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‘Three Billboards’ wins big with 4 Golden Globes

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LOS ANGELES: Dark drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner with four Golden Globes awards on Sunday on a night marked by scathing jokes


about sexual harassment and passionate odes to those breaking their silence.


Mother-daughter comedy “Lady Bird” was named best comedy film and the indie A24 movie’s star Saoirse Ronan won for comedy actress.


Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader Winston Churchill in Focus Features’ “Darkest Hour” and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother seeking vengeance in Fox Searchlight’s “Three Billboards.”


James Franco won the comedy actor award for his cult movie homage “The Disaster Artist,” also from A24. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy “The Shape of Water.”


However, the night was dominated not by who took home prizes but by jokes and speeches about the sexual misconduct scandal that has rocked Hollywood.


Referring to the male nominees gathered in Beverly Hills for the top television and movie awards, Globes host Seth Meyers said: “This is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.”


The evening began with the normally colourful red carpet transformed into a sea of black gowns as every actress showed solidarity with victims of sexual harassment inside and outside the entertainment industry. Many have given their own harrowing accounts.


Women kept up the theme inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom.


“This year, we became the story,” Oprah Winfrey said in a rousing speech while accepting the annual lifetime achievement award.


McDormand said she was proud to be a woman in the industry. “It’s great to be here and be part of the tectonic shift in our industry’s power structure,” she said.


Laura Dern, a supporting actress winner for “Big Little Lies,” said: “May we teach our children that speaking out without retribution is our culture’s new north star.”


The HBO TV series was one of several female-driven winners on Sunday.


The Golden Globes ceremony, the first of the major awards shows in the run-up to the Oscars in March, marked the first big test for how Hollywood would handle the scandal. — Reuters


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