Inishreen Spirits, the film by acclaimed director Martin McDonough, also starred with three awards in total, including in the Best Musical or Comedy category.
The best comedy series category was won, quite rightly, by Quinta Bronson’s “Abbott Elementary School”, which also stars in the lead role and received its own statuette for it. Tyler James Williams, who stars alongside her, won in the supporting actor category and completed a dream night for the hit sitcom, which finished with three wins in total.
The actors of “Dragon House”, HBO’s spin-off of their hit series “Game of Thrones”, admittedly left empty-handed, but the series itself was crowned as the best drama.
Until two years ago, the Golden Globe ceremony was considered one of the most prestigious and talked about in Hollywood, and attracted all the stars of the industry, who came to see, be seen and win statuettes – as a sort of prelude to its big brother, the Oscar ceremony. However, quite a few dramas that have occurred in recent years have undermined the reputation of the ceremony.
The mess that the Foreign Press Association is trying to shake off began a few days before the ceremony held in 2021, when an investigation by the “Los Angeles Times” found a variety of problems regarding representation in the organization (which did not include a single black member) and allegations of receiving favors in exchange for placing films and series as candidates . Because of this, last year NBC refused to broadcast the ceremony, and the organizers switched to an online format with the winners announced on their Twitter page.
In the time since then, the foreign press chamber has worked to change its face, recruiting dozens of new members and revoking the membership of many others, changing its bylaws and adding a much stricter code of conduct. Currently, the membership of the organization (which is responsible as mentioned for selecting the candidates) includes 96 members – six of whom are black, and with them there are also 103 non-member voters (12 of whom are black).
Carmichael opened the ceremony with a short but poignant monologue about the storm caused by the foreign press box and the return of the Golden Globes to routine – and included quite a few jokes and comments about the events that took place in the last two years. Later he even threw a stinging comment in the direction of Kanye West and his recent anti-Semitic statements. “I saw ‘The Fivelmen’ together with Kanye and it completely changed his mind,” he told Steven Spielberg with a smile.
At the climax of the ceremony, Sean Penn took the stage and introduced the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, whose recorded speech was shown in the hall. Zelensky has become an almost regular speaker at every awards ceremony in the past two years.
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Host of the ceremony Jarrod Kalmaker
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The first winner was Ka Hoi Kwan who received the statuette in the supporting actor in a film category for his role in “Everything Everywhere at Once”. He gave an emotional speech and told how he was discovered as a child actor in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and thought that this would be the end of his career – and the statuette he won symbolizes the closing of a circle for him. Later, Michelle Yao proved the tremendous success of the crazy comedy of the Daniel duo, with the award for the leading actress in a musical or comedy. Angela Bassett, who played Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, is the best supporting actress and, among other things, dedicated the statuette to the late Chadwick Boseman, who passed away about two and a half years ago, and the entire production of the film revolved around his death.
Jeremy Allen White, who impressed as a young chef who returns home to Chicago to run the family diner in The Bear, won the award for best actor in a comedy series.
After two Emmy wins, Zendaya is the lead actress in a drama series for her role in Euphoria, which is based on the Israeli series created by Ron Leshem and HOT. The 26-year-old actress was not present at the ceremony and there were rumors and questions on the web about whether she was actually boycotting it. Julia Garner added a Golden Globe to her shelf at home, which already includes three statuettes from the Emmy ceremony, in the category of supporting actress in a drama for her role in the last season of “Ozark”. The same Garner, by the way, was also nominated in the category of lead actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie, but was unable to “complete a double”.
The one who did win this category is Amanda Seyfried, thanks to her role as Elizabeth Holmes in “The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes”. Evan Peters, who played the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in the Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer”, won the equivalent award for men. Since it went on the air, a lot of discussion has arisen around the series that dealt with the murderer and the cannibal from Milwaukee. Among these stood out the families and relatives of his victims who were outraged both at the use of their story, which they claim was done without their knowledge, and at the way in which the story was presented. Many pointed to Dahmer’s transformation into a character that could be liked by the viewing public despite his heinous actions.
