Riley Brennan
Features and A&E editor
In the aftermath of the Golden Globes, everyone is reporting on Meryl Streep’s speech, which was in directed towards President-Elect Donald Trump; however, La La Land won all seven awards it was nominated for, a record breaking achievement.
The film, which is a musical set in present day Los Angeles, follows Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone playing a struggling musician and actress whose paths cross. La La Land was released worldwide on Dec. 25, 2016, though the production received eight Critic’s Choice Awards, at the Critic’s Choice Awards, over a week before it was released.
Expectations for La La Land were high prior to the Golden Globes, and it did not disappoint. The film won awards for best motion picture, musical or comedy, best screenplay, best director, best score, and best song. Emma Stone won best actress in a motion picture-musical or comedy, and Ryan Gosling won best actor in a motion picture-musical or comedy. Through winning seven awards, La La Land surpassed the previous records of sixth golden globes held by the films “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and “Midnight Express,” both of which respectively have six awards. Damien Chazelle won for directing and writing the screenplay for the movie. He originally made his debut with the musical “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench.”
Jimmy Fallon hosted the award show, making his entrance with a five-minute musical number, most of which was a parody of La La Land, including some of the most popular scenes from the movie. His opening number featured many celebrities, such as; Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams, Evan Rachel Wood, Sarah Paulson , Ryan Reynolds, Justin Timberlake, and the children from the Netflix original series, Stranger Things.
