La La Land wins record seven awards at Golden Globes 2017

The movie “La La Land” set a new record for the most Golden Globes by a single movie by winning 7 awards

“La La Land” dominated the 74th Golden Globes on Sunday by taking home a record-breaking seven awards for every category it was nominated in.

The jazz-infused, Popsicle-colored, La La Land collected awards for best comedy or musical and acting trophies for Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

No film has won more than four Globes since 1979, when the crime drama “Midnight Express” received six, the previous record-holding number.

“I’m in a daze now officially,” said the force behind “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle, 31, as he accepted the directing award. Emma Stone said in accepting the award for best actress in a musical or comedy, “I think that hope and creativity are two of the most important things in the world, and that’s what this movie is about.”

Casey Affleck, star of “Manchester by the Sea,” won best drama actor for his role as a man riven by grief, while Viola Davis won best supporting actress for playing a downtrodden wife in the African-American family drama “Fences”.

The other big movie award went to low-budget “Moonlight,” about a young boy growing up in an impoverished neighborhood of Miami, which was named best drama. “The movie touches people because they see the authenticity that we put into it. We weren’t trying to do anything other than tell our story,” said director Barry Jenkins.

Tracee Ellis Ross won the award for best actress in a TV series, comedy or musical at Sunday evening’s Golden Globe Awards.

Zootopia was named best animated feature film at Sunday’s ceremony, which was hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

‘The Crown’ makes Netflix a winner

Even though Netflix has upended the TV industry, that streaming service had never won in the best drama or comedy category at the Globes (and the Emmys, for that matter). That changed this year with “The Crown,” , which was named best drama. Claire Foy, who plays Queen Elizabeth, won for best actress in a drama.

“The Crown” beat out “Stranger Things,” also from Netflix; “Westworld,” the HBO series that practically requires a Ph.D. to understand it; NBC’s feel-good “This Is Us”; and HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Meryl Streep Gives Fiery Anti-Donald Trump Speech

The evening’s most dramatic moments came from 67-year-old Streep, the most respected actress of her generation, while accepting her lifetime achievement award.

Meryl Streep delivered an anti-Donald Trump speech while accepting the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.

Streep referred to Trump’s mocking of a disabled reporter and said: “Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. And when the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose.”

Winners of Golden Globe 2017