Jimmy Fallon, host of "The Tonight Show," emceed the Golden Globes awards ceremony for the first time. He had a rough start as he had to deal with a broken teleprompter at the beginning of his first monologue. He later joked that Mariah Carey believed the show's producers sabotaged his opening. The singer's glitch-plagued TV performance on New Year's Eve was produced by the same company.

Ryan Gosling won best actor in a comedy or musical for his role in "La La Land." He thanked his wife Eva Mendes for her support. He said she was pregnant during the shoot of the film, taking care of their daughter and her brother, who was battling cancer. Gosling dedicated his award to the memory of her brother, Juan Carlos Mendes, who subsequently passed away.

His film partner Emma Stone also picked up a Globe for best actress in a comedy or a musical. "This is a film for dreamers," she said. She added that she wished to share her award with everyone who keeps fighting for their dreams. The film won in all the seven categories it was nominated - including best comedy or musical, best director, best screenplay, best score and best original song.

The award in this category went to the French film "Elle," starring Isabelle Huppert. It tells the story of a successful businesswoman who decides to take revenge on the man who raped her. The German film "Toni Erdmann" was also nominated for the award.

Tracee Ellis Ross was awarded best actress in a TV comedy for her role in "Black-ish." She plays a doctor raising four children together with her husband, an executive in an advertising company. The comedy centers on this upper-class African-American family.

Claire Foy's depiction of Queen Elizabeth II in the TV series "The Crown" was rewarded with best actress in a drama series. The show produced by Netflix focuses on the life of the British queen in the 1940s. "The Crown" also took best drama series.

Presenting the best animated feature, comedians Kristen Wiig and Steve Carrell hilariously shared recollections of their traumatizing first times with an animated film. A dead-serious Carrell recalled that his parents divorced right after he saw "Fantasia" and Wiig said she watched "Bambi" the day her dogs were put to sleep; it was also the last time she saw her grandpa. "Zootopia" won the award.

Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the ceremony. The actress, who had campaigned for Hillary Clinton, took on Donald Trump in her acceptance speech - without mentioning his name. Quoting her departed friend Carrie Fisher, famous for her role as Princess Leia in "Star Wars," she said: "Take your broken heart; make it into art."