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The 78th Annual Golden Globes happened today over Zoom - and you better believe it was full of awkward silences and tech failures.

The award ceremony was clouded with controversy, with many Hollywood actors boycotting the awards due to the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) - the organisation in charge of voting for the awards.

Here are the biggest moments from the strangest Golden Globes to date:

1. The red carpet was over Zoom.

With that whole worldwide pandemic still... happening, there wasn't a traditional red carpet at this year's Golden Globes.

Instead, most of the stars Zoomed in from their homes and the dress code ranged from black tie, to a "nice day at the park", to... hoodies.

2. "This whole night could have been an email..."

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returned to host the ceremony this year from opposite ends of the country.

In their opening monologue, they addressed the three biggest controversies around the Golden Globes - the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the organisation which decides on the Golden Globe nominations), Sia's controversial movieMusic, and that time James Corden played a gay man in a terrible Netflix movie about tolerance which only resulted in people becoming more... intolerant.

Poehler then explained the difference between TV and movies.

"TV is the one I watch five hours straight, and movies is the one I don't switch on cause it two hours," she said.

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Fey said the HFPA was made up of "90 international no black journalists" some of which may be "ghosts".

Fey then went on to describe Sia's new movieMusicas the "best international flopperooni" and "more problematic than Kate Hudson promoting Weight Watchers".

The two comedians concluded their monologue with three truest statements ever uttered at an awards ceremony - inclusivity is important, awards shows are stupid, and this whole night could have been an email.

3. Daniel Kaluuya was on... mute.

Laura Dern then came on stage to present the first award of the night, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture.

Daniel Kaluuya won it for his role inJudas and the Black Messiah

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