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Nikki Glaser got the Golden Globes back on track with a monologue that took aim at Diddy and power systems in Hollywood

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Nikki Glaser got the Golden Globes back on track with a monologue that took aim at Diddy and power systems in Hollywood

Good morning! A lawsuit alleges a hostile work environment at Fox Sports, Hillary Clinton and Anna Wintour get the Medal of Freedom, and the Golden Globes are back on track thanks to Nikki Glaser. Have a peaceful Monday!– Awards season. The Golden Globes hit a low point last year when host Jo Koy delivered a poorly received monologue, including a joke about Barbie’s “big boobies.” Whoever took the stage as host this year was tasked with turning things around for the recently reformed awards show.

Nikki Glaser did just that with a monologue that took aim at more deserving targets than women’s long-overdue pop culture power. Glaser, a fearless comedian known for her raunchy sets and her blistering roast of Tom Brady, instead took shots at Hollywood power systems—and Diddy. The rapper, who has been charged with sex trafficking, was the subject of Glaser’s riskiest joke—“the afterparty’s not gonna be as good this year, but we have to move on,” she added to a quip about Challengers being as “sexually charged as Diddy’s credit card.” Then she noted Hollywood’s history of sexual predators, predicting that viewers of YouTube clips in the future would see this year’s crowd and say, “‘Oh my God, that was before they caught that guy.’” Plus, she delivered some classic material about Hollywood’s pressure on women: “If you’re a woman........

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