Golden Globes: A bad night for 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' wins big
- By Web Desk -
- Jan 08, 2024
Historical drama ‘Oppenheimer’ and gothic comedy ‘Poor Things’ earned the top honours on Sunday at the Golden Globes, Hollywood’s star-studded kickoff to its annual awards season.
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The stage for the 81st edition of the prestigious Golden Globes, kicking off the awards season in Hollywood, was set in the Beverly Hilton Hotel of Los Angeles, California on Sunday, with some of the biggest names of the industry, including nominees Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh, Angela Bassett, Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa among others in attendance.
Last year’s biggest hits, Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ (or as the Box Office phenomenon went ‘Barbenheimer’) were the leading contenders for the night with nine and eight nominations respectively.
‘Oppenheimer’ was named best movie drama by roughly 300 entertainment journalists who voted on the Globes as a part of a new organization created after an ethics and diversity scandal.
‘Poor Things’, starring Emma Stone as a deceased woman revived by scientists, won best movie musical or comedy, beating the female-empowerment blockbuster ‘Barbie’.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starrer got redemption, picking up the first-ever Cinematic and Box Office Achievement trophy, surpassing top contender, ‘The Eras Tour’ film of Taylor Swift.
Meanwhile, celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan was named Best Director for his biographical epic of the American physicist, whereas, Best Screenplay was won by ‘Anatomy of a Fall’.
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Emma Stone (Poor Things) took home top acting awards in the film categories.
In television categories, ‘Succession’ was named best drama. ‘The Bear’, about the struggles of owning a restaurant, won Best TV Comedy, while, Netflix’s comedy-drama ‘Beef’, was Best TV Series.
Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook of ‘Succession’ and Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) were among the acting awards recipients in the television category.
The glitzy ceremony kicked off Hollywood’s annual awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on March 10 and brought top stars together for the first time after six months of strikes by actors and writers in 2023. The event gave performers the chance to mingle and to publicize their movies and TV shows after months when red carpets and other promotions were prohibited.
The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS and streamed simultaneously for subscribers to Paramount+ with Showtime.