'Green Book' wins best comedy, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' best drama at Golden Globes

In a Golden Globes ceremony full of surprising twists and turns, period drama "Green Book" walked away with maximum three awards, including Best Motion Picture - Musical and Comedy, while Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" emerged champion with its win in the Best Drama category.

Hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, who became the first Asian to emcee a Hollywood awards show, the ceremony on Sunday night kept the tone light even as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation behind the awards, recognised diversity and women empowerment.

Globes, an early indicator of how the Hollywood award season will pan out, are also known for being unpredictable and mixing up categories and this year was no different.

"Green Book" emerged the biggest winner with three trophies -- Best Drama, Best Supporting actor for Mahershala Ali and Best Screenplay for its three writers Peter Farrelly, Brian Currie and Nick Vallelonga, on whose father's story the film is based.

The film follows a black pianist, Dr Don Shirley (Ali), and his unusual friendship with his white chauffeur Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen) as they drive through America's racially-divided south.

"Bohemian Rhapsody", which is the highest grossing musical biopic of all time, won the Best Drama trophy, besting front-runners "A Star Is Born", "Black Panther", "If Beale Street Could Talk" and "BlacKkKlansman".

"That was unexpected," producer Graham King admitted in his acceptance speech.

The film's lead star Rami Malek's win was, however, more on expected lines for his lifelike portrayal of the Mumbai-born British rocker Freddie Mercury.

"Thank you, Freddie Mercury, for giving me the joy of a lifetime, he said.

Both Malek and King noticeably omitted the film's director Brian Singer's name from their thank you speeches. Singer, who also gave the ceremony a miss, was fired from the job just weeks before the film's completion even though he retained the directing credits.

Veteran actor Glenn Close infused warmth in an otherwise dull ceremony with her rousing speech after she won the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globe for "The Wife".

Unable to hold back her tears, the 71-year-old actor said, "Oh my God, I just can't believe this."
He joked that from here on, he will be "cornering the market" on playing "charisma-free a**holes," adding, "What do you think, Mitch McConnell (politician) next?"
Cuaron, who earlier won the Oscar for "Gravity", said, "As we cross these bridges and experience new shapes and faces, we begin to realise that while they may be strange, they are not unfamiliar. We begin to understand exactly how much we have in common."