BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – “Oppenheimer” actor Robert Downey Jr. and “The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph received high awards Sunday on the Golden Globes, Hollywood’s first main celebration for the reason that twin strikes paralyzed most of from the leisure enterprise final yr.
The champagne-fueled ceremony honored the most effective of movie and tv chosen by a brand new group of 300 leisure journalists from all over the world, as a part of reforms made after a range and ethics scandal amongst Globe voters.
Downey was named greatest supporting actor in a movement image for enjoying J. Robert Oppenheimer’s skilled enemy in director Christopher Nolan’s drama concerning the making of the atomic bomb. The movie was one of many largest field workplace hits of final yr.
“A sweeping story concerning the moral dilemma of nuclear weapons raises $1 billion. Does which have a follow-up?” Downey joked earlier than thanking Nolan and the workforce behind the movie.
Randolph received the Globe for supporting actress in a movement image for her function as a grieving mom in “The Holdovers.” She mentioned she was grateful for the chance to painting the “lovely, flawed girl.”
“Barbie,” the summer season blockbuster starring Margot Robbie as the enduring doll, led all nominees firstly of the ceremony with 9 nominations. Robbie appeared on the ceremony carrying a sizzling pink costume and boa, a duplicate of the outfit worn by 1977 famous person Barbie doll.
The Globes kicked off Hollywood’s annual awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on March 10, and reunited the most important stars after six months of actor and author strikes in 2023.
Jo Koy, a comic presenting his first main awards present, opened the ceremony by criticizing a number of the A-list stars and their initiatives.
“Oppenheimer,” a three-hour historic drama, “wanted one other hour,” Koy joked. “I felt like I wanted extra backstory.”
The ceremony was broadcast dwell on CBS and simulcast to Paramount+ subscribers with Showtime.
Pop famous person Taylor Swift joined the Hollywood crowd in a vibrant inexperienced costume. The singer was nominated for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” her live performance movie that competed in a brand new class of movie and field workplace achievements.
Within the tv enviornment, “Succession” was anticipated to win reward for its closing season concerning the high-stakes battle for management of a worldwide media empire. It led all nominees with 9 nominations, adopted by the restaurant comedy-drama “The Bear” with 5.
There have been 27 first-time Globes nominees this yr.
Often known as a extra relaxed boozy celebration than the Oscars, the Globes almost went extinct. A 2021 Los Angeles Occasions report revealed moral lapses and a scarcity of range among the many roughly 80 members of the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, the group that beforehand voted on the Globes. The 2022 ceremony was scrapped whereas the group made reforms.
Final yr, the Globes had been offered to new house owners and the affiliation dissolved. Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions now administer the awards, with a voting physique of 300 journalists from 75 international locations with 60% racial and ethnic range.