Hollywood opened its awards season account with a pale version of the Golden Globes held behind closed doors on Sunday (Monday morning for India). The Power Of The Dog won the two biggest awards - Best Film (Drama) and Jane Campion won the Best Director. Will Smith took home his first Golden Globe. He won the Best Film Actor (Drama) for King Richard. Nicole Kidman won her fifth Golden Globe for Best Film Actress (Drama) for Being The Ricardos. Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story won major awards - Best Film (Comedy/Musical), Best Film Actress (Comedy/Musical) for Rachel Zegler and Best Supporting Actress (Film) for Ariana DeBose. Andrew Garfield won Best Film Actor (Comedy/Musical) for tick, tick... BOOM!.
In the TV category, Succession fetched three wins - for Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook who won Best Actor (Drama) and Best Supporting Actress. It also won the Best Drama Series. Jason Sudeikis won Best TV Actor (Comedy/Musical) for Ted Lasso. Hacks won big in the TV comedy category. Squid Game picked up an early win for O Yeong-su who won Best Supporting Actor (Television).
The nominations this year, announced on December 13 by Snoop Dogg, were led by Kenneth Branagh's Belfast and Jane Campion's The Power Of The Dog with seven nods each.
The Golden Globes this year was held privately minus a red carpet, audience and TV broadcast - and not just because of COVID. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association or HFPA, which awards the Globes, is facing a reckoning over issues of diversity and ethics. No stars are attending the Globes because of an industry boycott, led by Tom Cruise, Scarlett Johansson and other A-listers. The award show has been all but blacked out after NBC announced they would not broadcast it this year. HFPA announced over the weekend that the show would not be live-streamed either.
Regardless, there were still Golden Globes to be won and here is the list of winners.
The winners in the film categories:
Best Film - Drama: The Power Of The Dog
Best Film - Musical/Comedy: West Side Story
Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog
Best Actress - Drama: Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)
Best Actor - Drama: Will Smith (King Richard)
Best Actress - Musical/Comedy: Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)
Best Actor - Musical/Comedy: Andrew Garfield (tick, tick...BOOM!)
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)
Best Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Best Foreign Language Film: Drive My Car (Japan)
Best Animated Feature: Encanto
Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song: No Time To Die from No Time To Die by Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell
The winners in the television categories:
Best TV Series - Drama: Succession
Best TV Series - Musical/Comedy: Hacks
Best Miniseries or TV Film: The Underground Railroad
Best Actress - Drama: Michaela Jae (Mj) Rodriguez (Pose)
Best Actor - Drama: Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Best Actress - Musical/Comedy: Jean Smart (Hacks)
Best Actor - Musical/Comedy: Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Best Supporting Actress: Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Supporting Actor: O Yeong-su (Squid Game)
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film: Kate Winslet (Mare Of Easttown)
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film: Michael Keaton (Dopesick)