The Beverly Hilton’s Worldwide Ballroom was abuzz Sunday night with the rolling thunder of excited conversations, clinking glasses and the final whoosh of pedestrian visitors round a celebration full of mega-stars and supernovas together with Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen.

However when Steven Yeun stepped as much as the stage to just accept his trophy for “Beef,” the din fell by a number of decibels. The emotion in his voice as he spoke of his emotions of “isolation and separateness” carried by means of the ballroom, inflicting silence adopted by rapturous applause.

The respect proven to Yeun was one in all many notable moments that you simply needed to be room the place it occurs to completely admire. As all the time, an enormous a part of the enjoyable of attending the Globes is the folks watching and the prospect to gauge reactions to the ceremony from a room filled with business insiders.

Right here’s a rundown of highlights from these observations.

Visitors Jam: Always remember the Globes is a gala dinner that occurs to be telecast dwell. Stars who go away their tables within the magic circle space in entrance of the cameras are held again by safety from returning to their seats till it’s business break time. No exceptions. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr. , Carey Mulligan, Invoice Hader, Colman Domingo, Timothee Chalamet, Brie Larsen, Billie Eilish, Finneas and Jared Leto have been among the many notables who needed to wait patiently at numerous occasions within the telecast for the greenlight to take a seat down once more.

Holding Court docket: Joaquin Phoenix and Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz had an extended chat simply earlier than the ceremony started. By hour three of the present, Florence Pugh and Hunter Shafer have been having an animated dialog with a number of different girls at one of many bars within the rear of the ballroom. In the meantime, Meryl Streep was inundated with requests for selfies when she visited the women’ room – and she or he fulfilled each one in all them.

Higher Secure Than Sorry: “Oppenheimer” winner Cillian Murphy in all probability despatched some within the crowd on the Hilton to verify the dictionary when he used the Irish slang “feckin’ ” in his acceptance speech. Within the ballroom, it was clear that he didn’t drop an precise F-bomb – however CBS bleeped it anyway.

Spirited Response: “Star Wars” stalwart Mark Hamill was a shock presenter and maybe he introduced some sort of unseen power with him. Seconds after he cheered the Globes for being the one main kudocast with an “open bar,” the sound of breaking glass was clearly heard all through the ballroom.

Fired Up?: When “The Diplomat” star and nominee Keri Russell was on stage presenting with Ray Romano, attendees at the back of the room have been distracted by a fireplace division official in uniform who snaked his method by means of the warren of tables on the righthand aspect of the room. Eager-eyed viewers at residence have been capable of catch a quick glimpse of a tall member of the Beverly Hills FD strolling behind the pair as Russell and Romano dealt with their envelope-opening obligation.

Purple Carpet Matchmaker: As Globe attendees walked the lengthy hall from Wilshire Boulevard to the beginning of the purple carpet, the very first thing they encountered was Selection’s interview platform the place Marc Malkin and “Leisure Tonight’s” Rachel Smith nabbed A-listers for interviews for the 90-minute dwell Globes pre-show. As the group swelled, there have been some starry logjams, however that simply created a value-added networking alternative. To wit, whereas “The Shade Purple” star Fantasia Barrino was awaiting her interview with Malkin, she got here face-to-face with Reese Witherspoon, the Oscar-winning multihyphenate who runs Whats up Sunshine. “I’d like to work with you,” Barrino advised her. To which Witherspoon responded, “I’d like to. Let’s speak.” Did Selection simply assist plant the seed of a future Barrino-Witherspoon collaboration? Let’s hope so.