Golden Globes 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 81st annual awards show
The 2024 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored.
Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles' famed Beverly Hilton.
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"Oppenheimer" and "Succession" were big winners of the night, with "Barbie" taking home the prize for cinematic and box office achievement, one of the two new categories at this year's show.
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- the group of international journalists who previously chose nominees for and decided winners at the annual awards show -- was officially wound down last summer after years of controversy. Now with new management and a voting membership that has swelled to 300 members, this year marked a fresh start for the Golden Globes.
Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.
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Jan 7, 11:36 PM
'Oppenheimer' wins best motion picture (drama)
"Oppenheimer" won the Golden Globe for best motion picture (drama).
Producer Emma Thomas accepted the award on behalf of the film.
"Thank you so much to the Golden Globes," Thomas began. "This was just an incredible experience making this film."
"I loved sitting here and hearing everyone talk about their work. What we do here is collaboration, and I find that to be completely magical," she added, before acknowledging director Christopher Nolan, her husband, for his work on the film.
This was "Oppenheimer's" fifth win at the Golden Globes tonight. The movie also won best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture, best director, best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (drama) and best original score.
Other nominees in the category included "Anatomy of a Fall," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Maestro," "Past Lives" and "The Zone of Interest."
Jan 7, 11:16 PM
Lily Gladstone wins best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama)
Lily Gladstone won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama) for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Gladstone is the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe for best actress.
During her acceptance speech, Gladstone spoke using the language of the Blackfeet people.
"I'm so grateful I can speak even a little bit of my language -- which I'm not fluent in -- up here, because in this business, native actors used to speak their lines in English and the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish native languages on camera."
"This is a historic win, it doesn't belong to just me," she continued. "This is for every little rez kid … every little native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust…."
Past Indigenous nominees include Chief Dan George for "Little Big Man" and Irene Bedard for "Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee."
Other nominees in the category included Annette Bening for "Nyad," Sandra Hüller for "Anatomy of a Fall," Greta Lee for "Past Lives," Carey Mulligan for "Maestro" and Cailee Spaeny for "Priscilla."
Jan 7, 10:56 PM
'Poor Things' wins best motion picture (musical or comedy)
"Poor Things" won the Golden Globe for best motion picture (musical or comedy).
Director Yorgos Lanthimos accepted the award with the "Poor Things" cast by his side.
"Thank you, everybody," Lanthimos said. "The actors, wonderful actors. Bruce Springsteen, for making me grow up the way I did. And Emma, of course."
Emma Stone won the Golden Globe earlier tonight for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for her role as Bella Baxter in the film.
Other nominees in the category included "Air," "American Fiction," "Barbie," "The Holdovers" and "May December."
Jan 7, 10:54 PM
Paul Giamatti wins best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy)
Paul Giamatti won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for "The Holdovers."
"Surely this is the first time this award has been given to an actor who has played a man who smells like fish," he said in his acceptance speech, before thanking his co-stars, the film's director and his girlfriend.
He also gave a shoutout to his son, who he said recently graduated from college.
Giamatti also dedicated his win to teachers. "It's a movie about a teacher. I play a teacher in it," he explained. "My whole family, they're teachers. All of them, going back generations. Teachers are good people -- gotta respect them. They do a good thing. It's a tough job."
Other nominees in the category included Nicolas Cage for "Dream Scenario," Timothée Chalamet for "Wonka," Matt Damon for "Air," Joaquin Phoenix for "Beau is Afraid" and Jeffrey Wright for "American Fiction."
Jan 7, 10:50 PM
'Succession' wins best television series (drama)
"Succession" won the Golden Globe for best television series (drama).
Creator Jesse Armstrong called the show a "team effort" and thanked his fellow producers, the writers room and the directors, as well as the cast and crew for their work on the past four seasons.
"We decided this was the right time to end the show and that was very bittersweet, particularly for me, because I finally bought some shoes that are appropriate for awards -- and this might be the last time I ever get to wear them," he added. "It is bittersweet, but things like this make it rather sweeter, so thank you very much indeed."
