The 82nd Golden Globe Awards has officially kicked off this year’s awards season, headlined by critic and audience favorites, as well as some unexpected wins.
It was a night to remember: From Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres — who won her first Golden Globe more than 20 years after her mother, Fernanda Montenegro—to Demi Moore, who took home her first-ever acting trophy more than 45 years after her acting debut.
Comedian-actress Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony and offered her witty, and at times scathing, observations of Hollywood, bringing up Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal woes to Timothée Chalamet’s facial hair.
Among the biggest winners are the historical epic The Brutalist and the Spanish-language musical melodrama Emilia Pérez.
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For television, the feudal Japan saga Shogūn dominated the field with its four awards including for best TV drama. Meanwhile, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer was named best limited series, anthology or TV movie, one of its two awards. Hacks, the story of a stand-up legend and her apprentice, was another double winner, most notably picking up the prize for best TV series – musical or comedy.
The Brutalist examines the post-war immigrant experience of fictional architect László Tóth played by Adrien Brody, a Holocaust survivor struggling to start over in the US. Brody took home the award for best actor in a drama. The film’s director, Brady Corbet, who toiled for seven long years for the 3.5-hour film, won for best director. The Venice Film Festival winner is already a favorite coming into the award’s night. It is hailed as a new American epic and cinematic throwback, having been shot on VistaVision, a film stock which hasn’t been used by an American movie since 1961.
Netflix’s Emilia Pérez went into the night with the most nominations at 10. It follows Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón), a drug lord who fakes death to undergo gender-affirming surgery abroad. The movie, which also stars Zoe Saldana (Rita Moro Castro) and Selena Gomez (Jessi), was named best musical or comedy and led all films with four wins. For her role as an idealistic lawyer (and her impressive singing and dancing), Saldaña was named best supporting actress.
Perhaps the evening’s biggest upset had to be for best actress in a drama which went to Fernanda Torres of the Brazilian film I’m Still Here. Torres, who plays Eunice Pavia in the movie, was recognized for her portrayal of a woman whose husband was abducted and disappeared by the police during Brazil’s military dictatorship. She beat more popular and equally formidable contenders including Nicole Kidman for Babygirl and Angelina Jolie for Maria. Torres is the first Brazilian actress to win a Golden Globe.
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Demi Moore, meanwhile, was awarded best actress in a comedy for her role in The Substance, where she plays a middle-aged actress who uses a black market drug to appear younger. The film is considered the 62-year-old’s biggest comeback, who was one of the most bankable names in the 1990s. Moore was reported as saying she was “utterly unaccustomed to winning awards for her work.”
Dual nominee Sebastian Stan took home the best actor in a comedy award for his performance in the black comedy/psychological thrillerA Different Man. He portrays Edward, a performer with a genetic neurological condition who undergoes a radical medical procedure to alter his appearance. Stan was also nominated for portraying a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.
Kieran Culkin nabbed the best supporting actor prize for his role in the Jesse Eisenberg comedy-drama A Real Pain. He plays Benji Kaplan, an emotionally damaged man embarking on a tour of Poland with his cousin.
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Following through on their Emmy wins, Hiroyuki Sanada was named best actor in a TV drama for playing a cunning nobleman on Shōgun, and Anna Sawai bagged the best actress in a TV drama award for portraying Sanada’s character’s intelligent translator-slash-confidante. Adding to Shogūn’s big wins is a best supporting actor-television trophy for Tadanobu Asano for his role as a duplicitous warlord.
Jean Smart won the award for best actress in a TV comedy for her work in Hacks, while a conspicuously absent Jeremy Allen White was named best actor in a TV comedy for his role as award-winning chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto in The Bear. Colin Farrell was named best actor in a limited series, anthology or TV movie for his role as the titular gangster and Batman nemesis in HBO’s The Penguin, while Jodie Foster won best actress in a limited series, anthology or TV movie for playing a prickly police officer in True Detective: North Country.
This year’s Golden Globes has a few new categories, including an honor for best standup special, which went to Ali Wong for Single Lady, and best box office achievement, which was awarded to Wicked.
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Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Motion Picture- Drama: The Brutalist (A24)
Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy: Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Best Motion Picture- Animated: Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Best Motion Picture- Non-English Language: Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama: Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (in any motion picture): Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (in any motion picture): Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Director- Motion Picture: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture: Peter Straughan, Conclave
Best Original Score- Motion Picture: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Best Original Song- Motion Picture: El Mal (Emilia Pérez), Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
Best Television Series- Drama: Shogūn (FX, Hulu)
Best Television Series- Musical or Comedy: Hacks (HBO, Max)
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series- Drama: Anna Sawai (Shogūn)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series- Drama: Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogūn)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy: Jean Smart (Hacks)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Tadanobu Asano (Shogūn)
Best Performance in a Stand-up Comedy on Television: Ali Wong (Single Lady)
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