The New Muppets Movie Won The Golden Globes With This Incredible Ad [THE BRIEF]
There were many winners and losers at last night's Golden Globes award ceremony, but nobody triumphed quite like the upcoming Muppets Most Wanted movie. The movie ran a hilarious ad during the broadcast that made light of the silliness of online arguments by including a (likely staged) dialogue between the Twitter users @HotFudge1218 and @Babybean1128 over why The Muppets weren't nominated for any awards. Take a look below to see why "critics across the internet are outraged":
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Digiday took a look at some brands that did last night's Golden Globes award show right.
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