Jennifer Coolidge, who was nominated last year but ended up without a statuette, got a makeover with a win in the Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie category thanks to her memorable role in The White Lotus. Paul Walter Hauser (“Blackbird”) did it in the male equivalent category and thanked, among other things, his late castmate Ray Liota, who passed away last year.
Creator Ryan Murphy (“Dahmer: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer”), who has five figurines at home, received the Carol Burnett Award, thanks to his influence on television over the past 25 years with series such as “Nip-Tuck,” “Glee “, “American Horror Story”, “Pose” and “American Crime Story”. Murphy was moved and talked about the difficulty he went through as a member of the LGBTQ community in the industry and the pride he derives from being on stage and was able to place characters belonging to the community at the center of his series, talk about their difficulties and present them in a positive light. He received thunderous applause from the audience in the hall. Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy , who previously won the award and was nominated a total of six times, was awarded the award for his work by Cecil B. De Mille.
One of the prominent favorites before the ceremony was “Ghosts of Inishreen”, which may also be the big winner at the Oscar ceremony. It received eight nominations in total and ended up with three statuettes – Colin Farrell won the award for best actor in a musical or comedy, while McDonagh’s screenplay also received an award.
Austin Butler won the actor in a drama category for his role in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” and looks like a worthy choice for the actor statuette at the Oscars as well. Brendan Fraser, who was nominated in the same category for his role in “The Whale” and did not win, announced in advance that they would cancel the ceremony – this was due to the treatment of the foreign press office in Hollywood regarding his allegations of sexual harassment made in 2003 by the then CEO of the organization, Philip Barak Cate Blanchett (“Tar”) is the best actress in a drama film – and the betting agencies place her as a favorite at the Academy ceremony as well.
We got a big surprise when the song Naatu Naatu from the Indian action epic RRR won the award in the category of the best original song in the film and beat, among others, Rihanna (Lift Me Up from “Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever”) and Taylor Swift (Carolina from “Crawfish Song”) . Despite the film’s nomination at the Golden Globes, it was not chosen by India as its representative for the Oscar ceremony in the foreign film category – but Last Film Show, which was chosen in its place, is currently on the short list, so it may be that the choice was right
The edited and translated ceremony will be broadcast today at 21:35, on yes.
The full list of winners:
Drama movie: “The Fivelmen”
A music or comedy film: “Inishrin Spirits”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell (“Inishreen Spirits”)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Michelle Yao (“Everything everywhere at once”)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Best Actress in a Movie – Drama: Cate Blanchett (“Tar”)
Supporting actor in the film: Ka Hoi Kwan (“Everything everywhere at once”)
Supporting actress in the film: Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg (“The Devilmen”)
script: Martin McDonagh (“Inishreen Spirits”)
Animation Movie: “Pinocchio” (Guillermo del Toro)
Best International Film: “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
Original soundtrack: Justin Hurwitz (“Babylon”)
Original song: Naatu Naatu – Kala Bhairava, MM Kirwani, Rahul Sifligunge (RRR)
Mini-series, anthology or TV movie: “White Lotus”
TV Series – Comedy: “Abbott Elementary School”
TV Series – Drama: “Dragon House”
Best Actor – Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”)
Best Actor – Drama Series: Kevin Costner (“Yellowstone”)
Best Actress – Comedy Series: Quinta Bronson (“Abbott Elementary”)
Best Actress – Drama Series: Zendaya (“Euphoria”)
Supporting actor in a drama series: Tyler James Williams (“Abbott Elementary”)
Supporting actress in a drama series: Julia Garner (“Ozark”)
Actor – series, mini-series or TV movie: Evan Peters (“Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer”)
Actress – series, mini-series or TV movie: Amanda Seyfried (“The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes”)
Supporting Actor – Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Full Walter Hauser (“Blackbird”)
Supporting Actress – Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”)