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The Buick Avista concept unveiled in Detroit.

GEORGE MILLER

BEST DIRECTOR

BEN MENDELSOHN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

AUSSIES FALL SHORT AT GOLDEN GLOBES

CATE BLANCHETT

BEST ACTRESS

IT was a rough night for theAussies at the 73rd GoldenGlobe Awards, with all three ofour nominees walking awayempty-handed — and Mel Gib-son savagely sledged by the host.

Australian hopefuls CateBlanchett, George Miller andBen Mendelsohn all left theBeverly Hilton Hotel disap-pointed yesterday as the cer-emony stuck mainly to thescript with two very differentsurvival tales, The Martian andThe Revenant, dominating themajor awards.

Blanchett’s hope of winningher fourth Globe was dashed byBrie Larson, who won best

actress for her breakout per-formance in the imprisonmentdrama Room. Larson is now thefavourite to win the Oscar,along with Leonardo DiCapriowho picked up his third Globefor The Revenant and looks setto win his first-ever AcademyAward on February 28.

Miller, up for best directorfor Mad Max: Fury Road,couldn’t compete against TheRevenant, which also picked upbest drama and best director forAlejandro G. Iñárritu.

Meanwhile, Mendelsohn wasoutshone in the best supportingactor in a TV series for his workin Bloodline by comeback kidChristian Slater in Mr Robot.

The hacker series also wonbest TV drama — edging out

the phenomenally popularGame of Thrones — but starRami Malek lost the best TVdrama actor award to MadMen’s Jon Hamm.

Perhaps the most popularwin went to Sylvester Stallonefor best supporting actor inCreed — almost 40 years afterhe was first nominated for thesame character in Rocky.

“I want to thank my imagin-ary friend Rocky Balboa forbeing the best friend I ever had,”he said to a standing ovation.

Pop star Lady Gaga pulledoff an upset win for best actressin a limited series for AmericaHorror Story: Hotel Story, edg-ing out Kirsten Dunst for Fargo.

Gaga said it was “one of thegreatest moments of my life”

but trade industry bible Varietydescribed the win as “silly” andDiCaprio appeared to laughwhen her name was read out.

The most awkward ex-change of the night, however,was when host Ricky Gervaisintroduced Mel Gibson — thereto support Miller — with nu-merous jokes about his drinkingand anti-Semitism scandals.

The Office star shockedmany by suggesting the nicestthing he could say about Gib-son was that he’d rather have adrink with him than Bill Cosby.

Gibson responded by sayinghow glad he was to see Gervaisevery three years because “it re-minds me to get a colonoscopy”.

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ANDREW FENTON

Interior of the Buick Avista, the new Monaro.

IT’S a Holden Monaro, butnot as we know it.

This sleek coupe, newlyunveiled in Detroit, is set tobecome the successor to theHolden Monaro.

The concept car is expect-

ed to be among 24 new im-ported models for theAustralian market by 2020.

There won’t be a V8 underthe bonnet but the next gener-ation Monaro will have a twin-turbo V6 with just as muchgrunt — 300kW of power.

Most importantly for per-formance-car fans, however,

the sporty coupe is rear-wheel-drive — just like everyHolden Monaro since 1968.

Holden is yet to confirmthe arrival of the Buick — or ifit will wear the Monaro badge— but The Daily Telegraphunderstands it will arrive inlocal showrooms in 2018 tochallenge the Ford Mustang.

Is this Buick the new Monaro?

JOSHUA DOWLING