Golden Globes 2020: Ellen Degeneres, Brad Pitt, Awkwafina reign supreme

Ellen DeGeneres was honored with the Carol Burnett Award at the 77th Golden Globe Awards Sunday night in Beverly Hills, California. The accolade is designed to recognize an honoree who has made outstanding contributions to the television medium on or off the screen. DeGeneres took home the honor in its second year, after Burnett herself was given the lifetime achievement award last year.

During DeGeneres’ acceptance speech at the Globes, she spoke about her gratitude for the award. “All I’ve ever wanted to do is make people feel good and laugh and there is no greater feeling than when someone tells me that I’ve made their day better with my show.”

The film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which is regarded as director and writer Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Los Angeles, had the biggest night, winning three of the five awards for which it was nominated: best screenplay for Tarantino, best supporting actor for Brad Pitt, and best comedic film.

Brad Pitt who earned a standing ovation first thanked his “partner in crime, co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Pitt couldn’t pass up a “Titanic” reference, adding: “I would’ve shared the raft!”

Awkwafina created history by becaming the first actress of Asian descent ever to win best actress in a musical or comedy for her film “The Farewell.” During an emotional acceptance speech, the actress, 31, thanked her family and those that contributed.

Other films that won more than one Golden Globe were “1917,” “Joker,” and “Rocketman”.Television shows that earned two were “Chernobyl,” “Fleabag,” and “Succession.”

Host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globe Awards leaving no one out in his monologue. Felicity Huffman, Cats, Joe Pesci, the Catholic Church, Judi Dench evan Hollywood itself took the brunt of the host’s jibes. The notoriously scathing British comic advised Golden Globe winners to skip the moralizing. “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything,Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” Gervais cautioned.”

Check out the full list of winners:

Best Actor, TV Series, Musical or Comedy

• Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
• Bill Hader, “Barry”
• Ben Platt, “The Politician”
• Paul Rudd, “Living With Yourself”
• Ramy Youssef, “Ramy” (winner)

Best Actor, Limited-Series or TV Movie

• Christopher Abbott, “Catch-22”
• Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Spy”
• Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice” (winner)
• Jared Harris, “Chernobyl”
• Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon”

Best Supporting Actor, Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie

• Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
• Kiernan Culkin, “Succession”
• Andrew Scott, “Fleabag”
• Stellan Skarsgård, “Chernobyl” (winner)
• Henry Winkler, “Barry”

Best TV Series, Drama

• “Big Little Lies”
• “The Crown”
• “Killing Eve”
• “The Morning Show”
• “Succession” (winner)

Best Actress, TV Series, Musical or Comedy

• Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
• Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Kirsten Dunst, “On Becoming a God in Central Florida”
• Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll”
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” (winner)

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

• “The Farewell”
• “Pain and Glory”
• “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
• “Parasite” (winner)
• “Les Misérables”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

• Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
• Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, “Parasite”
• Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”
• Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (winner)
• Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”

Best Actor, TV Series, Drama

• Brian Cox, “Succession” (winner)
• Kit Harington, “Game of Thrones”
• Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”
• Tobias Menzies, “The Crown”
• Billy Porter, “Pose”

Best Motion Picture, Animated

• “Frozen 2”
• “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
• “The Lion King”
• “Missing Link” (winner)
• “Toy Story 4”

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

• Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
• Annette Bening, “The Report”
• Laura Dern, “Marriage Story” (winner)
• Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
• Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

Best Supporting Actress, Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie

• Patricia Arquette, “The Act” (winner)
• Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
• Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”
• Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies”
• Emily Watson, “Chernobyl”

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

• “Beautiful Ghosts” from “Cats”
• “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” (winner)
• “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen 2”
• “Spirit” from “The Lion King”
• “Stand Up” from “Harriet”

Best Actress, Limited-Series or TV Movie

• Kaitlyn Dever, “Unbelievable”
• Joey King, “The Act”
• Helen Mirren, “Catherine the Great”
• Merritt Wever, “Unbelievable”
• Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon” (winner)

Best Motion Picture, Drama

• “1917” (winner)
• “The Irishman”
• “Joker”
• “Marriage Story”
• “The Two Popes”

Best TV Movie or Limited-Series

• “Catch-22”
• “Chernobyl” (winner)
• “Fosse/Verdon”
• “The Loudest Voice”
• “Unbelievable”

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy

• “Barry”
• “Fleabag” (winner)
• “The Kominsky Method”
• “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• “The Politician”

Best Actress, TV Series, Drama

• Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
• Olivia Colman, “The Crown” (winner)
• Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
• Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
• Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

• Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
• Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
• Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
• Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
• Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (winner)

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Daniel Craig, “Knives Out”
• Roman Griffin Davis, “Jojo Rabbit”
• Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
• Taron Egerton, “Rocketman” (winner)
• Eddie Murphy, “Dolemite is My Name”

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama

• Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
• Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
• Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
• Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
• Renée Zellweger, “Judy” (winner)

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama

• Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari”
• Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
• Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
• Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” (winner)
• Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

Best Director, Motion Picture

• Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”
• Sam Mendes, “1917” (winner)
• Todd Phillips, “Joker”
• Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
• Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Ana De Armas, “Knives Out”
• Awkwafina, “The Farewell” (winner)
• Cate Blanchett, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette”
• Beanie Feldstein, “Booksmart”
• Emma Thompson, “Late Night”

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• “Dolemite is My Name”
• “Jojo Rabbit”
• “Knives Out”
• “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (winner)
• “Rocketman”

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

• Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women”
• Hildur Guđnadóttir, “Joker” (winner)
• Randy Newman, “Marriage Story”
• Thomas Newman, “1917”
• Daniel Pemberton, “Motherless Brooklyn”