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Axios reports: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a pre-recorded video message at the Golden Globes on Tuesday night that while the war against Russia’s invading military “is not over” yet, “the tide is turning.” “The First World War claimed millions of lives,” said Zelensky. “The Second World War claimed tens of millions of them. There will be no Third …

From the Hollywood Reporter: Once again, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais did not shy away from hot-button topics in his monologue, even as he told the stars attending on Sunday not to elongate their acceptance speeches by referring to contentious current events. At the top of the annual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, Gervais ended his monologue by telling the …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: Marriage Story leads the film nominees for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, landing six nominations, followed by The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with five apiece. Joker and The Two Popes landed four noms each. On the television side, Chernobyl, The Crown and Unbelievable are tops with four noms apiece. Following with …

NBC News reports: An awards show long known for its iconoclastic choices didn’t disappoint, not only choosing “Bohemian Rhaposody” over “A Star is Born” for best dramatic film, but picking several lower profile performances — like British actress Olivia Colman as best actress in a comedy/musical for her role as Queen Anne in “The Favourite,” over Emily Blunt in “Mary …

The Associated Press reports: The Golden Globe Awards will introduce a new TV special achievement trophy at next month’s telecast and name it after its first recipient — comedic icon Carol Burnett. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday the Carol Burnett Award — the small-screen version of the group’s film counterpart, the Cecil B. DeMille Award — will annually …

Pitchfork reports: The nominees for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards have been announced. Donald Glover is in the running for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, though “Atlanta” itself did not receive any nominations. Up for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture are Kendrick and SZA’s “All the Stars” (Black Panther), Troye Sivan and Jónsi’s …

CNN reports: Oprah Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday. The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely, talked in the wake of Winfrey’s extraordinary speech at the Golden Globes Sunday night, which spurred chatter about a 2020 run. Some of Winfrey’s confidants have been privately urging her …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Oprah Winfrey for president was something of a running theme throughout the Golden Globes on Sunday, beginning with Seth Meyers’ opening monologue. He jokingly forbade Winfrey from considering the presidency. But the trend picked up steam as the night unfolded, particularly after Winfrey’s impassioned acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award. It didn’t take …

Meryl Streep tonight accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes and devoted her acceptance speech to eviscerating Donald Trump, whom she never mentioned by name. A partial transcript from her speech: As an actor’s only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us, and let you feel what that feels like, and …

The Guardian: ‘I’m going to be nice tonight’ promises Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais in his opening speech at this year’s ceremony in Los Angeles. The actor, comedian and Hollywood bête noire left the film and television industries’ biggest stars gasping in shock, delight and discomfort as he poked fun at everyone from Caitlyn Jenner to Jennifer Lawrence to Roman …

Give us your predictions and reactions. UPDATE: The full list of winners is here.

Via USA Today: Birdman led the movie nominations with seven; Boyhood and Imitation Game are next with five each. HBO led the TV nominations with 15. Selma, which was overlooked by the Screen Actors Guild, earned a nomination in the best motion picture, drama category. It is joined by Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything. Just …

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Tammy Bruce is taking her cue from fellow homocon Matt Drudge.

Closeted homosexual Matt Drudge is very disappointed with tonight’s Golden Globes. What did you think? The complete list of winners and nominees is here.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)   Argo Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)   Les Miserables Best Director  Ben Affleck, Argo  Best Actor (Drama)  Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln  Best Actress  (Drama)  Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)  Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)  Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Best Supporting Actor (Motion Picture)  Christoph Waltz, Django …

I’ll have video shortly. UPDATE:  From Mediaite writer Matt Wilstein: Jodie Foster had the Golden Globes audience on the edge of their seats as she accepted the special Cecil B. DeMille Award. She began by thanking Robert Downey, Jr., who presented the award to her, but quickly went off in a more personal direction, hinting that she was about to …

Jessica Lange!