# 75th Golden Globe Awards
The 75th [Golden Globe Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-globe-awards) honored the best in film and American television of 2017 and was held on Sunday evening, January 7, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton hotel in [Beverly Hills, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/beverly-hills-california). Voted by the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-foreign-press-association) (HFPA) and broadcast on NBC, the ceremony was hosted by Seth Meyers and became the first major live television broadcast after the sexual-harassment revelations that had engulfed Hollywood, making it the debut public moment of the Time's Up movement.[1](https://time.com/5091974/golden-globes-2018-review/) • [2](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/three-billboards-lady-bird-win-big-at-75th-golden-globes) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/70thNoms-list)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | Sunday, January 7, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California[2](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/three-billboards-lady-bird-win-big-at-75th-golden-globes) |
| Host | Seth Meyers[2](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/three-billboards-lady-bird-win-big-at-75th-golden-globes) |
| Broadcast | NBC, produced by dick clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/70thNoms-list) |
| Top film winners | *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* with four Globes; *Lady Bird* with two[4](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/reckoning-and-celebration-at-the-75th-golden-globes/) |
| Top TV winners | *Big Little Lies* with four Globes; *The Handmaid's Tale* with two[4](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/reckoning-and-celebration-at-the-75th-golden-globes/) |
| Cecil B. DeMille Award | Oprah Winfrey, the first African-American woman to receive it[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/times-up-a-report-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globe-awards) |
| Nomination leaders | *The Shape of Water* in film and *Big Little Lies* in television[6](https://avclub.com/the-big-good-sick-place-the-a-v-club-editors-biggest-1821184998) |
## Time's Up and the black-dress protest
The ceremony was defined less by its winners than by its political setting. It aired weeks after revelations of sexual misconduct by [Harvey Weinstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/harvey-weinstein) and other Hollywood figures, and attendees answered the Time's Up movement's call by dressing in black on the red carpet to signal solidarity with the fight against sexual harassment.[1](https://time.com/5091974/golden-globes-2018-review/) • [7](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/2018-oprah-winfrey-makes-history-at-the-75th-golden-globes/) The Weinstein animus surfaced immediately: it took only four minutes of the telecast for the audience to boo him.[8](https://www.wral.com/awards-and-a-reckoning-at-golden-globes/17241010/)
Presenters turned the podium into commentary on the industry. Introducing the nominees for Best Director, Natalie Portman noted that the lineup was "the all-male nominees." Shortly afterward, [Greta Gerwig](https://www.edgepedia.org/greta-gerwig)'s *Lady Bird* won its category, while Portman's remark was read less as a comment on one snub than on a long-unquestioned systemic pattern.[1](https://time.com/5091974/golden-globes-2018-review/) [Barbra Streisand](https://www.edgepedia.org/barbra-streisand), presenting the final award for Best Motion Picture, Drama, said she remained the only woman to win the best-director award in the show's 75-year history.[1](https://time.com/5091974/golden-globes-2018-review/) • [9](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-golden-globes-2018-live-updates-htmlstory.html) The presenter list itself skewed heavily toward women, including [Halle Berry](https://www.edgepedia.org/halle-berry), Penélope Cruz, Gal Gadot, Greta Gerwig, Amy Poehler, Sharon Stone, Kerry Washington, and Emma Watson.[10](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/07/golden-globes-2018-mood-on-awards-night)
**The DeMille speech.** [Oprah Winfrey](https://www.edgepedia.org/oprah-winfrey) accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and her speech, in which she said "This year, we became the story," drew the night's widest attention and immediately renewed speculation about a possible 2020 presidential run.[11](https://new.myanmargeneva.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9_Jan_18_gnlm.pdf) • [10](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/07/golden-globes-2018-mood-on-awards-night) Fellow nominees in the audience, including [Meryl Streep](https://www.edgepedia.org/meryl-streep) (nominated for *The Post*) and [Octavia Spencer](https://www.edgepedia.org/octavia-spencer) (nominated for *The Shape of Water*), wore all black in solidarity with the movement.[7](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/2018-oprah-winfrey-makes-history-at-the-75th-golden-globes/)
## Winners
In the film categories, *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* took four Globes and *Lady Bird* two, with both titles centered on women; *The Handmaid's Tale* won two television Globes and *Big Little Lies* four.[4](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/reckoning-and-celebration-at-the-75th-golden-globes/) *Lady Bird* won Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, with Gerwig accepting the award as its director.[11](https://new.myanmargeneva.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9_Jan_18_gnlm.pdf) The Disney-Pixar animated feature *Coco* won Best Motion Picture, Animated, its award shared by directors [Lee Unkrich](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-unkrich) and Mexican-American Adrian Molina.[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/times-up-a-report-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globe-awards) Allison Janney won the Golden Globe for supporting actress in any motion picture.[9](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-golden-globes-2018-live-updates-htmlstory.html)
