The 2020 Golden Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and hosted by a particularly acerbic Ricky Gervais, were awarded on Sunday, and the evening came with its share of surprises and delightful moments. Often seen as a dinner party with awards, the Golden Globes ceremony sports a more relaxed atmosphere with stars enjoying drinks as the best in film and television is recognized.

Past ceremonies have brought us memorable moments like Ving Rhames giving his award to Jack Lemmon in 1998, Oprah bringing down the house with her speech in 2018, and Emma Stone apologizing from the audience for Aloha during last year’s Golden Globes. The HFPA has also put new shows and films on the radar, recognizing Mr. Robot in its first season when the show had yet to find its audience and awarding Green Book Best Picture Musical/Comedy before the eventual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards was seen as a serious contender.

This year’s edition was no different on this front, with surprising winners, memorable speeches, and much more. Here are the best and most surprising moments from the 2020 Golden Globes ceremony.

Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks’ Speeches

Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks received lifetime achievement awards for their work in television and film, and both acceptance speeches ran the gamut from hilarious to poignant. DeGeneres said, “It’s prestigious award, and what I like most about it was that I knew I would win.” Other great jokes worked because of her expert deadpan comic timing, but she stuck an emotional chord when she said, “All I’ve ever wanted to do was make people feel good and laugh. And there’s no greater feeling than when someone tells me I’ve made their day better with my show.”

For his part, Hanks got choked up when he thanked his family, after boasting that he was one of the few stars with a “clip package that includes The Love Boat.” The serious moments of his speech highlighted Hanks’ work ethic and “steal[ing] from people who only need one name like Meryl, like Denzel, like Antonio, like Meg, like Julia;” calling presenter Charlize Theron one of those “one-word names” overwhelmed her so that she crouched down in brief, happy tears.

Speeches like these remind us why we like these artists so much. They epitomize Ellen and Tom’s – one-word names in their own right – genuine kindness and humility in the face all the media attention. Both speeches received rousing standing ovations from the audience.

Political Messages: Australia, Meat, and Choice

The brushfires in Australia kept Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie winner, Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice), from the ceremony, but he sent a message read by presenter Jennifer Aniston that highlighted the need for action in the global climate crisis, which he connected to the current tragedy in his home country. Likewise, Best Actor in a Motion Picture winner, Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) discussed climate change and applauded the HFPA for serving a vegetarian meal. Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon), accepting the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie, devoted her entire speech to discussing the importance of women’s choice. Patricia Arquette (The Act) encouraged everyone to vote 2020 while accepting her Best Supporting Actress on Television award.

These political messages may not have been to everyone’s taste, but when given the choice to discuss themselves or issues they believe affect the world, it is heartening to see celebrities choosing the latter, especially when they acknowledge their own privilege as Phoenix did: “Sometimes we have to make changes and sacrifices in our own lives. […] We don’t have to take private jets to Palm Springs.”

Joker Is A Serious Awards Contender

Hildur Guðnadóttir winning the Best Score award for Joker over cousins Randy Newman and Thomas Newman for Marriage Story and 1917, respectively, was one of the great surprises of the evening. She gave an overwhelmed acceptance speech, but more importantly, her win, as well as the victory for Phoenix, cemented Joker as a serious awards-contender. There has been a well-known bias against comic book movies on the awards circuit, and Joker’s ability to transcend that bias will be important as it continues to compete for Oscars. 1917, with its double win for Best Director and Best Picture – Drama, will be formidable competition down the stretch, but this victory sparks hope for comic book fans that the source material might not be as much of a drawback.

Netflix Is Mostly Shut Out

On the television side streaming service offerings did well enough, led by Fleabag’s two wins in three categories and a victory for Olivia Colman and Netflix’s The Crown (Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama). But on the film side, there’s a different story.

Netflix made a splash last year with its prestige awards-contender, Roma, which was infamously shut out of the Best Picture win as Green Book took the top spot at the Oscars; Roma won Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film from both the Academy and the HFPA last year. The streaming giant continued its prestige run this year with four awards-contenders that racked up a total of 16 nominations across all the Globes’ movie categories. The Irishman, Dolemite Is My Name, and The Two Popes were all shut out. Only Marriage Story won a Best Supporting Actress award for Laura Dern. Eddie Murphy and Martin Scorsese were favored to win for Best Actor – Musical/Comedy and Best Director, but both lost to studio-released films, Rocketman and 1917. A 1/16 tally is a surprising disappointment for Netflix as the awards season continues with the Academy Awards nominations announcement only a week away.

If Netflix is going to finally seize the awards prestige that it’s been trying for the past two years, then the bias against streaming releases must show signs of fading. And with 1917 peaking at the right time – it releases wide on January 10, boasts two Golden Globe wins out of three nominations, and has been hailed as a critically acclaimed masterwork – Netflix’s awards hopes are dwindling. It’s not totally dark for streaming service films, as the Academy has shied away from granting Titanic-style sweeps in recent years, but 1917 just might be the kind of film that pulls off that kind of success.

Chernobyl’s Actors Are Mostly Snubbed

Stellan Skarsgård’s win over Fleabag’s “Hot Priest,” Andrew Scott, was a surprise, but while Chernobyl took home the Best Series or Television Movie award, two of the series’ other acting talents were shut out of awards in their categories, Emily Watson and Jared Harris. The HFPA likely recognized Chernobyl as the production feat that it is, but the exclusion of its other performers, especially Harris who lost to Crowe, was a shock to fans of the show.

Ramy Youssef Wins A Best Actor Award

Ramy Youssef acknowledged in his acceptance speech, “Look, I know you guys haven’t seen my show.” Yet he won Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy over competition like Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, and Michael Douglas. Hulu’s Ramy deals with complex themes like conflicting identity in a New Jersey neighborhood, as he navigates generational and cultural differences, and his win fits with the Globes’ tendency to put new, unseen shows on the map. He’s probably right that few people saw it, but Ramy’s ratings will spike starting Monday morning.

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