jean King. Picture: Getty Images
Mariah Carey, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone and Billie Jean King. Picture: Getty Images

11.20am: Aussie chances for gongs

The awards themselves kick off at noon AEDT. Nicole Kidman is the red hot favourite to claim two Globes in Beverly Hills for starring in and producing the TV mini-series Big Little Lies.

Margot Robbie could also take two Globes for starring in and producing I, Tonya, although she faces stiff opposition.

Bookmakers and awards analysts have Saoirse Ronan and her film Lady Bird just ahead of Robbie and I, Tonya in the Globes’ comedy/musical categories.

Hugh Jackman (best actor in a comedy/musical) for The Greatest Showman is a longshot for a win, with James Franco (The Disaster Artist) the frontrunner. Australians Geoffrey Rush, nominated for best actor in a limited TV series for playing Albert Einstein in Genius, and Katherine Langford, for her performance in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, are also outside chances.

Right, back to the celebs.

Amy Poehler and Restaurant Opportunities Center United president Saru Jayaraman. Picture: AFP
Amy Poehler and Restaurant Opportunities Center United president Saru Jayaraman. Picture: AFP
Actor Ewan McGregor. Picture: AFP
Actor Ewan McGregor. Picture: AFP
Jude Law. Picture: Getty Images
Jude Law. Picture: Getty Images
Roseanne Barr. Picture: Getty Images
Roseanne Barr. Picture: Getty Images

11.10am: Colour spotted...

These two have eschewed black...

German fashion model Barbara Meier. Picture: AFP
German fashion model Barbara Meier. Picture: AFP
Actor Blanca Blanco. Picture: Getty Images
Actor Blanca Blanco. Picture: Getty Images

While others have brightened up the monochrome with splashes of colour or accessories:

Actor Mandy Moore. Picture: Getty Images/AFP
Actor Mandy Moore. Picture: Getty Images/AFP
Actor Samira Wiley. Picture: Getty Images
Actor Samira Wiley. Picture: Getty Images
Singer Keala Settle. Picture: AFP
Singer Keala Settle. Picture: AFP

11am: Watson: it makes me emotional

Emma Watson, with Marai Larasi, the executive director of Imkaan, a black-feminist organisation, explains the wear-black movement:

“We’re wearing black in solidarity. It makes me really emotional to think about the fact that this movement we’ve put together across industries, communities, spaces... it’s such a show that this issue doesn’t just affect women in Hollywood, it is affecting women everywhere... it is global, it is systemic, it is structural.”

Larasi: “We’re calling time.”

10.45am: Streep makes her entrance

Meryl Streep has arrived with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Meryl Streep and NDWA director Ai-jen Poo. Picture: Getty Images
Meryl Streep and NDWA director Ai-jen Poo. Picture: Getty Images

And boy was Kelly Clarkson excited.

Alison Brie says that the Time’s Up initiative has made her realize how powerful women can be when they all stand together.

The actress is nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in the Netflix wrestling show “GLOW.” Brie, who also appears in the Golden Globe nominated films “The Post” and “The Disaster Artist,” wore a dramatic strapless black dress with a sweetheart neckline to show solidarity with Time’s Up. Brie says she thinks change will come when more women are in power at the top. She says a lot more listening needs to happen across all industries.

Alison Brie. Picture: Invision/AP
Alison Brie. Picture: Invision/AP

“Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya says that the fact that the film is still in the conversation is “mind-boggling.” He noted on the Golden Globes red carpet that the film came out almost a year ago in February.

Kaluuya wore a black tux with a Time’s Up pin on his lapel. He is nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy, and “Get Out” is up for best picture in the same category.

He says he feels privileged to stand by the women fighting against the unnecessary evils that are happening in the industry.

