Golden Globes 2017: Watch Jimmy Fallon's opening monologue as teleprompter fails
'I can think of something - cut to Justin Timberlake, please and he'll just wink at me or something, this is great'
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Golden Globes host Jimmy Fallon encountered what is surely everyone's biggest nightmare when faced with a stage televised across the world.
Mere moments after he entered to deliver his opening monologue, Fallon announced his teleprompter had failed: leading him to nervously start joking off the cuff, "I can think of something - cut to Justin Timberlake, please and he'll just wink at me or something, this is great. You know what, I'll make up this monologue."
As soon as the teleprompter was fixed, Fallon soon turned to what would be the main recurring joke of his monologue: last year's election and the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.
An obvious target for the Golden Globes stage was an allusion between Trump and nominated show Game of Thrones, which Fallon was quick to connect by declaring: "A lot of people wondering what is would have been like if King Joffrey had lived. Well, in 12 days we're going to find out."
In film, La La Land achieved an incredible, record-breaking sweep of seven wins; besting previous record holders Midnight Express and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and winning in every category it was nominated for. Elsewhere, predicted wins came in for Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea, while Moonlight nabbed Best Drama.
TV was largely dominated by British-style fare in the dramatic genre, with wins for both The Crown and The Night Manager; while Donald Glover's sublime Atlanta fared well in the comedy category. The People vs OJ Simpson also continued its winning streak from the Emmys, with an unsurprising (but deserving) win for Sarah Paulson.
You can read the complete list of winners here.
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