Among the snubs, the coming-of-age romance *Call Me by Your Name*, nominated for Best Motion Picture, Drama and for stars [Timothée Chalamet](https://www.edgepedia.org/timothee-chalamet) and [Armie Hammer](https://www.edgepedia.org/armie-hammer), left the ceremony with no awards.[12](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/golden-globes-2018-snubs-and-surprises/)
## Diversity milestones and criticism
The night produced two widely noted firsts. Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which had previously gone to Black recipients [Sidney Poitier](https://www.edgepedia.org/sidney-poitier) (1982) and [Denzel Washington](https://www.edgepedia.org/denzel-washington) (2016). Sterling K. Brown became the first African-American ever to win Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama; earlier wins by Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Don Cheadle, and Redd Foxx had all come in the musical or comedy category.[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/times-up-a-report-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globe-awards)
The record on race was mixed. Of the eleven television awards, three, about 27 percent, went to people of color. During the ceremony, an attempt trended the hashtag #GoldenGlobesSoWhite, with complaints about Allison Janney winning over Mary J. Blige (nominated for *Mudbound* for acting and Original Song) and James Franco winning over Daniel Kaluuya (*Get Out*).[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/times-up-a-report-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globe-awards)
## Context within the Globes' history
The 75th edition was framed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a moment of institutional reflection, linking its founding in 1944, during World War II, to the evening's themes of inclusiveness and diversity.[4](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/reckoning-and-celebration-at-the-75th-golden-globes/) The association itself had long carried a checkered reputation; in the official program for its 75th-anniversary celebration in 2018, then-president Meher Tatna acknowledged the group's history of controversy.[13](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021) Pre-ceremony expectations set by commentators had pointed to women-led dramas (*The Handmaid's Tale*, *Big Little Lies*) and outsider-narrative films (*The Shape of Water*, *Lady Bird*, *Get Out*) as likely winners, a forecast the results broadly matched.[14](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/06/golden-globes-awards-metoo-sexual-harrassment-in-hollywood)
## References
1. [The Golden Globes Finally Had a Point. It Made for a Better Show, Time (January 8, 2018)](https://time.com/5091974/golden-globes-2018-review/)
2. [Three Billboards, Lady Bird Win Big at 75th Golden Globes, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/three-billboards-lady-bird-win-big-at-75th-golden-globes)
3. [The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/70thNoms-list)
4. [Reckoning and Celebration at the 75th Golden Globes, GoldenGlobes.com](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/reckoning-and-celebration-at-the-75th-golden-globes/)
5. [Time's Up: A Report From the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/times-up-a-report-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globe-awards)
6. [The A.V. Club editors' biggest Golden Globe snubs, The A.V. Club](https://avclub.com/the-big-good-sick-place-the-a-v-club-editors-biggest-1821184998)
7. [2018: Oprah Winfrey Makes History at the 75th Golden Globes, GoldenGlobes.com](https://goldenglobes.com/articles/2018-oprah-winfrey-makes-history-at-the-75th-golden-globes/)
8. [Awards and a Reckoning at Golden Globes, WRAL (January 8, 2018)](https://www.wral.com/awards-and-a-reckoning-at-golden-globes/17241010/)
9. [Golden Globes 2018: Oprah's speech, Seth Meyers' monologue, the winners and the Time's Up effect, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-golden-globes-2018-live-updates-htmlstory.html)
10. [Not-so-Golden Globes: Hollywood expects darker tone on awards night, The Guardian (January 7, 2018)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/07/golden-globes-2018-mood-on-awards-night)
11. [The Global New Light of Myanmar, January 9, 2018 (ceremony report)](https://new.myanmargeneva.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9_Jan_18_gnlm.pdf)
12. [Golden Globes 2018 snubs and surprises, CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/golden-globes-2018-snubs-and-surprises/)
13. [HFPA faces new scrutiny ahead of Golden Globes 2021, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021)
14. [Golden Globes: #MeToo movement set to make major impact on awards, The Guardian (January 6, 2018)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/06/golden-globes-awards-metoo-sexual-harrassment-in-hollywood)
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