“One Battle After Another,” a blistering satire about radical politics, and “Hamnet,” a look at William Shakespeare’s complicated domestic life, took top prizes at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. “The Studio,” a send-up of Hollywood, was named best TV series (musical or comedy) and “The Pitt,” which takes place in an over-stretched hospital, won best TV series (drama). Best limited or anthology series went to “Adolescence,” the story of a murder investigation that unfolds in one shot.
The Globes, unlike the Oscars, delineates films by genre. That meant “One Battle After Another” won best picture (musical or comedy), while “Hamnet” was crowned best picture (drama). It was a big night for Warner Bros. Discovery, which produced “One Battle After Another,” as well as “The Pitt.” “One Battle After Another” scored a leading four prizes, with writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson nabbing trophies for the film’s screenplay and his direction. “Hamnet” won two statues, including best actress for Jessie Buckley’s portrayal of a grieving mother. Focus Features produced the movie.
“Adolescence,” which was backed by Netflix, won four prizes in total, the most of any TV show. Its creator Stephen Graham won best actor in a limited series, while Erin Doherty was named best supporting actress in a TV drama for the show. Owen Cooper, their 16-year-old co-star, won best supporting actor in a TV drama, becoming the youngest ever winner in the category.
Nikki Glaser returned as emcee for the second year in a row. In her opening monologue, she poked fun at everything from Bari Weiss (“CBS news: America’s newest place to ‘See B.S. News.’”) to the Epstein files (“The Golden Globe for best editing goes to… the Justice Department!”) to Warner Bros.’s pending sale to Netflix. She also lampooned Hollywood’s self-obsession, calling the Globes, “without a doubt the most important thing that’s happening in the world right now.”
There were more somber reminders of politics on display. Celebrities such as Mark Ruffalo and Wanda Sykes wore pins to the ceremony with the messages “Ice Out” and “Be Good” to honor the memory of Renée Macklin Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week. Several winners also used their time on stage to urge viewers to exhibit compassion and understanding, an apparent nod to the country’s polarization.
Top acting honors went to Rose Byrne, named best actress in a musical or comedy for her work as the mother of a child with a pediatric feeding disorder in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and Timothée Chalamet, who picked up best actor in a musical or comedy prize for playing a ping-pong player in “Marty Supreme.” Chalamet had previously been nominated four times without ever winning.
“My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up,” Chalamet said. “Always be grateful for what you have. It’s allowed me to leave the ceremony in the past empty-handed with my head held high. I’d be lying if I said those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter.”
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Wagner Moura won best actor in a drama for playing a political refugee in “The Secret Agent.” “If trauma can be passed along through generations, values can too,” Moura said.
Noah Wyle earned best actor in a TV drama for playing a hard-charging doctor in “The Pitt,” while Rhea Seehorn won best actress in a TV drama for her performance as a novelist confronting an alien virus in “Pluribus.” “I meant to get a prescription for beta blockers but I did not,” Seehorn said. “Sorry!”
“The Studio’s” Seth Rogen was named best actor in a TV comedy for his performance as a blundering movie executive in the Apple TV series. Jean Smart won best actress in a TV comedy for her work as a stand-up comic in “Hacks,” marking her third Golden Globe victory. “What can I say, I’m a greedy bitch,” Smart joked.
Michelle Williams won her third Golden Globe, this one in the best actress in a limited series category, for her performance as a terminally ill woman in “Dying for Sex.”
Teyana Taylor was named best supporting actress for playing a revolutionary in “One Battle After Another,” and Stellan Skarsgård won best supporting actor for his turn as an emotionally remote filmmaker in “Sentimental Value.” Taylor gave one of the night’s most emotional speeches. “To my Brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight, our softness is not a liability,” Taylor said. “Our depth is not too much. Our light does not need permission to shine. We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter and our dreams deserve space.”
In addition to honoring film and television, the Globes recognized podcasts for the first time, handing out the top prize to “Good Hang With Amy Poehler.” “I don’t know about awards shows, but when they get it right, it makes sense,” Poehler joked.
Streaming sensation “KPop Demon Hunters” won two honors, including best animated feature and best original song for its anthem, “Golden.” And Brazil’s “The Secret Agent” was named best international feature.
Sykes, presenting the award for best standup special, trolled Ricky Gervais for his past anti-trans jokes and atheism. The comic wasn’t in the ballroom when he won the Globe for his latest show, “Mortality,” so Sykes accepted his statue while “thanking God and the trans community.” It was Gervais’ second consecutive win in the category.
“Sinners,” a vampire film set in the segregated South, won the prize for best cinematic and box office achievement.
See the full list of winners below.
Best Motion Picture — Drama
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
“Blue Moon”
“Bugonia”
“Marty Supreme”
“No Other Choice”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle After Another”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Julia Roberts, “After the Hunt”
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Lee Byung Hun, “No Other Choice”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role — Motion Picture
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role — Motion Picture
Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best Director — Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo Del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
Kangding Ray, “Sirāt”
Max Richter, “Hamnet”
Hans Zimmer, “F1”
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“Dream as One,” “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” Miley Cyrus, Simon Franglen, Mark Ronson, and Andrew Wyatt
“Golden,” “KPop Demon Hunters,” EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick
“I Lied to You,” “Sinners,” Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq
“No Place Like Home,” “Wicked: For Good,” Stephen Schwartz
“The Girl in the Bubble,” “Wicked: For Good,” Stephen Schwartz
“Train Dreams,” “Train Dreams,” Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
“It Was Just an Accident”
“No Other Choice”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best Screenplay
“One Battle After Another”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Sentimental Value”
“Hamnet”
Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Arco”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Mission Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
“Sinners”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”
“Zootopia 2”
Best Television Series — Drama
“The Diplomat”
“The Pitt”
“Pluribus”
“Severance”
“Slow Horses”
“The White Lotus”
Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“The Studio”
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Adolescence”
“All Her Fault”
“The Beast in Me”
“Black Mirror”
“Dying for Sex”
“The Girlfriend”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Show — Drama
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Diego Luna, “Andor”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Show — Drama
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Helen Mirren, “Mobland”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Show — Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Show — Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Ayo Edeberi, “The Bear”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Show — Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”
Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Jude Law, “Black Rabbit”
Matthew Reis, “The Beast in Me”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Show — Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role — Television
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role — Television
Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”
Podcast of the Year
“Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard”
“Call Her Daddy”
“Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
“The Mel Robbins Podcast”
“SmartLess”
“Up First From NPR”
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy
“Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?”
“Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life”
“Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”
“Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts”
“Ricky Gervais, Mortality”
“Bert Kreischer: Lucky”
“Sarah Silverman: PostMortem”
From Variety US