With this win, "Succession" now ties "Mad Men" and "The X-Files" for the most wins in the category, with three wins total.
"Succession" cast members Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen won Golden Globes earlier tonight.
Other nominees in the category included "1923," "The Crown," "The Diplomat," "The Last of Us" and "The Morning Show."
Jan 7, 10:59 PM
Sarah Snook wins best performance by a female actor in a television series (drama)
Sarah Snook won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a television series (drama) for "Succession."
This is Snook's second Golden Globe win for her role as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy in "Succession."
"This show has changed my life," Snook said. "The cast, the crew were fantastic. This was a team effort. It was always a team and that's what made the show amazing, I think, to be part of."
Other nominees in the category included Helen Mirren for "1923," Bella Ramsey for "The Last of Us," Keri Russell for "The Diplomat," Imelda Staunton for "The Crown" and Emma Stone for "The Curse."
Jan 7, 10:53 PM
'The Bear' wins best television series (musical or comedy)
"The Bear" won the Golden Globe for best television series (musical or comedy).
Lionel Boyce, who plays Marcus in the FX series, gave a shoutout to "the entire restaurant community" in an acceptance speech.
"We play these characters for a couple of hours a day, for a couple of months out of the year, but this is y'all's reality, the highs and the lows, so thank you for embracing us while we tell the story."
"The Bear" cast members Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri won Golden Globes earlier tonight.
Other nominees in the category included "Abbott Elementary," "Barry," "Jury Duty," "Only Murders in the Building" and "Ted Lasso."
Jan 7, 10:46 PM
'Beef' wins best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
"Beef" won the Golden Globe for best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television.
Writer, creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jin accepted the honor and said "Beef" is based on "a real road rage incident" that happened to him.
"I would be remiss not to thank that driver," he said.
This is the show's third Golden Globe win tonight. Steven Yeun won best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television earlier in the evening for his role as Danny Cho in the series. Ali Wong also won the award for best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television for her role as Amy Lau.
Other nominees in the category included "All the Light We Cannot See," "Daisy Jones & The Six," "Fargo," "Fellow Travelers" and "Lessons in Chemistry."
Jan 7, 10:46 PM
'Barbie' wins cinematic and box office achievement award
"Barbie" won the Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement, one of two new categories at this year's ceremony.
Margot Robbie, who played the film's titular character, dedicated the win to "every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on Earth: the movie theaters."
Director and co-writer Greta Gerwig added, "Thank you to everybody -- all the Barbies and Kens in front of and behind the screen. It was the greatest, most joyful show of craftsmanship and passion I've ever seen."
Gerwig shouted out co-writer and partner Noah Baumbach for "showing his inner Barbie girl," and cast member America Ferrera for "showing her soul," while Robbie shouted out her co-star Ryan Gosling, who played Ken in the film, for "going full beach."
"This is a movie about Barbie, but it's also a movie about humans," Robbie added.
Other nominees in the category included "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," "John Wick: Chapter 4," "Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1," "Oppenheimer," "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour."
Jan 7, 10:22 PM
'What Was I Made For?' from 'Barbie' wins best original song
"What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" won the Golden Globe for best original song.
"Thank you to my brother Finneas, you are the reason I am who I am," "What Was I Made For" singer-songwriter Billie Eilish said alongside her brother, who co-wrote the song with her. "I want to thank Greta [Gerwig] and Noah [Baumbach] for making this incredible film. I want to thank Margot [Robbie] for being the Margot we know and love."
"It was exactly a year ago, almost, that we were shown the movie," she continued. "I was very, very miserable and depressed at the time, and writing that song kind of saved me a little bit."
Other nominees in the category included "Addicted to Romance" from "She Came to Me," "Dance the Night" from "Barbie," "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie," "Peaches" from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and "Road to Freedom" from "Rustin."
