Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary saga One Battle After Another took top honors at Sunday's 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama Hamnet upset Sinners to win best film, drama.
One Battle After Another won best film, comedy, supporting female actor for Teyana Taylor and best director and best screenplay for Anderson. The director became just the second filmmaker to sweep director, screenplay and film at the Globes. Only Oliver Stone, for Born on the Fourth of July managed the same feat.
Though Hamnet won the top award, Sinners won for best score and the prize for cinematic and box-office achievement. The win for box office and cinematic achievement, over franchise films like Avatar: Fire and Ash, was notable for Sinners a movie that some reports labeled a qualified success on its release.
But Sinners ultimately grossed $278 million domestically and $368 million worldwide, making it highest grossing original film in 15 years.
"I just want to thank the audience for showing up," said Coogler. "It means the world."
Coming off years of scandal and subsequent rehabilitation, the Globes and host Nikki Glaser put on a star-studded ceremony that saw wins for the streaming sensation KPop Demon Hunters (best animated film, song), a meta triumph for Seth Rogen's The Studio and an inaugural award for podcasting that went to Amy Poehler's Good Hang.
Many of the Oscar favorites won. Timothee Chalamet won his first Golden Globe, for Marty Supreme, after four previous nominations. The 30-year-old is poised to win his first Oscar. Fellow nominees like Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney stood to applaud his win.
"My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up: Always be grateful for what you have," said Chalamet. "It's allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty-handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. I'd be lying if I didn't say those moments didn't make this moment that much sweeter."
Glaser comes out swinging
The Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, got underway with a pointedly political opening from host Nikki Glaser and an early award for the night's favorite, One Battle After Another. Emceeing the show for the second straight year, Glaser kicked off the show with self-aware satire.
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Timothee Chalamet won his first Golden Globe for 'Marty Supreme,'
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"Yes, the Golden Globes, without a doubt the most important thing happening in the world right now," she said.
In a winning, rapid-fire opening monologue that landed some punch lines on the usual subjects- the age of Leonardo DiCaprio's dates, Kevin Hart's height - Glaser also dove right into some of her most topical material.
For the on-the-block Warner Bros., Glaser started the bidding at $5. Referencing the Epstein files, she suggested best editing should go to the Justice Dept. The "most editing," however, she suggested deserved to go to Bari Weiss' new CBS News -” a dig at the Paramount Skydance-owned network airing the Globes.
Globes mix glitz and gloom
Political tension and industrywide uncertainty were the prevailing moods heading into Sunday's awards. Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros. Following the fatal shooting of Megan Good in Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, several attendees wore pins reading "Be Good" and "ICE Out."
The Globes, formerly presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, have no overlap or direct correlation with the Academy Awards. After being sold in 2023 to Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, a part of Penske Media, the Globes are voted on by around 400 people. The Oscars are voted on by more than 10,500 professionals.
But in the fluctuating undulations of awards season, a good speech at the Globes can boost an Oscar campaign.
Jessie Buckley, the Oscar frontrunner, won best female actor in a drama, for her performance in Hamnet. In recent years, the Irish actor has had one of the fastest-ascending careers in film and theater. "I love what I do and I love being part of this industry," she said.
Rose Byrne won best female actor in a comedy or musical for her performance in the not especially funny A24 indie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
Best actor in a drama went to Wagner Moura, the Brazilian star of The Secret Agent. The period political thriller also won best international film.
"I think if trauma can be passed along generations, values can do," Moura said."So this to the ones who are sticking with their values in difficult moments."
Other winners Sunday included the supporting actor frontrunner, Stellan Skarsgard who won for the Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value. It was the first major Hollywood movie award for the 74-year-old, a respected veteran actor who drew a standing ovation.
"I was not prepared for this because I, of course, thought I was too old," said Skarsgard.
'The Studio' and 'Adolesence' win
In the television awards, The Pitt took best drama series, while Noah Wyle won, too, brushing past his former ER star Clooney on the way to the stage. Netflix's Adolescence won four awards: best limited series, and acting awards for Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham and 16-year-old Owen Cooper.
Other winners included Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus and Jean Smart for Hacks.
But the most comically poignant award of the night went to The Studio, the best comedy series winner. Seth Rogen's Hollywood satire memorably included an episode devoted to drama around a night at the Globes. (Sample line: "I remember when the red carpet of the Golden Globes actually stood for something.") Rogen also won best male actor in a comedy.
"This is so weird," Rogen said, chuckling. "We just pretended to do this. And now it's happening."
Here's a list of winners at Sunday's Golden Globes:
Motion picture, drama
Hamnet
Motion picture, musical or comedy
One Battle After Another
Male actor, motion picture, drama
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Female actor, motion picture, drama
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Female actor, motion picture, musical or comedy
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You
Male actor, motion picture, musical or comedy
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Female supporting actor, motion picture
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Male supporting actor, motion picture
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Motion picture, non-English language
The Secret Agent, Brazil
Motion picture, animated
KPop Demon Hunters
Director, motion picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Screenplay, motion picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Cinematic and box office achievement
Sinners
TV series, drama
The Pitt
TV series, musical or comedy
The Studio
Male actor, TV series, drama
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Female actor, TV series, drama
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Female actor, TV series, musical or comedy
Jean Smart, Hacks
Male actor, TV series, musical or comedy
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Limited series, anthology series or made for TV movie
Adolescence
Male actor, limited series, anthology series or made for TV movie
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Female actor, limited series, anthology series or made for TV movie
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Male supporting actor, television
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Female supporting actor, television
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Original song, motion picture
Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters
Original score, motion picture
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Stand-up comedy performance
Ricky Gervais, Mortality
Podcast
Good Hang With Amy Poehler