In the first major acting award of the afternoon, Allison Janney won the best supporting actress award for portraying a demented mother in I, Tonya. (decider.com)
Almost as though to deliberately undercut the BFCA's self - appointed, self - important positioning as the most accurate bellweather for Oscar whims, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association responded to the BFCA's highly prescriptive, strategic best supporting actress award for Winslet's arguably leading performance in The Reader by handing Winslet two Golden Globes (one for The Reader, the other for Revolutionary Road, Winslet's official leading performance bid). (slantmagazine.com)
Keira Knightley was honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award for her role as Joan Clarke, a cryptanalyst who was part of Alan Turing's code - breaking team, in The Imitation Game. (etonline.com)