海角大神

Christopher Nolan鈥檚 blockbuster biopic 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� dominated the 81st Golden Globes,聽winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos鈥� Frankenstein riff 鈥淧oor Things鈥� pulled off an upset victor over 鈥淏arbie鈥� to triumph in the best comedy or musical category.

Lily Gladstone won best actress in a dramatic film for Martin Scorsese鈥檚 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon.鈥� Ms. Gladstone, who began her speech speaking the language of her native tribe, Blackfeet Nation, is the first Indigenous winner in the category.

鈥淭his is a historic win,鈥� said Ms. Gladstone. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 just belong to me.鈥�

If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbeneheimer,聽this round went to 鈥淥ppenheimer.鈥� The film also won best director for Mr. Nolan, best drama actor for Cillian Murphy,聽best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr., and for Ludwig G枚ransson鈥檚 score.

Along with best comedy or musical, 鈥淧oor Things鈥� also won for Emma Stone鈥檚 performance as Bella,聽a Victorian-era woman experiencing a surreal sexual awakening.

鈥淚 see this as a rom-com,鈥� said Ms. Stone. 鈥淏ut in the sense that Bella falls in love with life itself, rather than a person. She accepts the good and the bad in equal measure, and that really made me look at life differently.鈥�

The Globes聽were in their ninth decade but facing a new and uncertain chapter. After a tumultuous few years of scandal, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved, leaving a new Globes, on a new network (CBS),聽to try to regain its perch as the third biggest award show of the year, after the Oscars and Grammys.

It got off to a rocky start. Host Jo Koy took the stage at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom in Beverly Hills, California. The Filipino American stand-up hit on some expected topics: Ozempic, Meryl Streep鈥檚 knack for winning awards, and the long-running 鈥淥ppenheimer.鈥澛�

After one joke flubbed, Mr. Koy, who was named host after some bigger names reportedly passed, also noted how fast he was thrust into the job.

鈥淵o, I got the gig 10 days ago. You want a perfect monologue?鈥� said Mr. Koy. 鈥淚 wrote some of these and they鈥檙e the ones you鈥檙e laughing at.鈥�

Hi, Barbie

Mr. Downey鈥檚 win, his third Globe, denied one to 鈥淜energy.鈥� Ryan Gosling had been seen as his stiffest competition, just one of the many head-to-head contests between 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� and Greta Gerwig鈥檚 鈥淏arbie.鈥� The filmmakers faced each other in the best director category, where Mr. Nolan triumphed.

It was two hours before 鈥淏arbie,鈥� the year鈥檚 biggest hit聽with more than $1.4 billion in ticket sales, won an award Jan. 7. Billie Eilish鈥檚 鈥淲hat Was I Made For?鈥� took best song, and swiftly after, 鈥淏arbie鈥� took the Globes鈥� new honor for 鈥渃inematic and box office achievement.鈥� Some thought that award might go to Taylor Swift, whose 鈥淭aylor Swift: The Eras Tour鈥� also set box-office records. Ms. Swift, though, remains winless in five Globe nods.

鈥淏arbie鈥� and 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� two blockbusters brought together by a common release date,聽also faced off in the best screenplay category. But in an upset, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari won for the script to the French courtroom drama 鈥淎natomy of a Fall.鈥澛燣ater, Ms. Triet鈥檚 film picked up best international film, too.

Paul Giamatti and Da鈥橵ine Joy Randolph both won for Alexander Payne鈥檚 鈥淭he Holdovers.鈥� Mr. Giamatti, reuniting with Mr. Payne two decades after 鈥淪ideways,鈥� won best actor and Ms. Randolph won for her supporting performance as a grieving woman in the 1970s-set boarding school drama.

Hayao Miyazaki鈥檚 鈥淭he Boy and the Heron鈥� won best animated film, an upset over 鈥淪pider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.鈥�

鈥淪uccession鈥� and 鈥淭he Bear鈥� lead TV winners聽

The final season of 鈥淪uccession鈥澛燾leaned up on the television side. It won best drama series for the third time, a mark that ties a record set by 鈥淢ad Men鈥� and 鈥淭he X-Files.鈥� Three stars from the HBO series also won: Matt Macfadyen, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin.

Hulu鈥檚 鈥淭he Bear鈥� also came away with a trio of awards, including best comedy series. Jeremy Allen White won for the second time, but this time he had company. Ayo Edebiri won her first Globe for her leading performance in the Hulu show鈥檚 second season. She thanked the assistants of her agents and managers.

The Globes comeback聽

A few years ago, the Golden Globes were on the cusp of collapse. After The Los Angeles Times reported that the HFPA had no Black members, Hollywood boycotted the organization.聽The 2022 Globes were all but canceled and taken off TV.聽After reforms, the Globes returned to NBC last year in a one-year deal. With Jerrod Carmichael hosting, the telecast attracted 6.3 million viewers,聽a new low on NBC and a far cry from the 20 million that once tuned in.

The Golden Globes were acquired by Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, which Penske Media owns, and turned into a for-profit venture. The HFPA was dissolved and a group of some 300 entertainment journalists from around the world now vote for the awards.

Questions still remain about the Globes鈥� long-term future, but their value to Hollywood studios remains providing a marketing boost to awards contenders.聽

With movie ticket sales still 20% off the pre-pandemic pace聽and the industry facing a potentially perilous 2024 at the box office, Hollywood needed the Golden Globes as much as it ever has.

This story was reported by The Associated Press.聽