The 2016 Golden Globe awards are in the books and Mr. Robot, Lady Gaga and The Revenant were among the big winners of the night …
Award season has officially picked up with the Golden Globes honoring the best on television and in film with dozens of awards being handed out. At the top of the list for film awards, The Revenant cleaned up in the three major categories winning best director, best actor and best film of the year.
Leonardo DiCaprio won for best actor as most predicted but this was just a precursor to his real award winning goal this year, which is to finally take home an Oscar for best actor — an award that has continually eluded him despite several outstanding performances.
The Revenant also won for best drama and best director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who will surely get a lot of nods for the Academy Awards as well on the heels of his last win for Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) in 2015.
The Martian (our pick for the best movie of 2015) also won for best comedy while Matt Damon won for best actor in a comedy. Considering no one really believed The Martian was a comedy this was a rather dubious honor but chances are The Martian will be going head to head with The Revenant in most of the award shows between now and the Academy Awards.
The television categories featured several upsets and surprises including Lady Gaga getting the win for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her performance on American Horror Story: Hotel this season. She was brought to near tears as she accepted the award in her first featured role on television.
Freshman hit Mr. Robot (also our pick for best TV show of the year) won for best TV drama with Christian Slater also getting a victory for best supporting actor in a drama.
The full list of Golden Globe award winners listed below:
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama — Kate Winslet — Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama — Maura Tierney — The Affair
Best Actress in a Television Comedy — Rachel Bloom — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Best TV Series Comedy — Mozart in the Jungle
Best Limited Series or TV Movie — Wolf Hall
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie — Oscar Isaac — Show Me a Hero
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series — Christian Slater — Mr. Robot
Best Original Score — Ennio Morricone — The Hateful Eight
Best Actor in a TV Series Drama — Jon Hamm — Mad Men
Best Actor in a Comedy — Matt Damon — The Martian
Best Animated Film — Inside Out
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama — Sylvester Stallone — Creed
Best Screenplay — Steve Jobs — Aaron Sorkin
Best Actor in Television Series Comedy — Gael Garcia Bernal — Mozart in the Jungle
Best Foreign Language Film — Son of Saul from Hungary
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie — Lady Gaga — American Horror Story: Hotel
Best Original Song — ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ by Sam Smith from Spectre
Best TV Series Drama — Mr. Robot
Best Director — Alejandro G. Iñárritu — The Revenant
Best Actress in a TV Series Drama — Taraji P. Henson — Empire
Best Actress in a Comedy — Jennifer Lawrence — Joy
Best Film Comedy — The Martian
Best Actress in a Drama — Brie Larson — Room
Best Actor in a Drama — Leonardo DiCaprio — The Revenant
Best Film Drama — The Revenant
