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WINNER: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country) — female actor in a television limited series, anthology series or television film
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“The greatest thing about being this age and being in this time is having a community of all these people,” says Jodie Foster as she accepts her fifth (!) Golden Globe for the latest season of True Detective.
As she did at the Emmys, Foster dedicated her win, in part, to the Indigenous people whose stories assisted the Alaska-set show – “they changed my life, and hopefully they’ll change yours.”
WINNER: Colin Farrell (The Penguin) — male actor in television limited series, anthology series or television film
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Everyone’s favorite Irishman Colin Farrell is delightful as always, shouting out craft services and the other team members on HBO’s The Penguin. “You all know it takes a village, whether it’s a small screen or a big screen.”
But special thanks go to the show’s “extraordinary makeup team”, who rendered him unrecognizable as the Gotham villain, with three hours of prosthetics each day. “I guess it’s prosthetics from here on out,” he joked.
WINNER: Emilia Pérez — non-English language motion picture
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It’s looking like it could be a big night for Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s gonzo musical / thriller / soap opera about a former Mexican cartel boss who transitions genders.
“Thank you for celebrating with us a certain idea of fluidity,” the French director says through a translator. “In these troubled times I hope that Emilia Pérez will be a beacon of light for those of us not lucky enough to count among their friends a woman as powerful and passionate as” the film’s star, Karla Sofia Gascón.
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The preeminent news outlet of our time, Pop Crave, has posted host Nikki Glaser’s full opening monologue. Her bit, balancing jabs and tributes, got much, much better reactions than Jo Koy’s cringefest last year, which went down like a lead balloon in the room and was roundly mocked after.
WINNER: Ali Wong – standup comedy performance
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The awards show veteran Ali Wong, last year’s best actress in a limited series winner for Beef, wins for her latest, post-divorce standup special Single Lady, and shouts out her hometown of San Francisco. Tough break for the host, Nikki Glaser, who was also nominated.
WINNER: Peter Straughan (Conclave) – motion picture screenplay
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The first win tonight for the best drama contender Conclave goes to the screenwriter Peter Straughan, who adapted Robert Harris’s airport novel into a thrilling, taut drama of petty cardinals and Vatican gossip.
WINNER: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) – male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
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A bit of a surprise, given the shift in opinion on The Bear at the Emmys and my expectation that the Globes voting bloc would be charmed by Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This. Jeremy Allen White isn’t in attendance, so presenter Jennifer Coolidge accepts on his behalf.
WINNER: Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun) – male supporting actor on television
Another win for the TV show heavily predicted to dominate the drama categories. “Maybe you don’t know me. I’m an actor from Japan,” a triumphant Tadanobu Asano says to cheers. He’s apparently jet-lagged because, he reports, he flew in from Japan for this show and will fly back out to set right after.
But first – “this is a very big present for me,” he shouts, “thank you so much!”
WINNER: Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) – female supporting actor on television
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Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning tells a sweet story about getting a hamster for Christmas as an eight-year-old and repeatedly saying, in her Yorkshire accent, “I can’t believe this is happening to me.”
The line has become a slogan for her big year since the Netflix show aired – “I cannot believe that any of this is happening to me,” she says.
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Glaser continues to keep it light – much gentler than her comedy can be – with a would-be musical bit that seemingly aims at the papal thriller Conclave and Wicked, sporting a papal hat and Glinda and, but mostly pokes fun at herself for singing in front of one Elton John.
