The Golden Globe Awards kicked off the major awards season with its 2023 ceremony. The show was not broadcast last year, partly due to the pandemic but also due to controversies surrounding perceived racism and bribery. Nevertheless, the Golden Globes returned and may forecast what we can expect from the Oscars later this year. The Golden Globes have never been the most prestigious award, but it’s always fun to tune in to watch the biggest stars in Hollywood get drunk onscreen and see what they say when they take the stage.
Steven Spielberg took home Best Director for his film The Fabelmans which scored Best Motion Picture – Drama. This picture is a love letter to cinema, so it’s easy to see why it resonated with people in the industry. It may also do so when it comes to the Oscars.
Spielberg won a Golden Globe last year in the Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy category for West Side Story. That film also earned prizes for two of its stars, Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose.
The Fabelmans is a “safe” film. It’s heartwarming, it’s charming. When it comes to the Oscars, that may give it a leg up over competition like Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once, as those pictures may be too quirky for older viewers.
However, at the Golden Globes, where Drama and Musical/Comedy movies are separated, The Banshees of Inisherin managed to take home Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, besting Everything Everywhere All At Once. The Banshees of Inisherin also won Best Screenplay (a category that is not divided between genres), while Colin Farrell took home Best Actor – Musical/Comedy.
However, the acting in Everything Everywhere All At Once was recognized with Michelle Yeoh winning Best Actress – Musical/Comedy and Ke Huy Quan scoring Best Supporting Actor – Any. This follows Quan’s win at the Gotham Awards in the same category, and he has now emerged as the front-runner for the Academy Awards.
Quan’s was the first award given out at the ceremony. The actor gave a tearful acceptance speech referencing his long retirement from acting after his appearances in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and a stint on the sitcom Head of the Class. He thanks the Daniels, the directors and screenwriters of the film, for taking a chance on him after such a long hiatus.
Yeoh is a lock to get an Oscar nomination for Lead Actress, but she most likely won’t beat Cate Blanchett, who took home the Best Actress – Drama Golden Globe for Tár. Blanchett is widely seen as the front-runner for the Oscars.
For months now, Brendan Fraser has been seen as the front-runner for Best Actor for his performance in The Whale, however, at the Golden Globes, he lost out to Austin Butler for Elvis.
Butler’s performance is stellar. He will likely get nominated along with Fraser for the Oscars, but some wonder if this upset is due to Fraser’s accusation that a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Accusation (who determine the Golden Globe nominees and winners) groped him at a press event and his declaration that he wouldn’t attend the ceremony whether he was nominated or not. Fraser is still considered the front-runner for the Oscars.
However, Butler’s win skews along the lines of the victories of Spielberg and The Fabelmans, in that Elvis also skews older and is more traditional (which is saying a lot considering that it was directed by Baz Luhrman). There are a lot of older voters in the Academy Awards pool, and they may gravitate toward Butler and Elvis as a whole, suddenly making this picture’s odds much better than previously anticipated.
Angela Bassett nabbed Best Supporting Actress – Any for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, making her the first performer to win an acting award for a Marvel Cinematic Universe project outside of the Saturn Awards. Bassett has been getting awards buzz since Wakanda Forever came out, but it always seemed like a longshot as the Marvel movies are widely considered “popcorn” fluff.
In 1993, Bassett was nominated for an Academy Award for playing Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It, although she didn’t win. Now, it is quite possible that she could get her second nomination and maybe even a win.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio scored Best Picture – Animated and Del Toro gave a speech in which he declared that animation was not a genre but a medium. This picture has been a frontrunner for this prize, although the success of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has given it some competition. However, this win makes Pinocchio a practical shoo-in for the Oscars.
In the television categories, House of the Dragon won Best Drama Series, while Abbott Elementary took home Best Comedy Series. Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson nabbed Best Actress – Comedy, while Tyler James Williams scored Best Supporting Actor – Any.
Yellowstone‘s Kevin Costner grabbed the Best Actor- Drama prize (another no-show, though due to flooding), while Jeremy Allen White scored Best Actor – Comedy, and Zendaya won Best Actress – Drama for Euphoria. (Zendaya is another star that boycotted the ceremony.) Ozark‘s Julia Garner took home Best Supporting Actress – Any.
HBO’s White Lotus won Best Miniseries/Anthology/TV Movie, with its star Jennifer Coolidge taking home Best Supporting Actress in that category. Best Lead Actress went to Amanda Seyfried (another boycott) for The Dropout, with Evan Peters landing Best Lead Actor for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Paul Walter Hauser scoring for Best Supporting Actor for Black Bird.
