There were no ceremony's typically boozy fanfare, celebrity spectacle and no broadcast, but the Golden Globes still went ahead this year, albeit in private, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its annual batch of Golden Globes at a muted presentation one year after the organization was rocked by scandal.
The scaled-down event took place Sunday evening inside Los
Angeles' Beverly Hilton hotel, where various HFPA focused on announcing winners
in film and TV categories in addition to highlighting the group's philanthropy
initiatives. Despite the subdued tone of the event, the Best Drama series
champion Succession scored the most wins of any TV show this year, with stars
Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook picking up acting awards atop the show's
individual win, while Hacks performer Jean Smart took Best Actress for HBO
Max's freshman comedy series (which also won the HFPA's top award for comedy
projects).
Among the TV acting winners, Mj Rodriguez made history as
the first trans woman to win Best Actress in a Drama for her work on season 3
of FX's Pose.
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story and Jane Campion's The
Power of the Dog were the standout champions on the movies side, with the
former winning Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Supporting Actress
(Ariana DeBose), and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical (Rachel Zegler), and
the latter scoring Best Picture (Drama), Best Supporting Actor (Kodi
Smit-McPhee), and Best Director for Campion's work.
Though it was previously announced that no stars would
attend the ceremony, Jamie Lee Curtis made a surprise video appearance to
"share a message on the importance of the HFPA's philanthropic efforts
year round," per an HFPA tweet.
Later, Arnold Schwarzenegger also appeared virtually to
reflect on winning the New Star of the Year award at the 1977 ceremony, which
helped solidify his place in Hollywood.
Long seen as a key precursor in the run-up to the Oscars,
the Globes fell from their pedestal just before the 2021 ceremony, after the
Los Angeles Times ran a story highlighting long-speculated issues within the
group. The piece revealed the HPFA had no Black members among the group's 87
voters, all of whom were U.S.-based journalists working for international
publications at the time.
After multiple celebrities spoke out against the HFPA (with
some, like Tom Cruise, even returning their Globe statues in protest), a group
of 100 publicity firms banded together to demand "profound and lasting
change" from the HFPA, and NBC ultimately nixed the 2022 Golden Globes
broadcast from its schedule.
"Any nomination from that organization this year is
tainted," a prominent publicity head (who wished to remain anonymous)
previously told EW, while another longtime campaign mastermind added, "You
focus on laurels that give pedigree and bring attention in a positive way.
Given the conversation right now, [the Globes don't] feel positive. [They
don't] feel like forward momentum."
Still, this year's list of nominees, which Snoop Dogg
announced in December, encompasses most of the usual suspects that have built
up a significant profile so far in the hunt for Oscars attention, like Kristen
Stewart's leading performance as Lady Diana in Spencer, Kenneth Branagh's
semi-autobiographical drama Belfast, Spielberg's ambitious adaptation of West
Side Story (and its critically lauded cast), and the aforementioned Power of
the Dog, Campion's first feature film in 12 years.
List Of Key Golden Globe Winners
Here are the winners in key categories for the 79th Golden
Globe Awards, which were announced on Sunday with no audience present as the
industry boycotted the troubled gala.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Belfast
- CODA
- Dune
- King Richard
- WINNER: The Power of the Dog
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Cyrano
- Don't Look Up
- Licorice Pizza
- Tick, Tick... Boom!
- WINNER: West Side Story
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- Compartment No. 6 (Finland, Russia, Germany)
- WINNER: Drive My Car (Japan)
- The Hand of God (Italy)
- A Hero (France, Iran)
- Parallel Mothers (Spain)
Best Director – Motion Picture
- Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
- WINNER: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
- Denis Villeneuve, Dune.
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
- Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos
- WINNER: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
- Adam McKay, Don't Look Up
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
- Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
- WINNER: Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
- Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
- Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
- Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
- WINNER: Will Smith, King Richard
- Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical
or Comedy
- Marion Cotillard, Annette
- Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
- Jennifer Lawrence, Don't Look Up
- Emma Stone, Cruella
- WINNER: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical
or Comedy
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up
- Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
- WINNER: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
- Anthony Ramos, In the Heights
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any
Motion Picture
- Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
- WINNER: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
- Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
- Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any
Motion Picture
- Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
- Jamie Dornan, Belfast
- Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
- Troy Kotsur, CODA
- WINNER: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- WINNER: Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- My Sunny Maad
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
- WINNER: Hans Zimmer, Dune
- Germanie Franco, Encanto
- Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
- Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
- Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
- Van Morrison for "Down to Joy" from Belfast
- Lin-Manuel Miranda for "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto
- Beyoncé and Dixson for "Be Alive" from King Richard
- WINNER: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell for "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die
- Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, and Carole King for "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" from Respect.
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- The Great
- WINNER: Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
- Reservation Dogs
- Ted Lasso
Best Television Series – Drama
- Lupin
- The Morning Show
- Pose
- Squid Game
- WINNER: Succession
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
- Brian Cox, Succession
- Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
- Billy Porter, Pose
- WINNER: Jeremy Strong, Succession
- Omar Sy, Lupin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series –
Drama
- Uzo Aduba, In Treatment
- Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
- Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
- Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
- WINNER: Mj Rodriguez, Pose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series –
Musical or Comedy
- Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
- Elle Fanning, The Great
- Issa Rae, Insecure
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
- WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series –
Musical or Comedy
- Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
- Nicholas Hoult, The Great
- Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
- Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
- WINNER: Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for
Television
- Dopesick
- Impeachment
- Maid
- Mare of Easttown
- WINNER: The Underground Railroad
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion
Picture Made for Television
- Paul Bettany, WandaVision
- Oscar Isaac, Scenes From a Marriage
- WINNER: Michael Keaton, Dopesick
- Ewan McGregor, Halston
- Tahar Rahmi, The Serpent
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion
Picture Made for Television
- Jessica Chastain, Scenes From a Marriage
- Cynthia Erivo, Genius
- Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision
- Margaret Qualley, Maid
- WINNER: Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a
Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
- Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
- Andie MacDowell, Maid
- WINNER: Sarah Snook, Succession
- Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a
Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
- Kieran Culkin, Succession
- Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
- Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
- WINNER: O Yeong-su, Squid Game