The reinvention of the Golden Globes has culminated. ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Poor Things’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ in cinema and ‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’ and ‘Bronca’ on television they have been great achievers in this 81st edition, but it can be said that the biggest winner is the awards themselves. After being sunk after the problems of the lack of diversity and questionable ethical and financial practices of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were exposed, and after putting itself in the hands of a businessman and opening its voting to 300 journalists, the controversy has been resolved. buried or at least forgotten and Hollywood has delivered and is once again having its first big party of the awards season.
The balloons arrived, at least numerically by nominations and as happened at the box office, as a duel between ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie’. And she has been the Christopher Nolan’s latest creation the one that has devastated. The film has not only been recognized as best dramaa, elevating it as a favorite in the Oscar race, but has finally given the author, after six nominations, his first award, as best director.
It has also led the Irish actor to the statuette Cillian Murphy Nolan’s regular collaborator (six titles together) recognized for his starring role as the father of the atomic bomb, as well as Robert Downey Jr. as a supporting actor. He has also won in the category of soundtrack for the work of Ludwig Göransson.
‘Barbie‘, the creation of Greta Gerwig that made Mattel’s product flesh and blood, has not gone empty and has established itself in one of the two new categories created by these balloons, which recognizes the cinematic merit and box officein addition to earning better song by ‘What was I made for’, by Billie Eilish. But both the award to best comedy film or musical as the best actress in that category in which balloons separate drama, however, they have been for ‘Poor creatures’, by Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone, its impressive protagonist.
Historic award for Lily Gladstone
The biggest ovation of the night, with the entire Beverly Hilton on its feet, was for Lily Gladstonethe actress native american that stars in ‘The Moon Killers’, by Martin Scorsese and that has made history in the category. In a speech that he has started in the language of the blackfeet indiansGladstone ended up dedicating the award to all the children of indigenous peoples and talking about representationwithout forgetting to thank “allies”.
Paul GiamattAnd, for his part, he has dedicated his award to the teachers by taking the award as drama actor for ‘Those who stay‘, the Alexander Payne film that has also earned recognition as a supporting actress for Da’Vine Joy-Randolph.
Triet can with Bayona
one of the great surprises of the night has been given by the victory in the script for ‘Anatomy of a Fall‘, the film by Justine Triet, co-written with Arthur Harari and winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, which has won over ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Killers on the Moon’, ‘Barbie’, ‘Poor Things’ and ‘Vidas passed’. And that victory, which possibly would not have happened with the old group that voted for the balloons, already suggested that the French film, also nominated for best drama and for the work of its protagonist, Sandra Hüller, would also win the best foreign language filmwhat has left ‘The Snow Society’, by JA Bayona, without a statuette. The good news for the Oscars is that Triet’s brilliant film has not been selected by France to represent it at the Hollywood Academy Awards.
Animation genius Hayao Miyazaki has also won his first globe for ‘The boy and the heron’.
A gala without a hook
In their return to normality, the Globes have changed their traditional broadcast network in the United States (CBS instead of NBC) and have chosen to remove possible edges in the choice of their presenter, the comedian Jo Koywhich has had a performance without any salt shaker, which has left the best pieces of humor in the hands of some of the award presenters in a gala that in any case has been long in its three hours, and where, and despite the fact that the world is experiencing two wars, and the United States United is in an election year, this time he has left no political speeches. And it has been somewhat paradoxical when the other new category this year, for the best comedy specialhas gone to Ricky Gervais the man who gave acidity and political incorrectness to these awards for years. The Brit hasn’t even attended the party.
On television the fourth and final season of ‘Succession‘He said goodbye with honors, not only with the award for best dramabut also with leading performance awards for Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook and for Ray Macfadyen in distribution, which in the female category has been for Elizabeth Debicki, the Princess Diana in ‘The crown’.
Also successful has been ‘The bear’, crowned best comedy series and with prizes for both Jeremy Allen White and to Ayo Edebiri. And another plenary session has made the miniseries ‘Row‘, winner in its general category and in the acting category for Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.
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