You can check out all of the Golden Globe nominations and winners below:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
ELVIS (Warner Bros)
*WINNER* THE FABELMANS (Universal Pictures)
TÁR (Focus Features)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Paramount Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
*WINNER* CATE BLANCHETT TÁR
OLIVIA COLMAN EMPIRE OF LIGHT
VIOLA DAVIS THE WOMAN KING
ANA DE ARMAS BLONDE
MICHELLE WILLIAMS THE FABELMANS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
*WINNER* AUSTIN BUTLER ELVIS
BRENDAN FRASER THE WHALE
HUGH JACKMAN THE SON
BILL NIGHY LIVING
JEREMY POPE THE INSPECTION
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BABYLON (Paramount Pictures)
*WINNER* THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Netflix)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Neon)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
LESLEY MANVILLE MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
MARGOT ROBBIE BABYLON
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY THE MENU
EMMA THOMPSON GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
*WINNER* MICHELLE YEOH EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
DIEGO CALVA BABYLON
DANIEL CRAIG GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
ADAM DRIVER WHITE NOISE
*WINNER* COLIN FARRELL THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
RALPH FIENNES THE MENU
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
*WINNER* GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (Netflix)
INU-OH (GKIDS)
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (A24)
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (Universal Pictures)
TURNING RED (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE (FORMERLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (GERMANY) (Netflix)
*WINNER* ARGENTINA, 1985 (ARGENTINA) (Amazon Prime Video)
CLOSE (BELGIUM / FRANCE / NETHERLANDS) (A24)
DECISION TO LEAVE (SOUTH KOREA) (MUBI)
RRR (INDIA) (Variance Films)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
*WINNER* ANGELA BASSETT BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
KERRY CONDON THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
JAMIE LEE CURTIS EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
DOLLY DE LEON TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
CAREY MULLIGAN SHE SAID
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
BRENDAN GLEESON THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
BARRY KEOGHAN THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
BRAD PITT BABYLON
*WINNER* KE HUY QUAN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
EDDIE REDMAYNE THE GOOD NURSE
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
JAMES CAMERON AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
DANIEL KWAN, DANIEL SCHEINERT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
BAZ LUHRMANN ELVIS
MARTIN MCDONAGH THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
*WINNER* STEVEN SPIELBERG THE FABELMANS
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
TODD FIELD TÁR
DANIEL KWAN, DANIEL SCHEINERT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
*WINNER* MARTIN MCDONAGH THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
SARAH POLLEY WOMEN TALKING
STEVEN SPIELBERG, TONY KUSHNER THE FABELMANS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
CARTER BURWELL THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR WOMEN TALKING
*WINNER* JUSTIN HURWITZ BABYLON
JOHN WILLIAMS THE FABELMANS
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“CAROLINA” — WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Music by: Taylor Swift
Lyrics by: Taylor Swift
“CIAO PAPA” — GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Music by: Alexandre Desplat
Lyrics by: Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro
“HOLD MY HAND” — TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Music by: Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice
Lyrics by: Lady Gaga, BloodPop
“LIFT ME UP” — BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Music by: Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson
Lyrics by: Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson
*WINNER* “NAATU NAATU” — RRR
Music by: M.M. Keeravani
Lyrics by: Chandrabose
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
BETTER CALL SAUL AMC+/AMC
THE CROWN NETFLIX
*WINNER* HOUSE OF THE DRAGON HBO MAX
OZARK NETFLIX
SEVERANCE APPLE TV+
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
EMMA D’ARCY HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
LAURA LINNEY OZARK
IMELDA STAUNTON THE CROWN
HILARY SWANK ALASKA DAILY
*WINNER* ZENDAYA EUPHORIA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JEFF BRIDGES THE OLD MAN
*WINNER* KEVIN COSTNER YELLOWSTONE
DIEGO LUNA ANDOR
BOB ODENKIRK BETTER CALL SAUL
ADAM SCOTT SEVERANCE
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
*WINNER* ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ABC
THE BEAR FX
HACKS HBO MAX
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING HULU
WEDNESDAY NETFLIX
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
*WINNER* QUINTA BRUNSON ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
KALEY CUOCO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
SELENA GOMEZ ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
JENNA ORTEGA WEDNESDAY
JEAN SMART HACKS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
DONALD GLOVER ATLANTA
BILL HADER BARRY
STEVE MARTIN ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
MARTIN SHORT ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
*WINNER* JEREMY ALLEN WHITE THE BEAR
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BLACK BIRD APPLE TV+
DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY NETFLIX
THE DROPOUT HULU
PAM & TOMMY HULU
*WINNER* THE WHITE LOTUS HBO MAX
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JESSICA CHASTAIN GEORGE & TAMMY
JULIA GARNER INVENTING ANNA
LILY JAMES PAM & TOMMY
JULIA ROBERTS GASLIT
*WINNER* AMANDA SEYFRIED THE DROPOUT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
TARON EGERTON BLACK BIRD
COLIN FIRTH THE STAIRCASE
ANDREW GARFIELD UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
*WINNER* EVAN PETERS DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY
SEBASTIAN STAN PAM & TOMMY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
*WINNER* JENNIFER COOLIDGE THE WHITE LOTUS
CLAIRE DANES FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE
DAISY EDGAR-JONES UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
NIECY NASH DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY
AUBREY PLAZA THE WHITE LOTUS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM THE WHITE LOTUS
DOMHNALL GLEESON THE PATIENT
*WINNER* PAUL WALTER HAUSER BLACK BIRD
RICHARD JENKINS DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY
SETH ROGEN PAM & TOMMY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL-COMEDY OR DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
ELIZABETH DEBICKI THE CROWN
HANNAH EINBINDER HACKS
*WINNER* JULIA GARNER OZARK
JANELLE JAMES ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
SHERYL LEE RALPH ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL-COMEDY OR DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
JOHN LITHGOW THE OLD MAN
JONATHAN PRYCE THE CROWN
JOHN TURTURRO SEVERANCE
*WINNER* TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
HENRY WINKLER BARRY
