With Jimmy Fallon as the host, this year’s ceremony showered honors on Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s modern musical La La Land, which took home a Golden Globe for each of the seven categories in which it was nominated. Along with being named the year’s best movie (in the comedy or musical category) and awarding trophies to both its stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the film also took home Golden Globes for its director, screenplay, and original score, and original song, City of Stars.
On the dramatic side, Moonlight was named the year’s best drama film, with Manchester by the Sea star Casey Affleck and Elle star Isabelle Huppert named the year’s best dramatic actors. The win for Affleck is particularly notable given the involvement of Amazon Studios in the project, as it was the first Golden Globe Award won for a film produced by Amazon’s movie- and television-making studio.
A few, select television projects dominated the small-screen nominations, with Netflix taking home two Golden Globes for The Crown, which beat HBO’s Game of Thrones and Westworld to be named the year’s best drama series and sent its star Claire Foy home with an additional award for the year’s best actress in a drama series. Amazon Studios also claimed an additional award on the television side, with Goliath star Billy Bob Thornton beating Rami Malek of Mr. Robot and Bob Odenkirk of Better Call Saul for the Golden Globe awarded to the year’s best actor in a drama series.
Also earning multiple Golden Globes for television projects were the two dramatic miniseries The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story and The Night Manager, which took home two and three awards, respectively, on the night. It was a particularly good night for Atlanta creator Donald Glover, who took home the Golden Globe for the year’s best actor in a comedy or musical series, and saw his celebrated new series win the award for the year’s best comedy or musical series — beating Amazon’s Transparent and HBO’s Veep, as well as last year’s winner, Mozart in the Jungle.
The ceremony also honored Meryl Streep, an eight-time Golden Globe winner herself, with the 2017 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Streep offered up one of the show’s memorable moments with an acceptance speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s treatment of the disabled, journalists, people of foreign descent, and artists in various media.
The full list of the night’s nominees and winners settled out as follows:
BEST MOTION PICTURE — DRAMA
Hacksaw Ridge (Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate)
Hell or High Water (CBS Films/Lionsgate)
Lion (The Weinstein Co.)
Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios)
WINNER: Moonlight (A24)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE — DRAMA
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
WINNER: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE — DRAMA
WINNER: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
BEST MOTION PICTURE — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
20th Century Women (A24)
Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER: La La Land (Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate)
Sing Street (The Weinstein Co.)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
WINNER: Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
WINNER: Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
BEST MOTION PICTURE — ANIMATED
Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus Features)
Moana (The Walt Disney Studios)
My Life as a Zucchini (GKIDS)
Sing (Universal Pictures)
WINNER: Zootopia (The Walt Disney Studios)
BEST MOTION PICTURE — FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Divines (Netflix)
WINNER: Elle (Sony Pictures Classics)
Neruda (The Orchard)
The Salesman (Cohen Media Group)
Toni Erdmann (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
WINNER: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
BEST DIRECTOR — MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
BEST SCREENPLAY — MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE — MOTION PICTURE
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
WINNER: Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Johann Johannsson, Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch, Hidden Figures
BEST ORIGINAL SONG — MOTION PICTURE
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
Music by: Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Shellback
Lyrics by: Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Shellback
WINNER: “City of Stars,” La La Land
Music by: Justin Hurwitz
Lyrics by: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
“Faith,” Sing
Music by: Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder, Francis Farewell Starlight
Lyrics by: Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder, Francis Farewell Starlight
“Gold,” Gold
Music by: Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, Daniel Pemberton, Iggy Pop
Lyrics by: Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, Daniel Pemberton, Iggy Pop
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana
Music by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lyrics by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
BEST TELEVISION SERIES — DRAMA
WINNER: The Crown, Netflix
Game of Thrones, HBO
Stranger Things, Netflix
This is Us, NBC
Westworld, HBO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES — DRAMA
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
WINNER: Claire Foy, The Crown
Keri Russell, The Americans
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES — DRAMA
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
WINNER: Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath
BEST TELEVISION SERIES — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
WINNER: Atlanta, FX
Blackish, ABC
Mozart in the Jungle, Amazon
Transparent, Amazon
Veep, HBO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
WINNER: Tracee Ellis Ross, Blackish
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES — MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, Blackish
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
WINNER: Donald Glover, Atlanta
Nick Nolte, Graves
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
American Crime, ABC
The Dresser, Starz
The Night Manager, AMC
The Night Of, HBO
WINNER: The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story, FX
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience
WINNER: Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story
Charlotte Rampling, London Spy
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
WINNER: Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
John Turturro, The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Olivia Coleman, The Night Manager
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz, This is Us
Mandy Moore, This is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story
WINNER: Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager
John Lithgow, The Crown
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
John Travolta, The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story
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