The films are in Los Angeles during the 83rd Golden Globe Awards One Battle After Another and Hamnet turned out to be the big winners. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson’s film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a drugged-up slob in a dressing gown – was nominated nine times and won four prizes: best screenplay, best director, best film in the musical or comedy category and Teyana Taylor won the prize for best supporting actress.
Anderson is therefore only the second filmmaker ever to win film, directing and screenplay in one year at the Golden Globes. Only Oliver Stone managed that before, with Born on the Fourth of July.
Hamnetbased on the novel of the same name by Maggie O’Farrell, surprisingly won the award for best drama film, beating favorite Sinners. Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress award for her role in the film.
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Sinners
Although Hamnet won the main prize, fell Sinners in the awards for best film music and received the award for box office success. The latter victory was remarkable, because the film competed against blockbusters in that category Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Finally brought Sinners grossed $278 million in the United States and $368 million worldwide, becoming the most successful original film in fifteen years. “I especially want to thank the audience that showed up,” said director Ryan Coogler. “That means everything to me.”
The big loser of the evening turned out to be Sentimental Value by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier. The film was nominated in eight categories, including best drama film and best foreign-language film, but won only one award. Stellan Skarsgård won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. It was the first major Hollywood award for the 74-year-old veteran, who was rewarded with a standing ovation. “I wasn’t prepared for this because of course I thought I was too old,” Skarsgård said.
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Oscar favorites
Many Oscar favorites won prizes. Timothée Chalamet won his first Golden Globe for Marty Supremeafter four previous nominations. The 30-year-old actor is considered a strong contender for his first Oscar. Fellow nominees like Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney stood up to applaud him.
“My father instilled in me a sense of gratitude from an early age: always be grateful for what you have,” Chalamet said. “It allowed me to leave previous ceremonies empty-handed, with my head held high, grateful that I was allowed to be there. I would be lying if I said those moments didn’t make this moment extra sweet.”
Won the television awards The Pitt the Golden Globe for best drama series. Netflix’ Adolescence won four awards: best miniseries and acting awards for Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham and 16-year-old Owen Cooper.
The award for best comedy series went to Seth Rogens TheStudio. The series, which is a satire on Hollywood, also includes an episode all about drama during a night at the Golden Globes. “This is so strange,” Rogen said, laughing. “We pretended we were experiencing this. And now it’s really happening.”
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