The 81st Golden Globe Awards were held on Sunday night (January 7th) at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Hosted by Jo Koy, the ceremony aired live on CBS and Paramount +.
Koy was booed during his opening monologue, causing him to go off-script and say, “Yo, I got the gig ten days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Shut up! You’re kidding me, right?” He later made a joke about Taylor Swift, and her unenthused response went viral on social media. “We came on after a football doubleheader,” Koy said. “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL … On the Golden Globes we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift.”
Oppenheimer was the big winner of the evening, taking home five Golden Globes in total, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for Cillian Murphy.
Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous person to win the Golden Globe for Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon. Speaking Blackfoot upon receiving the award, she said, “This is a historic win and it doesn't belong to just me.” Gladstone dedicated the award to “every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream.”
Barbie led the nominations with nine nods, taking home the awards for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Song. “It was exactly a year ago almost that we were shown the movie and I was very miserable and depressed at the time,” Billie Eilish said while accepting the award for Best Original Song. “Writing that song kind of saved me a little bit. A year later, here we are and I feel incredibly lucky and grateful.”
For television, Succession led the way with four trophies, including Best Television Series – Drama. Beef and The Bear followed close behind with three awards each.
Quite a few first-time nominees became first-time winners, including Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Steven Yeun, Ayo Edebiri, and Ali Wong. Wong made history as the first Asian actor to win the award for Best Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television for her role in Beef, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The evening’s presenters included Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Portman, America Ferrera, Ray Romano, Keri Russell, Issa Rae, Orlando Bloom, Angela Bassett, George Lopez, Michelle Yeoh, Naomi Watts, Patrick J. Adams, Will Ferrell, and Kristen Wiig.
See the full list of winners below:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Best Television Series – Drama
Succession (HBO | Max)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear (FX)
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Beef (Netflix)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“What Was I Made For?” — Barbie Music & Lyrics By: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron (Gkids)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) – France
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy On Television
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Armageddon)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Da’vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
AUDIO
Ali Wong accepts award for best female Actor in a Limited Series
- IC…I really need…”In this clip, Ali Wong accepts the award for best female actor in a limited series. She thanks Sonny for creating the series and allowing her to be a part of it. She also thanks the farther of her children for being her biggest supporter and allowing her to be a working mother.” :33 OC…mother ok thanks Cheers
Steven Yeun accepts award for Best Male Actor in a Limited Series
- IC…Thank you so much…”In this clip, Steven Yeun accepts the award for best male actor in a limited series. He talks about how he usually has a speech prepared about isolation and seperateness, and then he mentions that it sounds like the plot of frozen. He thanks Joanna and his kids and family for all of their love and support.” 1:10 OC…you very much Cheers
Ayo Edebiri accepts award for Best Female Actor in a Television Series
- IC….Okay hello, I'm….”In this clip, Ayo Edebiri accepts the award for best female actor in a television series. She talks about how the cast and crew members of the show are her family and how it was a priviledge to grow alongside them. She also talks about how amazing it is to be in a room with so many others that she admires and that she apologizes if she forgot to thank anyone unless they were mean.” 1:18 OC…bye thank you Cheers
Kieran Culkin accepts the award for Best Male Actos in a Television Series
- IC…Oh nightmare, sit down…”In this clip, Kieran Culkin accepts the award for best male actos in a television series. He talks about how he's been nominated a few times over the years but he never thought he'd actually get to be on the stage. He quickly thanks his manager, his wife, and his mother as the three most important women in his life.” 1:30 OC…it thank you Cheers
Emma Stone accepts the award for the Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture
- IC…This is amazing…”In this clip, Emma Stone accepts the award for the best female actor in a motion picture. She talks about some of the people she's worked with and thanked over the years and how she is so grateful for meeting them. She also talks about her character Bella and what she represents to her.” 1:29 OC…bye thank you Cheers
Cilian Murphy accepts the award for Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture
- IC…I knew the first…”In this clip, Cilian Murphy accepts the award for best male actor in a motion picture. He talks about how different it was to be on a Chris Nolan set, and he also gives thanks to Emma and Chris for always believing in him. He took some time to thank the people from Universal for beliving in the film from the begiining and his fellow nominees.” 1:20 OC…so much guys Cheers
Billie Eilish O’Connell Accepts the Award for Best Original Song
- IC….Thank you so much…”In this clip, Billie Eilish O’Connell accepts the award for best original song. She thanks her brother and the rest of her family for their support. She also talks about how she was feeling when writing the song and how it saved her.” 1:03 OC…world to me Cheers
Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig accept the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
- IC…Thsnk you we…”In this clip, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig accept the award for cinematic and box office achievement. She takes the time to thank the cast and crew and says that the movie was made for everyone and that it was made with love. She then thanks the audience for loving it back.” 1:27 OC…loving it back Cheers
Paul Giamatti Accepts the Award for Best Male Actor in A Motion Picture
- IC…Oh my gosh…”In this clip, Paul Giamatti accepts the award for best male actor in a motion picture. He talks about how he has stood up and sat down so many times that he fears he won't get to be in the next John Wick movie. He says he plays a teacher and that he comes from a long line of teachers. He says that Teachers are good people that deserve to be treated well, and he thanks his girlfriend.” 1:45 OC…guys thank you Cheers
Lily Gladstone accepts the award for Best Female Actor in A Motion Picture
- IC….Blackfeet Language…”In this clip, Lily Gladstone accepts the award for best female actor in a motion picture. She begins by speaking i her native language and talks about how this is a historic win for the Native community.” 1:39 OC…of your shoulders Applause