Golden Globes include twists, turns, a local winner, and host
Jan 8, 2024, 10:37 AM | Updated: 12:40 pm
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - Lily Gladstone, winner of the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture 鈥� Drama award for "Killers of the Flower Moon," poses in the press room during the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
(Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
A former Mountlake Terrace resident became the first Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe for best actress and a Tacoma-raised comedian hosted the show.
A historic win
Lily Gladstone was the choice for best actress. She won for her role in Martin Scorsese鈥檚 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma.
explaining backstage that 鈥渋t was one of the more natural things I could do in the moment.鈥� In her speech, Gladstone, who played Osage community member Mollie Burkhart, pronounced her win historic and said: 鈥淭his is for every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told 鈥� by ourselves, in our own words 鈥� with tremendous allies and tremendous trust from and with each other.鈥�
She explained that there are still significant advances to be celebrated.
Gladstone was raised in Montana on the Blackfeet Nation reservation before moving to Seattle for middle school.
Jo Koy gets off script, appears to fall flat
Comedian Jo Koy Koy brought the Globes a local touch explaining his love of watching past shows with his mom in Tacoma. However, much of his attempts at humor appeared to fall flat including a joke about anatomy and one about the abundance of NFL cutaways to Taylor Swift in stadium stands.
Koy got a few laughs with a joke about the lengthy 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� saying, 鈥淚 needed another hour.鈥� But聽as the monologue went on, it was clear that the comic needed something else: sharper jokes from the writers. Cameras caught negative reactions from celebs like Harrison Ford and Selena Gomez, and the 鈥淏arbie鈥� team did not appear amused when he noted that 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� was based on serious material but their own film was based on 鈥渁 plastic doll with big boobies.鈥�
“Barbenheimer” showdown
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It was a disappointing night for “Barbie” fans, and also for another fearsome force: Swifties. The pop superstar, who 聽in sight, lost out on her fifth Globe nomination. But she聽
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig made an amusing bit of pretending 鈥� insisting 鈥� that the ceremony was 鈥渁 serious night.鈥� The joke was that few took the ceremony seriously. Noted presenter Mark Hamill: 鈥淚t鈥檚 the only awards show with an open bar.鈥�
2024 GOLDEN GLOBES
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When Da鈥橵ine Joy Randolph聽聽in 鈥淭he Holdovers,鈥� she duly thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Only problem: The HFPA is now defunct, and many in the audience responded audibly: 鈥淭hey鈥檙e not called that.鈥� After several years of turmoil that followed the revelation that the HFPA had no Black members, the Golden Globes were acquired last year by Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions and turned into a for-profit venture. Some 300 entertainment journalists now vote for the awards. Later, Randolph spoke about the vibe of the evening. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a party in there,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good time. We got through the pandemic. We stuck through our two strikes. There鈥檚 a sense of buzz in there.鈥�
Succession succeeds
To nobody鈥檚 surprise, 鈥淪uccession,鈥� the HBO drama about the Roy family dynasty, had lots of success, winning best drama as well as major acting awards for Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook. Macfadyen said he鈥檇 enjoyed every second of playing the 鈥渨eird and wonderful human grease stain鈥� that was Tom Wambsgans. Culkin, who played troubled son Roman Roy, told the crowd how he鈥檇 been nominated for a Golden Globe 20 years ago and never thought he鈥檇 be back, and playfully taunted his co-nominee, Pedro Pascal of 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥� quipping: 鈥淪uck it, Pedro. Mine!鈥� And Snook, who played Shiv Roy, ascended the stage and said: 鈥淥h, wow. I was kind of hoping I didn鈥檛 have to get up. Kieran鈥檚 usually better at these speeches, right? Don鈥檛 you want to get up instead?鈥�
Also on the TV side, Hulu鈥檚 kitchen-based 鈥淭he Bear鈥� won big 鈥� taking best comedy series. Jeremy Allen White won for the second time, and聽聽won her first Globe for her own lead performance, charming the ballroom crowd when she thanked the assistants of her agents and managers. 鈥淭o the people who answer my emails, you鈥檙e the real ones,鈥� she said, She added: 鈥淚f I forgot to thank you, I鈥檓 sorry. Unless you were mean or something. Okay, bye!鈥�
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AP Entertainment Writers Maria Sherman and Jonathan Landrum Jr. contributed to this report.