Daniel Kaluuya. Picture: Invision/AP
Daniel Kaluuya. Picture: Invision/AP

10.30am: More red carpet looks

Handmaid’s Tale actor Ann Dowd. Picture: Getty Images
Handmaid’s Tale actor Ann Dowd. Picture: Getty Images
The Crown stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith. Picture: Getty Images
The Crown stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith. Picture: Getty Images

Tracee Ellis Ross, star of comedy series Black-ish:

Alison Janney straying slightly from the black theme:

10.20am: Black dominates the red carpet

The highly anticipated wear-black protest at the Golden Globes got off to an early start as soon as the red carpet opened, including Michelle Williams in an embellished off-the-shoulder look and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke at her side.

The Handmaid’s Tale actor, Australian Yvonne Strahovski. Picture: AFP
The Handmaid’s Tale actor, Australian Yvonne Strahovski. Picture: AFP

Turning the Globes dark on the fashion front had been anticipated for days after a call for massive reform following the downfall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and numerous others in Hollywood, media, fashion, tech, publishing and other industries. The initiative Time’s Up, backed by more than 300 women in Hollywood, doled out pins intended for those who might already have locked in more colourful looks.

Meryl Streep, Emma Watson and Amy Poehler are just a few of the actors who are planning to bring gender and racial justice activists as their guests.

Streep will attend with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; and Watson will bring Marai Larasi, the executive director of Imkaan, a black-feminist organisation.

Though black dominated, actors made it their own: Allison Williams provided a pop of orange and silver on the bodice of her black column gown. Singer Kelly Clarkson sported gold at the neck and on one sleeve of her black Christian Siriano dress.

And the men? Well, Chris Sullivan wore the traditional black tuxedo and showed off black nail polish.

Not everybody supports the protest. Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of rape, has loudly and persistently called the effort an empty gesture.

Alfred Molina was among those men who paired their traditional tuxedos with black shirts rather than the typical white ones.

“It’s out of solidarity in a way,” he told The Associated Press. “I can tell you it’s a very small gesture. Me wearing black isn’t going to change anything, but from small gestures come big ones. I think it’s important to let women know that you listen to them and believe them.”

Catherine Zeta-Jones. Picture: Getty Images)
Catherine Zeta-Jones. Picture: Getty Images)
Singer Kelly Clarkson. Picture: Getty Images
Singer Kelly Clarkson. Picture: Getty Images
Writer/director Martin McDonagh. Picture: Getty Images
Writer/director Martin McDonagh. Picture: Getty Images
Girls actor Allison Williams. Picture: AFP
Girls actor Allison Williams. Picture: AFP
Screenwriter Jane Campion. Picture: AFP
Screenwriter Jane Campion. Picture: AFP
Laura Marano. Picture: Getty Images
Laura Marano. Picture: Getty Images

9.50am: Massive security

The awards are being held amid unprecedented security of all kinds that lined the scene on Sunday, US time. Motorcycle officers cruised down the red carpet. A sniper in military attire put a large rifle on a tripod on a low rooftop of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Workers sneaked quick photos on the red carpet while they could. Fans who crammed into a small set of bleachers stood and strained to see any celebrity bigger than the gathered reporters.

The red carpet was scheduled to begin at 2pm Pacific, but will get busier closer to the start of the Globes ceremony at 5pm.

The winners in each category will get a burst of momentum ahead of the announcement of Oscar nominations on January 23. The Academy Awards ceremony is on March 4.

Zuri Hall. Picture: AFP
Zuri Hall. Picture: AFP

AP, agencies

9.30am: Sex scandals overshadow Globes

Meanwhile, as Hollywood’s awards season kicks off this weekend, a bigger question looms over the industry than whether Get Out or The Post will emerge as a favourite in the coming Oscar race. That is: how does the entertainment business throw a party after its reckoning over sexual harassment?

Read the Wall Street Journal’s analysis here

Bill Pullman. Picture: Getty Images/AFP
Bill Pullman. Picture: Getty Images/AFP
Debra Messing. Picture: Getty Images/AFP
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