January 8, 2018 8:39 AM

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Sterling K Brown wins Golden Globe, creates history

Actor Sterling K Brown today created history by becoming the first African-American to win Golden Globe for best actor in a drama television series. Brown bagged the accolades for his role as Randall Pearson on NBC's breakout hit "This Is Us".<br/><br/>Elizabeth Moss continued her winning streak as she took home the Golden Globe trophy in Best Drama Actress TV category for her performance in "The Handmaids Tale".Actor Nicole Kidman won the award for the Best Actress in a Limited Series at the event for her work on "Big Little Lies" and took the opportunity to speak out against abuse.<br/><br/>Kidman, who plays the role of an educated, affluent woman trapped in an abusive marriage on the show, also thanked her female co-stars — Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Shailene<br/>Woodley and Zoe Kravitz — in her speech.<br/><br/>Kidman's on-screen husband, Alexander Skarsgard, also won in the Best Supporting Actor in Limited Series category at the Globes and hailed the powerful team of "talented women" for making the show a success.<br/><br/>Dern, who played the role of a competitive corporate mother in the HBO show, won the Best Supporting Actress award.The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards are being held at Beverly Hills in California. <br/><br/>Following the sexual harassment scandal involving many bigwigs of Hollywood, this is the first mega event that witnesses many Hollywood celebrities under roof. To showcase their dissent, a large number of men and women are wearing black as a way of silent protest.

January 8, 2018 8:16 AM

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Sterling K Brown wins Golden Globe, creates history

Actor Sterling K Brown today created history by becoming the first African-American to win Golden Globe for best actor in a drama television series. Brown bagged the accolades for his role as Randall Pearson on NBC's breakout hit "This Is Us.<br/><br/>In his acceptance speech, Brown gave a shoutout to the creator of the series, Dan Fogelman, for writing an inclusive role.Brown beat out Jason Bateman for Netflix's "Ozark," Freddie Highmore for ABC's "The Good Doctor," Bob Odenkirk for AMC's "Better Call Saul," and Liev Schreiber for Showtime's "Ray Donovan."<br/><br/>Brown previously won an Emmy for his performance – a historic win, as it made him the first black actor to win the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series since 1998 – along with an Emmy the year before for his turn as Chris Darden in the first season of "American Crime Story".

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