75th Golden Globe Awards: And the winners are...

Oprah Winfrey becomes the first black woman to win the Cecil B. DeMille award


Entertainment Desk January 08, 2018
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The 75th Golden Globes were held on Sunday at Beverly Hilton in California, Los Angeles. According to the Hindustan Times, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Lady Bird, Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale took the major film and TV awards highlighting how important 2017 was for women. These movies with women in prominent roles, along with Oprah Winfrey's speech and the Time's Up movement that witnessed supporters wearing all-black - the Golden Globes' screamed women empowerment.

According to CNN, here's a list of all the winners from the groundbreaking ceremony that took place this weekend.

- Movies -

Best Motion Picture - Drama

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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Lady Bird

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Director

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Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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James Franco, The Disaster Artist

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

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Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

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Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture

The Shape of Water

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture

This Is Me, The Greatest Showman

Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

In the Fade

Best Animated Film

Coco

- TV -

Best TV series - Drama

The Handmaid's Tale

Best performance by Actress in a TV series - Drama

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

Best performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama

Sterling K. Brown, This is Us

Best TV series - Musical or Comedy

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Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best performance by an Actor in a TV series - Musical or Comedy

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Aziz Ansari, Master of None

Best performance by an Actress in a TV series - Musical or Comedy

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Big Little Lies

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Ewan McGregor, Fargo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

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According to The Independent, Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman to win the Cecil B. DeMille award. She received a lengthy standing ovation that she had to calm down and her speech stole the show.

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Oprah spoke about her feelings she had as a young girl - watching Sidney Poitier be the first black woman to receive an Oscar and how she also hoped to make an impact on young women. In the wake of the sexual misconduct allegations that has taken Hollywood by a storm, 63-year-old philanthropist said "Speaking the truth is the most powerful tool you all have."

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