Photos: Nomadland, The Crown win big at a socially distant Golden Globes 2021

Usually a star-packed, laid-back party that draws the US film industry’s biggest names to a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom, this pandemic edition of the Golden Globes awards night was broadcast from two scaled-down venues, with frontline and essential workers among the few in attendance.

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Published on Mar 01, 2021 04:25 pm IST 10 Photos
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Emma Corrin (on screen) accepting the Best Television Actress – Drama Series award for "The Crown" via video from Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 28.( Christopher Polk / NBCUniversal / AFP)

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Sean Penn presents during the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California on February 28. More than any other Hollywood award show, the Globes have built a reputation for hosting a star-packed, champagne-drenched party of a night. This year, with all those elements absent due to Covid-19, the night was reported as more intimate, albeit lukewarm affair.(HFPA / AFP)

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Hosts Tina Fey (L), from New York, and Amy Poehler, from Beverly Hills, speaking at the Golden Globe ceremony, on February 28. The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place from both coasts of the US this year --Rainbow Room in New York and Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.(NBC via AP)

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Gillian Anderson speaks after winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role for "The Crown," during the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. In TV categories, Netflix's royal drama "The Crown" scored four trophies -- the best drama series, best drama actress and actor to Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor and best supporting actress-drama to Gillian Anderson for her role as former British PM Margaret Thatcher.(Christopher Polk / NBC via REUTERS)

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Daniel Kaluuya bagged his maiden Golden Globe award for his impassioned performance as the Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah." Kaluuya, who won the first honour of the scaled down ceremony, faced a technical problem as he started his acceptance speech –not unlike many a Zoom calls this past year.(Christopher Polk / NBC via REUTERS)

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