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A night of surpises at the Golden Globes adds twists to the Oscar race

LOS ANGELES - Golden Globes co-host Sandra Oh got choked up seeing the diverse sea of faces in the Beverly Hills Hotel's ballroom. A Netflix movie won a Golden Globe for the first time. And Christian Bale thanked Satan in his acceptance speech.

So, yes, the 76th Golden Globes on Sunday night proved to be an evening of inclusion, a night of historic firsts and a largely enjoyable mix of the boozy humor and star power that have helped it lap the Oscars in recent years as an evening of entertaining, watchable television.

With Oscar balloting beginning Monday, it provided the night's winners a podium to make their case to film academy members, and several of those honored

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