‘Nomadland’, satire ‘Borat 2’ win top Golden Globes

"Nomadland," a moving drama about van dwellers in recession-hit America from Searchlight Pictures, also took the best director prize for Chinese-born Chloe Zhao. It made Zhao only the second woman to win at the Globes in that category, and the first woman director of Asian descent to win.

Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" from Amazon Studios was named best comedy movie actor, while Andra Day was a surprise winner for playing singer Billie Holliday in "The United States vs Billie Holliday."

Emma Corrin accepts the Best Television Actress - Drama Series award for "The Crown," via video, from Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon in this handout photo from the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Feb 28, 2021. REUTERS

British royal drama "The Crown," comedy "Schitt's Creek," and limited-series chess saga "The Queen's Gambit" won the top awards in television.

Actors Emma Corrin, who played a young Princess Diana, Josh O'Connor, who played Prince Charles, and Gillian Anderson, who played Margaret Thatcher, in the Netflix royal series were also winners.

Netflix period drama "Mank," about the screenwriter of "Citizen Kane," had gone into Sunday's show with a leading six nods but ended the night empty-handed.

Elsewhere, "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman, whose death at 43 of an undisclosed battle with cancer stunned fans, won a posthumous best movie actor Golden Globe for his last performance in period jazz drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."

Actor Dan Levy speaks in this handout screengrab from the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Feb 28, 2021. REUTERS

British actors Daniel Kaluuya and John Boyega, and animated movie "Soul" were among other diverse winners chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which has been lambasted for having no Black people among its 87 members.

Members of the HFPA appeared on Sunday's show and pledged to do better.

The usual chummy gathering of A-listers at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills was replaced by webcams in the homes of mostly glammed-up celebrities, small physical audiences made up of masked frontline workers, and a skit about self-involved celebrities consulting doctors with their coronavirus concerns.

KEY WINNERS

Following is a list of winners in key categories:

MOVIES

BEST DRAMA

"Nomadland"

BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL

"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Chadwick Boseman - "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Andra Day - "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Sacha Baron Cohen - "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Rosamund Pike - "I Care a Lot"

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao - "Nomadland"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Daniel Kaluuya - "Judas and the Black Messiah"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jodie Foster - "The Mauritanian"

BEST ANIMATED FILM

"Soul"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Minari" (USA)

TELEVISION

BEST TV DRAMA SERIES

"The Crown"

BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL SERIES

"Schitt's Creek"

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA

Josh O'Connor - "The Crown"

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA

Emma Corrin - "The Crown"

BEST ACTOR, TV COMEDY/MUSICAL

Jason Sudeikis - "Ted Lasso"

BEST ACTRESS, TV COMEDY/MUSICAL

Catherine O'Hara - "Schitt's Creek"

BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

"The Queen's Gambit"

“Minari” wins best foreign-language film at the #GoldenGlobes. It was filmed entirely in the U.S., but a rule moved it into the foreign-film category because its characters often speak in Korean. https://t.co/B7e09ab7eB pic.twitter.com/qKdTDrLRPg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2021

Emma Corrin wins best actress in a drama series for “The Crown” at the #GoldenGlobes. She portrays Princess Diana, who was the central focus of Season 4. https://t.co/VawDhKcQWu pic.twitter.com/WcizSgIM4G
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2021