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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Return As Hosts, Call Out HFPA Over 'No Black Journalists'
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made their triumphant return to the Golden Globes as hosts of the 2021 ceremony. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fey broadcast live from New York’s iconic Rainbow Room and Poehler from LA’s Beverly Hilton, the usual host for the Globes banquet.
The pair didn’t pull their punches, echoing critiques lobbed against The Hollywood Foreign Press Association for its lack of diversity.
“The HFPA is made up of around 90 international — no Black — journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life,” Fey quipped.
Turning more serious, Fey said, “we all know that awards shows are stupid,” but “even with stupid things, inclusivity is important. And there are no Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press. I realize, HFPA, maybe you guys didn’t get the memo because your workplace is the back booth of a French McDonalds, but you gotta change that.”
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You’re On Mute, Daniel
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Daniel Kaluuya won the award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture for his work in “Judas and The Black Messiah,” but fell victim to a mishap we’ve all encountered at least once over the last year: he was on mute.
When presenter Laura Dern tried to toss to Kaluuya to give his acceptance speech, the first of the night, she and the viewers at home were met with silence. At one point, Dern was prepared to accept the award on his behalf but, thankfully, Kaluuya turned his sound back on. “You tried to do me dirty,” he joked.
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Don Cheadle Tells Jason Sudeikis To 'Wrap It Up'
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Jason Sudeikis was caught off guard by his win for Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, which may have contributed to his fumbling start. After initially being at a loss for words, Sudeikis found his footing, poignantly quoting famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy — until fellow nominee Don Cheadle cheekily made the “wrap it up” gesture on the group call.
Sudeikis quickly noticed Cheadle’s signal, quipping, "And Don's right, I need to wrap this puppy up, it's never been my forte.” He concluded, “Thank you, I appreciate you guys and shout-out to my fellow nominees."
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Jodie Foster Kisses Wife Alexandra Hedison As She Celebrates Her Surprise Win
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Suffice it to say no one was more surprised that Jodie Foster won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture than, well, Jodie Foster.
"Are you kidding me? I think you made a mistake. I'm a little speechless. I just never expected to ever be here again and wow, I have to thank all of my amazing filmmakers," Foster said.
Before accepting the award, she kissed her wife Alexandra Hedison, whom she watching the telecast with. The famously private star came out publicly at the 2013 Golden Gloves when she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
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Tracy Morgan Mispronounces ‘Soul’
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Tracy Morgan got a bit tongue-tied when announcing the winner of Best Original Score during the Golden Globes broadcast. The actor and comedian, 52, accidentally mispronounced the name of the winner, the Disney Pixar film “Soul,” as “Sal.”
Morgan later apologized on Twitter, writing, "Sorry SOUL. I was thinking about the pizza I was going to get from my guy SAL on the way home!!"
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Norman Lear Accepts The Carol Burnett Award
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The much-lauded creator of iconic TV shows such as “All In The Family”, “Good Times” and “One Day At A Time,” was 2021’s recipient of the HFPA’s Carol Burnett Award.
“It knocks me out to be introduced by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, and to accept an award, this award in the name of Carol Burnett,” said the 98-year-old Hollywood legend. “I could not feel more blessed. I am convinced that laughter adds time to one’s life, and nobody has made me laugh harder, nobody I owe more time to than Carol Burnett and the brilliant team that helped her realize her comedic genius.”
Lear continued, “At close to 99, I can tell you I’ve never lived alone. I’ve never laughed alone. And that has as much to do with my being here today as anything else I know.”
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Jane Fonda Makes Impassioned Plea For More Diversity In Hollywood
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While accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her lifetime of achievement, Jane Fonda took the opportunity to call on the power-brokers in Hollywood to “expand that tent so that everyone rises and everyone’s story has a chance to be seen and heard.”
“Stories, they really can change people,” Fonda said. “But there’s a story we’ve been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in this industry, a story about which voices we respect and elevate and which we tune out, a story about who is offered a seat at the table and who is kept out of the rooms where decisions are made.”
She continued, “I mean, doing this simply means acknowledging what’s true, being in step with the emerging diversity that’s happening because of all those who marched and fought in the past and those who have picked up the baton today. After all, art has always been not just in step with history, but has led the way. So let’s be leaders; okay?”
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‘It’s Good To Be Black’
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“This Is Us” costars Sterling K. Brown and Susan Kelechi Watson were very aware of the controversy surrounding the Golden Globes. When they took the stage to present, they both joked that it was “Good to be Black” at the Golden Globes. The HFPA came under intense scrutiny in the run up to the Globes ceremony for its lack of diversity.
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A Moving Tribute For Chadwick Boseman
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The late actor posthumously won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Motion Picture - Drama for his enthralling performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf, fighting back tears as she delivered a powerful tribute to the star.
“He would thank God. He would thank his parents,” Ledward Boseman said. “He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices. He would thank his incredible team.”
She added, “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you, ‘You can,’ that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history.”
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Chloé Zhao Becomes First Asian-American Woman To Win Best Director
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“Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao made history becoming the first Asian-American woman to win a Golden Globe for best director and only the second woman EVER to win the honour. The only other female recipient of the award was Barbra Streisand, who won for “Yentl” nearly 40 years ago.
"This award belongs to the whole 'Nomadland' team," Zhao said. "Thank you, everyone who made it possible for me to do what I love."
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