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91ƵOppenheimer91Ƶ dominates Golden Globes, 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ upsets 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ in comedy

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Host Jo Koy arrives at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Christopher Nolan91Ƶs blockbuster biopic 91ƵOppenheimer91Ƶ dominated the , winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos91Ƶ Frankenstein riff 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ pulled off an upset victor over 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ to triumph in the best comedy or musical category.

If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbenheimer, this round went to 91ƵOppenheimer.91Ƶ The film also won best director for Nolan, , best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. and for Ludwig Göransson91Ƶs score.

91ƵI don91Ƶt think it was a no-brainer by any stretch of the imagination to make a three-hour talky movie 91Ƶ R-rated by the way 91Ƶ about one of the darkest developments in our history,91Ƶ said producer Emma Thomas accepting the night91Ƶs final award and thanking Universal chief Donna Langley.

Along with best comedy or musical, 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ also won for , a Victorian woman experiencing a surreal life and sexual awakening.

91ƵI see this as a rom-com,91Ƶ said Stone. 91ƵBut 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.91Ƶ

won best actress in a dramatic film for Martin Scorsese91Ƶs 91ƵKillers of the Flower Moon.91Ƶ Gladstone, who began her speech speaking the language of her native tribe, Blackfeet Nation, is the first Indigenous winner in the category.

91ƵThis is a historic win,91Ƶ said Gladstone. 91ƵIt doesn91Ƶt just belong to me.91Ƶ

The were in their 81st year but facing a new and uncertain chapter. After a tumultuous few years and heaps of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved, leaving a new Globes, , to try to regain its perch as the third biggest award show of the year, after the Oscars and Grammys. Even the menu (sushi from Nobu) was flipped.

91ƵGolden Globes journalists, thank you for changing your game, therefore changing your name,91Ƶ said Downey in his acceptance speech.

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 Streep91Ƶs knack for winning awards and the long-running 91ƵOppenheimer.91Ƶ (91ƵI needed another hour.91Ƶ)

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

91ƵYo, I got the gig 10 days ago. You want a perfect monologue?91Ƶ said Koy. 91ƵI wrote some of these and they91Ƶre the ones you91Ƶre laughing at.91Ƶ

HI, BARBIE

Downey91Ƶs win, his third Globe, denied one to Kenergy. Ryan Gosling had been seen as his stiffest competition, just one of the many head-to-head contests between 91ƵOppenheimer91Ƶ and Greta Gerwig91Ƶs 91ƵBarbie.91Ƶ The filmmakers faced each other in the best director category, where Nolan triumphed.

It was two hours before 91ƵBarbie,91Ƶ the with more than $1.4 billion in ticket sales, won an award. Billie Eilish91Ƶs 91ƵWhat Was I Made For?91Ƶ took best song, and swiftly after, 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ took the Globes91Ƶ new honor for 91Ƶcinematic and box office achievement.91Ƶ Some thought that award might go to Taylor Swift, whose 91ƵTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour91Ƶ also set box-office records.

Margot Robbie, star and producer of 91ƵBarbie,91Ƶ accepted the award in a .

91ƵWe91Ƶd like to dedicate this to every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on Earth: the movie theaters,91Ƶ said Robbie.

91ƵBarbie91Ƶ and 91ƵOppenheimer,91Ƶ two blockbusters , 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 Later, Triet91Ƶs film picked up best international film, too.

Though the Globes have no direct correlation with the Academy Awards, they can boost campaigns at a crucial juncture. Oscar nomination voting starts Thursday, and the twin sensations of Barbenheimer remain frontrunners.

Other contenders loom, though, like 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ and 91ƵThe Holdovers.91Ƶ

Paul Giamatti and Da91ƵVine Joy Randolph both won for Giamatti, reuniting with Payne two decades after 91ƵSideways,91Ƶ won best actor and Randolph won for her supporting performance as a grieving woman in the 1970s-set boarding school drama.

91ƵOh, Mary you have changed my life,91Ƶ Randolph said of her character. 91ƵYou have made me feel seen in so many ways that I have never imagined.91Ƶ

Hayao Miyazaki91Ƶs 91ƵThe Boy and the Heron91Ƶ won best animated film, an upset over 91ƵSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.91Ƶ

91ƵSUCCESSION91Ƶ AND 91ƵTHE BEAR91Ƶ LEAD TV WINNERS

The cleaned up on the television side. It won best drama series for the third time, a mark that ties a record set by 91ƵMad Men91Ƶ and 91ƵThe X-Files.91Ƶ Three stars from the HBO series also won: Matt Macfadyen, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin.

91ƵIt is bittersweet, but things like this make it rather sweeter,91Ƶ said 91ƵSuccession91Ƶ creator Jesse Armstrong.

Hulu91Ƶs 91ƵThe Bear91Ƶ 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 show91Ƶs second season. She thanked the assistants of her agents and managers.

91ƵTo the people who answer my emails, you91Ƶre the real ones,91Ƶ said Edebiri.

91ƵBeef91Ƶ won three awards: best limited series as well as acting awards for Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

The Globes also added a new stand-up special award. That went, surprisingly, to Ricky Gervais, who didn91Ƶt attend the show he so often hosted. Some expected Chris Rock to win for 91ƵSelective Outrage,91Ƶ his .

THE GLOBES COMEBACK

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, The 2022 Globes were all but canceled and . After reforms, the Globes returned to NBC last year in a one-year deal, but the show was booted to Tuesday evening. With Jerrod Carmichael hosting, 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 (which typically numbered around 90 voters) was dissolved and a new group of some 300 entertainment journalists from around the world now vote for the awards.

Questions still remain about the Globes91Ƶ long-term future, but their value to Hollywood studios remains providing a marketing boost to awards contenders. (The Oscars won91Ƶt be held until March 10.) This year, because of the actors and writers strikes, the Globes are airing ahead of the Emmys, which were

With movie ticket sales still and the industry facing a potentially perilous 2024 at the box office, Hollywood needed the Golden Globes as much as it ever has.

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press





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