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- ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ were the big winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture in both their categories in addition to other major prizes.
- Comebacks and upsets were the theme of the evening, as Demi Moore won her first award ever and surprise winners captured other categories.
- Following last year’s disastrous hosting gig by Jo Koy, stand-up comic Nikki Glaser steadied the ship with a smooth, funny, if unspectacular performance as emcee.
‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ were the biggest movie winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 5, with the international journalists of the Golden Globe Foundation bestowing some of their biggest prizes on two of the more anti-commercial films of the season. A number of other highly hyped favorites like ‘Anora’ and ‘Wicked’ were largely shut out, while other major prizes went to a variety of smaller independent releases.
‘The Brutalist’ walked away with Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for Brady Corbet, and Best Male Actor – Drama for Adrien Brody, while ‘Emilia Perez’ snagged Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Supporting Actor – Female for Zoe Saldana, Best Original Song for ‘El Mal,’ and Best International Motion Picture.
Neither film is what one might first think of as popular cineplex fare. ‘The Brutalist’ is a 3 ½ hour period epic about a brilliant architect and Holocaust survivor who struggles to find his place after landing in America following World War II, while ‘Emilia Perez’ is a musical about a Mexican cartel boss who transitions into a woman. ‘The Brutalist’ is just finding its way into theaters now, while ‘Emilia Perez’ has been streaming on Netflix since November. “We were told the film was undistributable, that no one would go see it,” said Corbet as he accepted Best Motion Picture. “No one was asking for 3 ½ hour film about a designer on 70mm. But it works.”
Those two films all but dominated the Globes, with other major awards going to ‘Conclave’ (Peter Straughan for Best Screenplay), ‘I’m Still Here’ (Fernanda Torres for Best Female Actor – Drama in a surprise upset over stars like Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet), ‘A Different Man’ (Sebastian Stan for Best Male Actor – Musical or Comedy), and ‘The Substance’ (Demi Moore for Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy).
Moore, winning her first award of any kind in her long career, gave an impassioned and emotional speech in which she all but admitted that she never thought her work would receive any sort of acknowledgement beyond her ability to sell tickets:
“In those moments when we don’t think we are smart enough or pretty enough, or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me just know you will never be enough you can know the measure of your work if you just put down the measuring stick.”
She also revealed that she thought her best days as an actor might be behind her, a fear echoed by Adrien Brody in his equally emotional acceptance speech. “There was a time when I thought this would not be afforded to me again,” said the actor, who won an Oscar two decades ago for his portrayal of another Holocaust survivor in “The Pianist.”
Rousing speeches were among the highlights of the night, with Stan also acknowledging the difficulty of making films like ‘A Different Man’ and the Donald Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice,’ for which the Marvel star was also nominated for his portrayal of the convicted felon and once-and-future president. Meanwhile, director Jon M. Chu, accepting the Globes’ award for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement – most popular movie, in other words – for ‘Wicked,’ insisted on “how important making this stuff is, when pessimism and cynicism rule the planet right now.”
Aside from that award, ‘Wicked’ was shut out of other major prizes, as were Oscar favorites like ‘Anora,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ and ‘A Complete Unknown,’ all of which went home empty-handed. ‘Conclave’ earned the screenplay prize, while ‘Challengers’ composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won for Best Score and Kieran Culkin earned Best Supporting Actor for ‘A Real Pain,’ the latter one of the few awards of the night which seemingly has a lock on an Oscar win as well.
On the TV side, ‘Shogun’ was the behemoth of the evening, walking away with three acting prizes as well as Best TV Series – Drama, while ‘Hacks’ won for Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical and ‘Baby Reindeer’ earned the trophy for Best Limited Series. The latter beat out ‘The Penguin’ in that category, although Colin Farrell, as widely expected, did earn the award for Best Male Actor – Limited Series for his portrayal of the title Gotham City crime boss.
As for the Golden Globes show itself, host and stand-up comic Nikki Glaser was a largely smooth and entertaining remedy for last year’s disastrous stint by stand-up Jo Koy, although Glaser did pull back on her usual raunchier fare with a succession of funny, if somewhat predictable, jokes about various members of the star-studded audience. But she proved herself more than capable of working what can be an often tough and raucous room.
