Golden Globes spread love around, except to North Korea - and Bill Cosby

Hollywood toasted free speech in its myriad forms, from “Je Suis Charlie” tributes to George Clooney punchlines, at an earnest Golden Globes on Sunday. Coming of age tale “Boyhood” won the coveted Golden Globe for best drama, while the quirky period caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was the surprise winner for best comedy or musical, in a big upset to awards season front-runner “Birdman.” The first major awards for the Hollywood film industry this year were scattered widely among many films, potentially setting up a complex race towards the industry’s top honours, the Oscars, on Feb. 22. Kevin Spacey did win best actor in a TV drama series, his first Globe after eight nominations, for his role as the conniving politician Frank Underwood in “House of Cards.”

Tonight we are celebrating all TV shows we know and love and all the movies North Korea was OK with.

Tina Fey

Third-time hosts Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler opened the show with a joke about the cyberattack, which the U.S. government has blamed on North Korea. The pair also made jokes about the rape allegations against Bill Cosby. “Je Suis Charlie” reverberated throughout, from signs held aloft on the red carpet by the likes of Helen Mirren to the speeches of Cecil B. DeMille winner George Clooney, who evoked the name of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and presenter Jared Leto. HFPA President Theo Kingma drew a standing ovation for pledging support to free speech “from North Korea to Paris.” Perhaps one of the most moving parts of the evening was George Clooney’s speech after accepting the lifetime achievement award at 53. He spoke passionately about his wife, Amal Clooney.

It’s a humbling thing when you find somebody to love.

George Clooney

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