Cillian Murphy won for Oppenheimer (Image courtesy: Getty)
Oppenheimer and Succession ruled the 81st Golden Globes which kickstarted the Hollywood award season for this year. Oppenheimer won five of its eight nominations including Best Film (Drama). Christopher Nolan won Best Director and the film won two big acting awards - Cillian Murphy took Best Film Actor (Drama) and Robert Downey Jr took Best Supporting Actor (Film) for their performances as Robert Oppenheimer and Lewis Strauss. RDJ's category included Ryan Gosling who played Ken in Barbie - Barbie and Oppenheimer clashed at the global box office with tremendous results last year. Oppenheimer also won Best Score. In what might be a surprise twist to some, Poor Things beat out Barbie as Best Film (Musical/Comedy) with Emma Stone winning Best Film Actress (Musical/Comedy). The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Randolph won Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) and Best Supporting Actress in the film category. Lily Gladstone won Best Film Actress (Drama) for Killers Of The Flower Moon - the first win for an indigenous actor.
It was a clean sweep for Succession, The Bear and Beef in their respective categories. The answer to which Succession character would be triumph in the Best TV Actor (Drama) category is - Roman Roy, played by Kieran Culkin. Co-stars Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen won Best TV Actress (Drama) and Best Supporting Actor (TV). Succession also won Best Series (Drama).
Beef won Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie as well as the category's Best Actress and Best Actor for Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.
Jeremy Allen White won Best TV Actor (Musical/Comedy) for The Bear second year in a row; co-star Ayo Edebiri won Best TV Actress (Musical/Comedy). The Bear also won Best Series (Musical/Comedy).
The Golden Globes returns this year under new ownership after some fraught years of criticism and boycott of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that used to present the awards. The Globes are now owned by the production company that has produced and broadcast the show for decades. The Golden Globes, hosted by comedian Jo Koy, have introduced two new categories this year - Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Performance in Stand Up Comedy on TV.
Here is the list of winners.
FILM
Best Motion Picture (Drama) - Oppenheimer
Best Motion Picture(Musical/Comedy) - Poor Things
Best Director - Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress (Drama) - Lily Gladstone ( Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Actor (Drama) - Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) - Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)- Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Best Supporting Actor- Robert Downey Jr (Oppenheimer)
Best Supporting Actress- Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Best Animated Film - The Boy and the Heron
Best Non-English Language Film - Anatomy Of A Fall (France)
Best Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Original Score- Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer)
Best Original Song- "What Was I Made For?" (Barbie)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement - Barbie
TELEVISION
Best Series (Drama) - Succession
Best Series (Musical/Comedy) - The Bear
Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Film- Beef
Best Actress (Drama) - Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Actor (Drama) - Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)- Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)- Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Actress (Limited Series, Anthology or TV Film)- Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Actor (Limited Series, Anthology or TV Film) - Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Supporting Actress- Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Best Supporting Actor - Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Best Performance In Stand Up Comedy - Ricky Gervais (Armageddon)