Golden Globes 2017: winners, nominations, and biggest moments

At Sunday’s Golden Globes, venerable actress Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment” — and in so doing made a controversial speech that took direct aim at President-elect Donald Trump without ever mentioning him by name. Streep’s speech dominated post-Globes conversation online for most of Sunday night and the following morning, garnering responses across the political spectrum.

Some praised the speech as “epic and powerful,” while others called it a classic example of Hollywood “elitism.” Even Trump himself joined in, calling Streep “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” and labeling her speech as an attack.

Animated movies are often some of the most entertaining and enjoyable out there. But as the Golden Globes have shown us time and again, nothing is safe or sacred at the awards show whose reputation is basically, “Everyone’s drinking, and anything goes.”

During Sunday’s ceremony, Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell introduced the films nominated for best animated feature film and turned their appearance into something of a macabre Olympics.

Meryl Streep won the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes Sunday night in honor of a career full of brilliant performances. And she used her acceptance speech to shame Donald Trump for the performance he’s given America over the past few years.

By “shame,” I mean Meryl carved him up and ate him for dinner.

On Sunday evening, Tracee Ellis Ross won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy for her scene-stealing performance on ABC’s Black-ish as efficient goofball Rainbow Johnson.

The category was stacked, and in winning it, Ross bested fellow nominees that included Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom. She also became the first black woman to win Best Actress in a Comedy since Debbie Allen won for Fame in 1983.

If you blinked, you missed it.

During Ryan Gosling’s walk to the stage to accept the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical, fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds was locking lips with Andrew Garfield. It was hard to see in real time, but here’s a quick video of it (check the left-hand corner of the screen):

In retrospect, we should’ve seen Jimmy Fallon’s opening Golden Globes number and monologue coming.

Fallon — who tapped in for Golden Globes hosting duties this year, following his former Saturday Night Live co-stars and 2015 hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — kicked off the ceremony with a rousing musical number, as is fitting for someone prone to sporadically bursting into song on The Tonight Show.

The 2017 Golden Globes, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, were held Sunday, January 8. Despite a (predictably) lackluster showing from Fallon, the ceremony mostly lived up to its reputation for being one of the most “fun” shows of awards season, with winsome moments, some unexpected humor, and one hell of a Meryl Streep speech. (Streep was presented with the Globes’ Cecile B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.”)

The night’s big winner was La La Land, which broke a record with seven wins — the most Golden Globes wins ever by a single film. Stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling won in the Best Performance categories for a comedy or musical, and the film won Best Motion Picture in the comedy or musical category.

Viola Davis gives great awards show speeches.

Yes, she thanks people who’ve made her win possible. And yes, she makes sure to work in a quick emotional beat at the end, to leave you realizing how moved she is to have worked on whatever project she just won for.

At Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, Billy Bob Thornton won the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Drama) for his performance in the Amazon Original Series Goliath, surprising a lot of people.

In his acceptance speech, Thornton thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for honoring him instead of his friend Bob Odenkirk, who was nominated in the same category for his work on AMC’s Better Call Saul. Thornton explained that he and Odenkirk have had a longstanding rivalry ever since they were, as he claimed, in a movie together in the 1940s. “There you go, bud,” Thornton gloated with a grin, as Odenkirk laughed in the crowd.

Every awards show is a little different from the rest, and every Golden Globes is a little different from its predecessors — but really, there are a few things you can count on seeing at every awards show, and at every Golden Globes. The winners and losers may change every January, but the awkward jokes about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and drunk celebrities will always be there.

So follow along with the Vox Culture team as we witness both the familiar and the strange at the 74th annual Golden Globes via these Vox bingo cards, and check off the quotes, the jokes, and the wins that will define this year’s ceremony.

The poorly kept secret of the Golden Globes is that they can be bought.

Voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the awards are famous for the lengths to which studios will go to woo the group’s membership — which usually numbers around 90. The most famous incident involved young actress Pia Zadora, who won an award in 1982 amid accusations that her husband had paid for it with an elaborate promotional campaign.