Golden Globes: 1917 takes home Best Drama, Best Director awards

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Golden Globes: 1917 takes home Best Drama, Best Director awards
Sam Mendes won Best Director and Best Picture for his World War I film, 1917
World War I movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s' Tinseltown, won the top prizes at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday as the Hollywood awards season got underway. The Sam Mendes-directed 1917 took Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Director, beating favourites The Irishman and Marriage Story, both from Netflix. The nostalgic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from Sony Pictures won the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and had the biggest Golden Globe haul, with three awards. Martin Scorsese's high-profile and costly gangster epic for Netflix went home empty-handed on a disappointing night for the streaming service that could affect its Oscar chances in February. Netflix won just a single Golden Globe in the movie race, for Laura Dern's supporting role as a ruthless divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.
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