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Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Very nice! Sacha Baron Cohen won the 2021 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Sunday night. 

The 49-year-old comedian, who appeared virtually with his wife Isla Fisher, kept his acceptance speech short and sweet — but that doesn’t mean it was without a few jokes. 

Taking a jab at former President Donald Trump and his claims that the 2020 election was subject to voter fraud, Cohen joked, “Donald Trump is contesting the result. He’s claiming that a lot of dead people voted which is a very rude thing to say about the HFPA.”

Cohen was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for The Trial of the Chicago 7 but fell short to Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah.

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Peter Kramer/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Nomadland’s Chloé Zhao gracefully accepted the 2021 Golden Globe for Best Director, Motion Picture on Sunday. 

Zhao triumphed over Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman, David Fincher for Mank, Regina King for One Night in Miami, Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The win comes after an already historical moment for the category, which saw three women nominated — the first time more than one woman was nominated in the Best Director category in any one year.

Zhao is now the second woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Director in the entire history of the award, following Barbra Streisand for Yentl in 1984.

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Peter Kramer/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix’s original content continues to be a behemoth in awards shows, with it’s limited series The Queen’s Gambit sweeping its categories, as well.  Previously, The Crown swept the Drama categories.

The Queen’s Gambit, a show in which was a gambit in itself as it is about chess, took home Best Television Limited Series and Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series.

Anya Taylor-Joy, who stars as series protagonist, Beth Harmon, was overcome with emotion when she was crowned the winner.

“I would do the project again and again and again, I learned so much and I’m so grateful,” the British actress gushed.

Anya was up against fierce competition, which included Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman, stars of Mrs. America and The Undoing, respectively.

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Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Tears were flowing when the late Chadwick Boseman was honored with his first and final Golden Globe Award — winning Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama.

The actor, who passed away last summer after his silent battle with cancer, won for his riveting portrayal in the Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf and wrestled with her emotions as she expressed her gratitude.

“He would thank god. He would thank his parents, he would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifice,” she tearfully relayed as her husband’s costars began wiping away tears. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you, you can, that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you’re meant to be doing in this moment.”

“I don’t have his words but we have to take all the moments to celebrate those we love,” she closed out, before turning her attention on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

“Thank you HFPA for this opportunity to do exactly that,” she said before speaking directly to her husband, telling him, “Hun, you keep ’em coming.”

Boseman was up against Riz Ahmed who starred in Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins from The Father, Gary Oldman in Mank and The Mauritanian‘s Tahar Rahim.

Boseman died last August at age 43.

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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association(LOS ANGELES) — The Crown became the act to beat during the 2021 Golden Globe Awards — winning an award in every category in which it was nominated.

While The Crown was nominated for six total, the Netflix drama had been nominated twice in two categories:  Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture for TV and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama.

For the prior category, the final nomination of the night for the acclaimed drama, Helena Bohnam Carter squared off against Gillian Anderson for the final trophy.  Anderson took home the prize for her tenure starring as the embattled British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Earlier in the night, The Crown took home Best Television Series, Drama — beating out Lovecraft Country, The Mandalorian, Ozark and Ratched.

Emma Corrin — who plays Princess Diana — beat out her competition (including a co-star Olivia Colman) and took home the 2021 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama.  

Meanwhile, Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles, took home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama.

The Crown, which aired its fourth season in November 2020, is slated to begin production of its fifth season this summer.  The fifth season was intended to be the Netflix drama’s final one, but it was picked up for a sixth season in July.

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