Golden Globe Hosts Mock North Korea And 'The Interview'

North Korea seems to be still on everyone's mind in Hollywood. As reported recently, it was not spared a lampooning at Golden Globe Awards, which was hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.

Due to the recent Sony Pictures cyberattack and consequential hype that surrounded the movie "The Interview," North Korea was the hot topic of the evening in the Golden Globes. The hosts of the evening started their jab at both North Korea and the controversial movie "The Interview" as soon as the ceremony started by quipping that they would honour "all of the movies that North Korea was OK with."

Poehler even pointed out that due to North Korea's demand that the movie should not be shown made everyone watch it by "forcing us to pretend we wanted to see it." Afterward, actress Margaret Cho dressed in military regalia joined the hosts to carry on the act of the evening. Cho went to mingle with the audience and asked actress Meryl Streep to pose with her for a picture. She was warned amusingly that "embarrassing emails" will be leaked if she declines to have her photo taken.

The evening took a serious turn, however, when Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Theo Kingma emphasised on the importance of freedom of expression, as reported by Fox News. "Together we will stand united against anyone who would repress free speech, anywhere, from North Korea to Paris," announced Kingma which was followed by a standing ovation from the audience.

As reported earlier, "The Interview" is in the middle of controversy between United States and North Korea. The movie has a comic fictional plot that revolves around two agents who are on a mission to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The movie was opposed strongly by North Korean supporters who called for cancellation of its Christmas day release.

On Nov. 24 last year, Sony Pictures' internal IT system was hacked, which was considered a protest against the release of the movie. FBI blamed North Korea for the paralysing attack, a claim which the country has denied vehemently.

Meanwhile, U.S. imposed sanctions on North Korea to reportedly punish them for the cyberattack on Sony. According to previous reports, North Korea has warned U.S. with war-like consequences if the sanctions are not withdrawn immediately.