The best moments from the Golden Globes 2024
The Golden Globes, held Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton, marked the first major awards show since the end of the Hollywood strikes, and A-listers showed up in droves.
JO KOY’S ROUGH MONOLOGUE
Hosting any awards show is a thankless task — and a virtual guarantee that you will be roasted on social media — so it’s not surprising that the Globes couldn’t find a host until about two weeks before the show. Comedian Jo Koy expressed gratitude for landing the gig, but then quickly threw his writers under the bus when some of his jokes didn’t land.
“I got the gig 10 days ago, you want a perfect monologue? Shut up!” Koy said, after a mixed response to a jab about “Barbie.”
“You’re kidding me, right?” Koy continued. “I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at.”
‘OPPENHEIMER’ IS PRIMED FOR A BIG AWARDS SEASON
With wins for director Christopher Nolan, composer Ludwig Göransson and actors Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” was all but assured to win best drama — and it did, of course. The epic film about the creation of the atomic bomb might have been bested at the box office by its “Barbenheimer” counterpart, “Barbie,” but fared far better at the Globes (where Barbie won only in music and box-office categories). This was Nolan’s first Globe triumph, despite having been nominated several times before. Could this be his year to win an Oscar?
‘BEEF’ HAD A GREAT NIGHT
“Beef” — about a roadrage incident that changes two people’s lives — was one of those Netflix shows that everyone was talking about for a few weeks back in the spring. But the buzz carried through Globes voting, as Steven Yeun and Ali Wong won best male and female actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for TV.
“You know, our show is actually based on a real road-rage incident that actually happened to me, so I would be remiss not to thank that driver,” creator Lee Sung Jin said as he accepted the prize for best limited series, anthology or motion picture made for TV. “Sir, I hope you honk and yell and inspire others for years to come.”
‘SUCCESSION’ TOOK A VICTORY LAP
For its final season, “Succession” took home three out of four acting awards and the prize for best television series, drama. Sarah Snook got to take the lead female actor prize without having to compete against any of the men in her life, which seems like a fitting end for Shiv Roy. Matthew Macfadyen defeated Alexander Skarsgard and Alan Ruck in male actor in a supporting role, just as Tom came out on top in the series.
The most shocking moment, though, was when Kieran Culkin won male actor in a leading role against his TV father Brian Cox and TV brother Jeremy Strong.
‘BARBIE’ GOT THE NEW AWARD
“Barbie” won the first Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement. Or maybe more significantly: Taylor Swift and her concert movie did not. The category was created this year to honor films based on both their artistic and financial successes.
LILY GLADSTONE’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Lily Gladstone won best performance by a female actor in a motion picture drama for her role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” She began her acceptance speech in the Blackfeet language before lamenting in English that she didn’t speak the Blackfeet language with greater fluency. Gladstone also called out the Hollywood practice of faking Native language in movies by running the recordings of actors delivering their lines in English backward. “This is for every little rez kid,” she said at the end of her speech, dedicating her win to “every little Native kid out there who has a dream.”
KYLIE JENNER AND TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
Kylie Jenner and Timothée
Chalamet only recently started making their romance extremely public after months of tabloid rumors, and it’s safe to say that the Globes were thrilled to welcome them in the audience.