Daniel Kaluuya took home the first award of the night in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category as the first ever bi-coastal Golden Globes ceremony kicked off.
The 32-year-old British actor overcame technical difficulties to give his acceptance speech as he was recognized over his riveting portrayal of Chicago Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah.
Laura Dern presented the first award of the night and the camera cut back to her before Daniel was immediately shown back on the broadcast.
Legendary: Daniel Kaluuya took home the first award of the night in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category as the first ever bi-coastal Golden Globes ceremony kicked off
Stunning: The 32-year-old British actor overcame technical difficulties to give his acceptance speech as he was recognized over his incredible portrayal of Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah
He said: ‘Can you hear me now? All right, cool. We got this. Thank you for the accolade, thank you to my mom, my sister, my niece Yo, I used to listen to a song, I used to listen to a song before every speech. Thank you for “The game is mine,”
‘I want like to thank, it takes a village to raise a film, I would like to thank our leader, for your vision and collaboration, and Ryan — and Charles king, everyone at macro, like to thank Warner bros., and I like to thank the incredible cast, you know, I stand with you, my bro. All the crew, all the cast, the rest of the cast and my comrades, all the crew in Cleveland, we have done it.’
This year’s ceremony, which usually takes place in early January, was pushed back to February 28 as Hollywood continues to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic and new safety guidelines.
Shining star: Laura Dern presented the first award of the night and the camera cut back to her before Daniel was immediately shown back on the broadcast
He’s back! Daniel said: ‘Can you hear me now? All right, cool. We got this. Thank you for the accolade, thank you to my mom, my sister, my niece Yo, I used to listen to a song, I used to listen to a song before every speech. Thank you for “The game is mine”
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey kicked off the night as they returned to host for the fourth time. The comedy duo did the honors in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
It is the first ever awards show to be broadcast from two separate coasts.
Fey, 50, is broadcasting from atop New York City’s Rockefeller Center in the Rainbow Room and Poehler, 49, in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the ceremony is usually held annually.
Nominees will be tuning into the ceremony remotely but presenters have been asked to appear in person.
The impressive list of presenters this year includes; Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo, Annie Mumolo, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Wiig and Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Sterling K. Brown, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Margot Robbie, Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson, Kate Hudson and Kenan Thompson.
Satchel and Jackson Lee, children of three-time Golden Globe nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and producer/philanthropist Tonya Lewis Lee, are serving as the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.
Jane Fonda, 83, is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an accolade for film. The acting icon has previously won Golden Globes for her roles in Klute, Julia and Coming Home.
Norman Lear will be honored with the Carol Burnett Award, a counterpart to the DeMille Award that focuses on life achievement in television. The writer, director and producer is a six-time Golden Globe winner.
Nominations were announced on February 3 with streaming giant Netflix receiving 42 nominations across film and television.
Dynamic duo: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey kicked off the night as they returned to host for the fourth time. The comedy duo did the honors in 2013, 2014 and 2015
David Fincher’s Mank lead with six nominations across film, while The Crown also topped the TV categories with the same number of nominations.
Netflix smash-hit Emily in Paris found itself as one of the more controversially nominated shows, landing a nomination for best TV series, musical or comedy. The show’s star, Lily Collins, also got a nod for best actress.
Much of the uproar surrounding the nomination stems from the snubbing of Michaela Coel, whose HBO drama I May Destroy You failed to land any nominations.
Deborah Copaken, one of the writers of Emily in Paris, even spoke out to criticize the Hollywood Foreign Press for shunning Coel.
Wow factor: Fey, 50, is broadcasting from atop New York City’s Rockefeller Center in the Rainbow Room and Poehler, 49, in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the ceremony is usually held annually
Copaken tweeted that it was ‘just wrong’, and later expanded on her thoughts in an op-ed for the Guardian.
‘Am I excited that Emily in Paris was nominated? Yes. Of course. I’ve never been remotely close to seeing a Golden Globe statue up close, let alone being nominated for one,’ she wrote.
‘But that excitement is now unfortunately tempered by my rage over Coel’s snub. That I May Destroy You did not get one Golden Globe nod is not only wrong, it’s what is wrong with everything.
‘We need art that reflects all of our colors, not just some. But we also need to give awards to shows (and music and films and plays and musicals) that deserve them, no matter the color of the skin of their creators,’ she went on to write.
Last year’s 77th Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, averaged 19.2 million viewers, making it one of the most-watched network telecasts of 2020.