Aziz Ansari first PIO to win Golden Globe |
Aziz Ansari, the US-born son of immigrants from Chennai, became the first Indian-American and first Asian to win a Golden Globe for best actor on a night the awards ceremony was steeped in unspoken politics, with minorities and colored people holding center-stage. The most electrifying moment of the evening occurred when Oprah Winfrey, after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment, delivered a rousing speech that set off feverish chatter on whether she will run for the White House in 2020. What began as a joke in the opening monologue by late-night comedian Seth Meyers soon took on realistic air after Winfrey`s fiery speech hit all the buttons of burning contemporary issues - gender equality, racial discrimination, middle class struggles - and brought a majority liberal audience to its feet. She also reached out to the media -- that is locked in a bitter skirmish with a President who holds much of the press in contempt -- teeing off from thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives the award (and whose president is Mumbai-born Meher Tatna). Aziz Ansari, who is no less political, won the award for comedy series `Master of None` in which he plays the role of 30-year-old actor Dev Shah.
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