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Christopher Nolan’s American epic drama “Oppenheimer” dominates the 81st Golden Globe Awards, the place “Succession” and “The Bear” sweep the tv awards.
“Oppenheimer,” maybe the favourite for the Academy Awards, gained 4 huge awards, together with finest director for Nolan, finest dramatic actor for Cillian Murphy, finest supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. and finest rating for Ludwig. Göransson.
“Golden Globes journalists, thanks for altering your sport and subsequently altering your title,” Downey stated.
The Globes turned 81 however confronted a brand new and unsure chapter. After a couple of tumultuous years and quite a few scandals, the Hollywood International Press Affiliation dissolved, leaving a brand new Globes, on a brand new community (CBS), to attempt to regain its place because the third largest awards present. of the yr, after the Oscars. and Grammy Awards. Even the menu (Nobu sushi) was backwards.
He had a tough begin. Host Jo Koy took the stage on the Beverly Hilton Worldwide Ballroom in Beverly Hills, California. The Filipino-American monologue touched on some anticipated subjects: Ozempic, Meryl Streep’s capacity to win awards and the long-running “Oppenheimer.” (“I wanted one other hour”).
After a joke fell flat, Koy, who was named host after some larger names reportedly handed away, additionally famous how shortly he was pushed into work.
“Hey, I bought the job 10 days in the past. Would you like an ideal monologue? Koy stated. “I wrote a few of these and so they’re those you are laughing at.”
Downey’s win, his third Globe, denied Kenergy one. Ryan Gosling had been seen as his hardest competitors, simply one in all many head-to-head contests between “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” The filmmakers confronted one another in the perfect director class, the place Nolan triumphed.
HELLO BARBIE
Two hours handed earlier than “Barbie,” the largest hit of the yr with greater than $1.four billion in ticket gross sales, gained an award. “What was I made for?” by Billie Eilish took house the award for finest music, and shortly after, “Barbie” took house the Globes’ new honor for “cinematic and field workplace achievement.” Some thought the award may go to Taylor Swift, whose “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” additionally set field workplace information.
“Barbie” star and producer Margot Robbie accepted the award in a pink gown impressed by the 1977 Barbie Celebrity.
“We want to dedicate this to each particular person on the planet who dressed up and went to the perfect place on Earth: the film theaters,” Robbie stated.
“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” two field workplace hits united by a typical launch date, additionally competed in the perfect screenplay class. However, surprisingly, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari gained for the screenplay of the French court docket drama “Anatomy of a Fall.” Subsequently, Triet’s movie additionally gained the award for finest worldwide movie.
Though the Globes don’t have any direct correlation with the Academy Awards, they will enhance campaigns at an important time. Voting for Oscar nominations begins Thursday and the Barbenheimer twin sensations stay the favorites.
Nevertheless, different contenders loom, equivalent to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-style fable, “Poor Issues.” Its star, Emma Stone, gained finest actress in a comedy or musical.
“I see this as a romantic comedy,” Stone stated. “However within the sense that Bella falls in love with life itself, greater than with an individual. “She accepts the nice and the dangerous equally, and that actually made me see life otherwise.”
The primary award of the evening went to Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph for finest supporting actress for Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers.” Randolph has change into the favourite within the class for her portrayal of a grieving girl within the boarding faculty drama set within the 1970s.
“Oh, Mary, you’ve modified my life,” Randolph stated of her character. “You might have made me really feel seen in so some ways I had by no means imagined.”
Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” gained finest animated movie, beating out “Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse.”
‘SUCESSION’ AND ‘THE BEAR’ TOP TV WINNERS
The final season of “Succession” took the tv facet by storm. It gained finest drama sequence for the third time, a mark that ties the report set by “Mad Males” and “The X-Information.” Three stars of the HBO sequence additionally gained: Matt Macfadyen, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin.
“It is bittersweet, however issues like this make it quite a bit sweeter,” stated “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong.
Hulu’s “The Bear” additionally took house three awards, together with finest comedy sequence. Jeremy Allen White gained for the second time, however this time he had firm. Ayo Edebiri gained her first Globe for her main efficiency within the second season of the Hulu present. She thanked her brokers’ assistants and managers.
“To the individuals who reply to my emails, you’re the actual ones,” Edebiri stated.
“Beef” gained three awards: finest restricted sequence and performing awards for Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.
The Globes additionally added a brand new particular stand-up award. Surprisingly, that was for Ricky Gervais, who did not attend the present he hosted so ceaselessly. Some anticipated Chris Rock to win for “Selective Outrage,” his response to Will Smith’s slap.
THE BALLOONS ARE BACK
A number of years in the past, the Golden Globes have been getting ready to collapse. After the Los Angeles Occasions reported that the HFPA had no black members, Hollywood boycotted the group. The 2022 Globes have been virtually canceled and brought off tv. After renovations, the Globes returned to NBC final yr with a one-year deal, however the present was postponed till Tuesday evening. Hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, the printed drew 6.three million viewers, a brand new low for NBC and a far cry from the 20 million who as soon as tuned in.
The Golden Globes have been acquired by Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, owned by Penske Media, and have become a for-profit firm. The HFPA (which usually had about 90 voters) was dissolved and a brand new group of about 300 leisure journalists from world wide now vote for the awards.
Questions stay concerning the Globes’ long-term future, however its worth to Hollywood studios continues to offer a advertising enhance to awards contenders. (The Oscars will not be held till March 10.) This yr, attributable to actor and author strikes, the Globes are airing earlier than the Emmys, which have been postponed till Jan. 15.
With film ticket gross sales nonetheless 20% beneath pre-pandemic tempo and the trade going through a probably perilous 2024 on the field workplace, Hollywood wanted the Golden Globes as a lot as ever.