Jimmy Fallon hosted the 74th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night. The show had its variety of moments, some of which will sit with us throughout the next few months, others that will fall out of the cultural conversation by the end of the week. Here are some of the best, and some of the worst, from the star-studded night.
La La Land broke a Globes record by winning seven awards, including best musical/comedy film. In fairness, the movie seemed obvious to win that many considering it's an actual musical that takes place in Los Angeles and features Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (both of whom also won their acting categories). Its director, Damien Chazelle, earned directing and screenplay awards to go along with the movie's Best Original Score and Best Original Song victories. Get ready: This is the start of having "City of Stars" stuck in your head until the Oscars.
After a montage displaying the incredible catalog of movies and roles to which Meryl Streep has lent her talent, the three-time Oscar-winner used her Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award speech to speak openly and honestly about everything but herself; namely, the climate that President-Elect Trump began starting at the beginning of his campaign. What followed was an amazing speech memorizing and identifying the non-American birthplaces of a handful of fellow actors to highlight their immigrant past and making an impressive statement for strong journalism in the years ahead, that quieted a intense room. She ended her lesson on empathy with a quote from the late Carrie Fisher: "Take your broken heart, make it into art."
After Mariah Carey's gaffe on New Year's Eve, wouldn't NBC double check that the teleprompter was functioning properly? Apparently not. Fallon laughed and stalled his way through a minute of awkwardness until a new monitor could be wheeled in. Fallon condemned Dick Clark Productions for possible sabotage instead.
In conclusion, the awards were something to watch with many amazing memories from this year’s Golden Globe Awards.
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