Taron Egerton Wins Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

By Veronica Anassis

Taron Egerton, Florence Pugh and Sir Elton John are among the British stars hoping to land an Oscar nomination on Monday.

Last week at the Golden Globes 2020, Taron Egerton won his first-ever Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Rocketman. The actor beat other hot favourites like Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name), Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit) and Daniel Craig (Knives Out) to claim the top prize.

Taron Egerton feels terrible for snubbing Elton John at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

The 2020 Golden Globes took place last night at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and, as usual, it was a strange night of left-field wins, rousing speeches, and wonderful opportunities to see TV stars and film star rub shoulders for pretty much the only time in the year. There were some, but not many, surprises: Beyoncé lost Best Original Song to Elton John, while Laura Dern triumphed over Jennifer Lopez’s instantly iconic Hustlers role.

Beyonce sported an impressive 323 carats worth of diamonds to attend the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

The 2020 awards season started off strong with the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5. Inside The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, A-listers including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Carol Burnett and Elton John came together to celebrate the best of the best in film and television.

Taron Egerton, who portrays Elton John in last year’s biopic Rocketman, has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. He beat out Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood), Eddie Murphy (I Am Dolemite), Daniel Craig (Knives Out), and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit) for the trophy. See this year’s full list of winners and nominees here.

Talk about perfect timing. Hildur Guðnadóttir won a Golden Globe for best original score for Joker on Sunday night (Jan.

After Elton John and Bernie Taupin won a Golden Globe for best original song for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” at the 2020 Golden Globes, Rocketman star Taron Egerton walked away with the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture -- musical or comedy.

Sir Elton John won the best original song Golden Globe Sunday (Jan. 5) evening at the 2020 Golden Globes, taking home the trophy alongside longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” the new song they contributed to Rocketman, the kaleidoscopic musical biopic about his life.

Elton John was a very happy man at the Golden Globes.

Sir Elton John was a very happy man at the Golden Globes.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman are among the British stars who were honoured at the Golden Globes, alongside Sir Sam Mendes, Taron Egerton and Sir Elton John.