WATCH: ET Canada‘s Sangita Patel recaps Sunday’s Golden Globes
TORONTO — Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood packed the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night to honour the year’s best in film and television at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
12 Years a Slave was named the Best Motion Picture Drama and American Hustle won Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
The latter also earned a Best Supporting Actress award for Jennifer Lawrence and a Best Actress award for Amy Adams.
The Globe for Best Director went to Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity and Spike Jonze earned the Globe for Best Screenplay for Her, which he also directed.
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) paid tribute to director Martin Scorsese and fellow nominee Bruce Dern while accepting the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his portrayal of a man living with AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club, a film directed by Quebec’s Jean-Marc Vallée.
The film also earned Jared Leto a Best Supporting Actor award. “This is incredible,” said the actor, who got a congratulatory hug and kiss from his brother Shannon.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama went to Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine.
Jacqueline Bisset’s work in the BBC mini-series Dancing on the Edge earned her Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie.
The 69-year-old star gave a bizarre acceptance speech — and used the s-word — after initially struggling to string a sentence together.
It was the first win for Bisset, who had four previous Golden Globe nominations dating back to 1969.
The award for Best Actress in a Television Mini-Series of Movie went to Elisabeth Moss for Top of the Lake.
Bryan Cranston won Best Actor in a TV Series Drama for the recently-ended Breaking Bad, which also won Best TV Series Drama. Cranston had previously been nominated three times for his work on the show (and once, in 2003, for Malcolm in the Middle).
Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas as showman Liberace, was named Best TV Movie or Mini-Series. Douglas was named Best Actor in a Mini-Series of TV Movie.
Jon Voight said he was “truly humbled” by his award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie in recognition of his role on Ray Donovan. Voight, who now has four Golden Globes, won his first in 1970 for Midnight Cowboy.
The Globe for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture — won last year by Canada’s Mychael Danna for Life of Pi — went to Alex Ebert for All is Lost.
Irish rock band U2 won the Best Original Song in a Motion Picture category for “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
“This really is personal for us. This man turned our lives upside down and right side up,” said Bono. “A man who refused to hate, not because he didn’t have rage or anger but because he thought love would do a better job. We wrote a love song because it’s kind of what’s extraordinary about the film. It is this kind of dysfunctional love story.”
The animated blockbuster Frozen was named Best Animated Motion Picture.
The Cecil B. DeMille Award was given to Woody Allen, who did not attend the show. Actress Emma Stone introduced a retrospective of his films and Diane Keaton paid tribute before accepting the award on his behalf.
Canada was represented at Sunday’s gala — but there wasn’t much to celebrate.
Regina’s Tatiana Maslany of the made-in-Toronto Orphan Black lost Best Actress in a TV Series Drama to Robin Wright of House of Cards and Edmonton-born, B.C.-raised Michael J. Fox lost to Andy Samberg for Brooklyn Nine-Nine (which also won Best TV Series Musical or Comedy).
Other Canadians seen during the show include Toronto’s Jim Carrey, who introduced the nominated film American Hustle, and SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who appeared on camera during Samberg’s acceptance speech.
Golden Globe winners are chosen through voting by fewer than 100 people who are members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Stars from film and television are enjoying Moet & Chandon champagne and dining on grilled artichokes, smoked trout, braised short ribs and a champagne cocktail with pear brandy and Asian pears.
The night was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who cracked up the audience with an opening monologue that poked fun at stars like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonah Hill and George Clooney.
“A very good evening to everyone here in the room and to all the women and gay men watching at home,” said Poehler.
Poehler later accepted the award for Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy for Parks and Recreation.
BELOW: See some of the stars at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
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