Golden Globes hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg kicked off the 2019 award show by calling themselves the “nicest people in show business,” but their opening monologue wasn’t without its barbs. One of the night’s spikiest jokes took a swipe at Hollywood’s tendency to whitewash stories about people of color, with Oh calling Crazy Rich Asians “the first studio film with an Asian American lead since Ghost in the Shell and Aloha,” which star, respectively, Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone as Asian protagonists. The genial, antiseptic wokeness that tends to dominate the industry’s largest award ceremonies was suddenly interrupted by a spontaneous apology. “I’m sorry!” Stone yelled in response to Oh. (“It wasn’t like I planned it, but I did say it,” Stone confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.)
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