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#GoldenGlobes

I wanted to share this wordcloud yesterday but for some reason my Twitter download didn't work. So, I got the wordcloud almost 2 days late!

The best part of Golden Globes was arguably the monologue by the host Ricky Gervais. If you haven't seen it, I embed it here. Keep it in mind that jokes are NSFW and crass. But Ricky was brilliant (much less offensive than his previous appearances). That's why it's not a surprise that his names popped up so many times in the tweets.




Many people won different awards but Lady Gaga, who is an amazing singer, was the winner of the award for best actress in limited series or TV movie. Her acceptance speech is embedded below as well. Turns out Lady Gaga was also super popular among Twitter folks, which is apparent from the wordcloud.




Finally, here are the wordcloud and the sentiment graph. The sentiment was overwhelmingly positive, which is a great news for Golden Globe people.
 




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