Ricky Gervais unleashed a barrage of insults on Hollywood Sunday night in Beverly Hills, during his opening monologue at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards.
The British comedian urged the A-list audience to skip their usual political speeches. He compared The Irishman actor Joe Pesci to Star Wars: The Mandalorian character Baby Yoda; and attacked the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the Globes voting body, for the lack of representation among this year’s nominees.
“Many talented people of color were snubbed in major categories. Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do about that. Hollywood foreign press are all very racist,” the five-time Globes host quipped. “We were going to do an In-Memoriam this year, but when I saw the list of people who died, it wasn’t diverse enough. No, it was mostly white people and I thought, nah, not on my watch. Maybe next year. Let’s see what happens.”
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To be fair, Cynthia Erivo, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Lopez were all nominated in the acting categories. While Beyoncé received a Best Original Song – Motion Picture nod for co-writing “Spirit” from The Lion King. Unfortunately, none of them won.
Related Story: Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Lopez Honored at Palm Springs Film Festival (Photos)
Despite their losses, Awkwafina made history as the first performer of Asian descent to take home a Golden Globe in the lead actress film category for her role in The Farewell.
In case you’re wondering who else picked up a Golden Globe, below is the list of winners.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1917
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Renee Zellweger, Judy
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Awkwafina, The Farewell
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Joker
MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Chernobyl
BEST ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
BEST DIRECTOR
Sam Mendes, 1917
BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – DRAMA
Olivia Colman, The Crown
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Patricia Arquette, The Act
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” – Rocketman
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY
Fleabag
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Missing Link
BEST SCREENPLAY
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – DRAMA
Brian Cox, Succession
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Parasite
BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – COMEDY
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Succession
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl
BEST ACTOR – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – COMEDY
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
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