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Full List of Film Nominations:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- ‘The Brutalist’ – WINNER
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Conclave’
- ‘Dune: Part Two’
- ‘Nickel Boys’
- ‘September 5’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Pamela Anderson, ‘The Last Showgirl’
- Angelina Jolie, ‘Maria’
- Nicole Kidman, ‘Babygirl’
- Tilda Swinton, ‘The Room Next Door’
- Fernanda Torres, ‘I’m Still Here’ – WINNER
- Kate Winslet, ‘Lee’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ – WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Daniel Craig, ‘Queer’
- Colman Domingo, ‘Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
- Sebastian Stan, ‘The Apprentice’
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- ‘Anora’
- ‘Challengers’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
- ‘A Real Pain’
- ‘The Substance’
- ‘Wicked’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Amy Adams, ‘Nightbitch’
- Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
- Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
- Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’ – WINNER
- Zendaya, ‘Challengers’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
- Hugh Grant, ‘Heretic’
- Gabriel LaBelle, ‘Saturday Night’
- Jesse Plemons, ‘Kinds of Kindness’
- Glen Powell, ‘Hit Man’
- Sebastian Stan, ‘A Different Man’ – WINNER
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- ‘Flow’ – WINNER
- ‘Inside Out 2’
- ‘Memoir of a Snail’
- ‘Moana 2’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
- ‘The Wild Robot’
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- ‘All We Imagine as Light’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
- ‘The Girl with the Needle’
- ‘I’m Still Here’
- ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
- ‘Vermiglio’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
- Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
- Selena Gomez, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’
- Margaret Qualley, ‘The Substance’
- Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’
- Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
- Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’
- Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’ – WINNER
- Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’
- Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice’
- Denzel Washington, ‘Gladiator II’
Best Director – Motion Picture
- Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
- Edward Berger, ‘Conclave’
- Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’ – WINNER
- Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
- Payal Kapadia, ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
- Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
- Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, ‘The Brutalist’
- Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
- Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
- Peter Straughan, ‘Conclave’ – WINNER
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
- Volker Bertelmann, ‘Conclave’
- Daniel Blumberg, ‘The Brutalist’
- Kris Bowers, ‘The Wild Robot’
- Clément Ducol, Camille, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, ‘Challengers’ – WINNER
- Hans Zimmer, Dune: ‘Part Two’
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
- “Beautiful That Way,” ‘The Last Showgirl’
- “Compress/Repress,” ‘Challengers’
- “El Mal,” ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
- “Forbidden Road,” ‘Better Man’
- “Kiss The Sky,” ‘The Wild Robot’
- “Mi Camino,” ‘Emilia Pérez’
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
- ‘Alien: Romulus’
- ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
- ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
- ‘Gladiator II’
- ‘Inside Out 2’
- ‘Twisters’
- ‘Wicked’ – WINNER
- ‘The Wild Robot’
Full List of TV Nominations:
Best Television Series – Drama
- ‘The Diplomat’
- ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
- ‘Shōgun’ – WINNER
- ‘Squid Game’
- ‘Slow Horses’
- ‘The Day of the Jackal’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
- Kathy Bates, ‘Matlock’
- Emma D’Arcy, ‘House of the Dragon’
- Maya Erskine, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
- Keira Knightley, ‘Black Doves’
- Anna Sawai, ‘Shōgun’ – WINNER
- Keri Russell, ‘The Diplomat’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
- Donald Glover, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
- Jake Gyllenhaal, ‘Presumed Innocent’
- Gary Oldman, ‘Slow Horses’
- Eddie Redmayne, ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- Hiroyuki Sanada, ‘Shōgun’ – WINNER
- Billy Bob Thornton, ‘Landman’
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- ‘Abbott Elementary’
- ‘The Bear’
- ‘The Gentlemen’
- ‘Hacks’ – WINNER
- ‘Nobody Wants This’
- ‘Only Murders in the Building’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Kristen Bell, ‘Nobody Wants This’
- Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary’
- Ayo Edebiri, ‘The Bear’
- Selena Gomez, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
- Kathryn Hahn, ‘Agatha All Along’
- Jean Smart, ‘Hacks’ – WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Adam Brody, ‘Nobody Wants This’
- Ted Danson, ‘A Man on the Inside’
- Steve Martin, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
- Jason Segel, ‘Shrinking’
- Martin Short, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
- Jeremy Allen White, ‘The Bear’ – WINNER
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- ‘Baby Reindeer’ – WINNER
- ‘Disclaimer’
- ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
- ‘The Penguin’
- ‘Ripley’
- ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Cate Blanchett, ‘Disclaimer’
- Jodie Foster, ‘True Detective: Night Country’ – WINNER
- Cristin Milioti, ‘The Penguin’
- Sofía Vergara, ‘Griselda’
- Naomi Watts, ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’
- Kate Winslet, ‘The Regime’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Colin Farrell, ‘The Penguin’ – WINNER
- Richard Gadd, ‘Baby Reindeer’
- Kevin Kline, ‘Disclaimer’
- Cooper Koch, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
- Ewan McGregor, ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’
- Andrew Scott, ‘Ripley’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television
- Liza Colón-Zayas, ‘The Bear’
- Hannah Einbinder, ‘Hacks’
- Dakota Fanning, ‘Ripley’
- Jessica Gunning, ‘Baby Reindeer’ – WINNER
- Allison Janney, ‘The Diplomat’
- Kali Reis, ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Tadanobu Asano, ‘Shōgun’ – WINNER
- Javier Bardem, Monsters: ‘The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
- Harrison Ford, ‘Shrinking’
- Jack Lowden, ‘Slow Horses’
- Diego Luna, ‘La Maquina’
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, ‘The Bear’
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
- Jamie Foxx, ‘What Had Happened Was’
- Nikki Glaser, ‘Someday You’ll Die’
- Seth Meyers, ‘Dad Man Walking’
- Adam Sandler, ‘Love You’
- Ali Wong, ‘Single Lady’ – WINNER
- Ramy Youssef, ‘More Feelings’
EDITORIAL NOTE: Don Kaye and Jami Philbrick contributed to this article.
