*By Max Godnick* "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the champion, my friends. The Freddie Mercury biopic took home top honors at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture - Drama in an upset over its (much) more-acclaimed competitors: "BlacKkKlansman," "Black Panther," "If Beale Street Could Talk," and, most notably, "A Star Is Born." Bradley Cooper's musical epic pierced the zeitgeist from the moment its trailer debuted, when most pundits penciled the film in as an early front-runner, but the movie earned its sole award in the Best Original Song category for "Shallow." Confusingly, the song-filled "Rhapsody" and "A Star Is Born" did not compete in the Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category, opting instead to vie for the more serious and, therefore, prestigious Drama award. Enter "Green Book," the controversy-rife 1960s road trip drama (not a comedy ー sorry, HFPA,) that overcame mixed headlines to win Best Musical/Comedy in addition to Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. The now Golden Globe-winning producers and writers of the film faced criticism for allegedly not contacting the family of Dr. Don Shirley, the concert pianist on whom the film is based. Its win was another in a string of upset victories, as it beat out buzzier fare like "Vice," (the most-nominated film of the night,), "Mary Poppins Returns," and "Crazy Rich Asians." Netflix ($NFLX) officially crashed awards season with "Roma," which netted Alfonso Cuarón a Best Director trophy. The Spanish-language film was not eligible for the Best Picture field as the Hollywood Foreign Press ironically excludes foreign films from top competition. But the streaming film's Best Director win proves it is a bonafide Oscar contender and that the company's decision to release the movie in theaters is paying off. The Globes also rewards the small screen, and the TV categories offered just as many head-scratching decisions as the movies. "The Americans," one of just three series to be nominated for a season other than its first, finally won Best Drama for its final season on the air. Netflix's great night got even better when the streaming septuagenarian sitcom "The Kominsky Method" won a Best Comedy trophy for Chuck Lorre, best known as the creator of network sitcom hits like "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men." Audiences who were expecting the broadcast to match the hyper-political tone of the previous two ceremonies would have been largely disappointed. Hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh made good on their [promise](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/golden-globes-hosts-sandra-andy-samberg-preview-crazy-pants-show-1172092) to keep things light and avoid the "elephant in the room" that is President Trump. Instead, the unlikely pair stuck to sillier pre-written bits. But Oh made the most of her night, winning Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in BBC America's "Killing Eve" and delivering one of the most powerful moments of the night, with a [rousing call](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sandra-oh-gets-real-golden-globes-opening-monologue-wanted-witness-moment-change-022052474.html) for more diversity in the entertainment industry during her monologue. This year's show also marked the first anniversary of Time's Up, the star-powered anti-harassment lobby and legal defense fund that made its debut on the 2018 carpet. To commemorate the milestone, many guests wore black and white wristbands reading TIME'S UP X 2 as a show of support for the movement's second year and its commitment to double the amount of women in high-powered Hollywood jobs. "I'm really glad the conversation is carrying on," Jameela Jamil, star of NBC's "The Good Place," told Cheddar's Alyssa Julya Smith on the red carpet. "It's really important for us to keep this coming until the problem is over ー it could be 10 years." Now the countdown is on until the Oscars, awards season's crowned jewel. Forty eight days remain before the 91st Academy Awards, which [still](https://deadline.com/2019/01/kevin-hart-no-academy-awards-host-ellen-degeneres-1202529458/) does not have a host.
