January 8, 2018
"Big Little Lies" from the television world and "Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" from the movie universe won four awards
each at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, which saw Indian American actor-comedian
Aziz Ansari make history for Asians.
Ansari, born to a Muslim family from
Tamil Nadu, won Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or
Comedy for "Master of None", which he also writes and directs.
His win
reportedly marked the second time an actor of South Asian descent has won a
Golden Globe in 35 years. Ben Kingsley, who is of Indian descent, won for Best
Actor - Motion Picture, Drama in 1982.
The Golden Globe Awards ceremony
this year, which had celebrities crusading against sexual harassment and gender
bias, saw special moments and statements galore.
Among the big winners,
"Big Little Lies", an HBO series, won three honours in individual acting
categories -- Nicole Kidman (Best Performance by an actress in a limited series
of a motion picture made for TV), Laura Dern (Actress Supporting Role) and
Alexander Skarsgard (Actor in a supporting role).
It also won the Best
limited series or motion picture made for television.
Kidman shared the
honour with fellow executive producer and star Reese Witherspoon as well as
co-stars Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz, and Shailene Woodley.
Kidman, who plays
Celeste Wright -- a victim of domestic abuse -- shared a message of hope: "'The
character that I play represents something that is the center of our
conversation right now: abuse. I do believe and hope that we can elicit change
through the stories we tell and the way we tell them."
The movie "Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' was named Best Motion Picture - Drama.
Frances McDormand won Best Actress, Sam Rockwell nabbed the Best Actor in a
Supporting Role and Martin McDonagh bagged the Best Screenplay honour for it.
Apart from Ansari, among those who registered a first at the gala were actor
Oprah Winfrey who became the first black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille
Award, Sterling K. Brown who became first African-American male actor ever to
win a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama for the role of Randall
Pearson in hit series "This Is Us" and Gary Oldman -- Best Actor in a Motion
Picture - Drama for "Darkest Hour".
Rachel Brosnahan also scored her
first Golden Globe win and was named Best performance by an Actress in a TV
series - Musical or Comedy for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".
Guillermo del
Toro got the Best Director nod for "The Shape of Water", beating out an all-male
nominee line-up. "Lady Bird" won the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy,
James Franco won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or
Comedy for "The Disaster Artist", Allison Janney won Best Performance by an
Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture for "I, Tonya".
"Coco"
won Best Animated Film, while the Best Foreign Language Film was Germany's "In
The Fade".
In the music department, the Best Original Score and Best
Original Song for a motion picture went to Alexandre Desplat ("The Shape of
Water") and "This Is Me" ("The Greatest Showman") respectively.
"The
Handmaid's Tale" was named Best Television Series - Drama, and in the musical or
comedy category, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" won.