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The 2024 awards season kicked off Sunday night with the 81st Golden Globe Awards. Soon to follow are the Critics Choice Awards, Emmys, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards and Oscars in the next three months.
The first award of the night for best performance by a supporting actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her performance in “The Holdovers.” Paul Giammati was later awarded best performance by an actor in the musical or comedy category, also for his role in “The Holdovers.”
Robert Downey Jr. was awarded next, winning best performance by a supporting actor for his performance as Lewis Strauss in “Oppenheimer.” This was one of five awards of the night presented to “Oppenheimer.”
Ludwig Göransson won best original motion picture score, while Cillian Murphy was recognized for his role as the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer, being awarded best performance by an actor in a drama. Christopher Nolan picked up his first best director award after being nominated for his direction of 2010’s “Inception” and 2017’s “Dunkirk.” Finally, “Oppenheimer” was awarded best motion picture drama.
While Nolan was nominated for his “Oppenheimer” screenplay, French writing duo Justine Triet and Arthur Harari took home the screenplay award for their film “Anatomy of a Fall.” “Anatomy of a Fall” also won best non-English language motion picture.
Another foreign film took home a best motion picture award, with Hayao Miyazaki’s Japanese release “The Boy and the Heron” winning best animated film.
“Barbie,” while nominated nine times – the most of any film that night – was noticeably absent from several awards. The film won two awards, one for Billie Eilish’s original song “What Was I Made For?” and one for the inaugural cinematic and box office achievement award.
“Poor Things,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ eclectic adaption of the book of the same name, won best comedy, with Emma Stone winning best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy with her performance as lead character Bella.
Lily Gladstone made history by being the first indigenous woman to win best performance by an actress in a drama. She was recognized for her performance as Mollie Burkhart in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
On the television side of things, “The Bear,” “Beef” and “Succession” cleaned up, winning all but one television award between them. “Succession” won best drama television series, while Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen all won awards for their roles in the show.
“The Bear” dominated similarly on the comedy side, winning best comedy television series. Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri won best actor and actress in a comedy for their performances in the show.
“Beef” took home best limited series, with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun becoming only the first and second actress and actor of Asian descent to win best performances in a limited series.
The lone television award not presented to “The Bear,” “Beef” or “Succession” was for best performance by a supporting actress in a television show, with Elizabeth Debicki winning for her role as Princess Diana in the British drama “The Crown.”
Ricky Gervais, a controversial former Golden Globe host, won best stand-up comedy performance on television for his “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon” special. This award is the second of two new award categories this year.
However, despite impressive wins among high-performing shows and films, the ceremony was mired by first-time host Jo Koy’s lackluster performance and general awkwardness among award presenters. Reactions to Koy’s jokes and jabs were all over the internet, including “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig’s grimace after Koy’s tone-deaf claim that the film was about “a plastic doll with big boobies.” Time will tell if the upcoming Oscars will have a better public reaction.
SZNS MAG 