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81st Golden Globe Awards Ceremony
The 2024 Golden Globe Awards were filled with smiles, laughter, tears and record-breaking moments as well as some awkward moments from the presenters, winners, host and Hollywood audience. From Lily Gladstone and Ali Wong making history with their wins, to host Joe Kuy struggling to get laughs during his monologue, and Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell showing off their dance moves on stage, here are some of the most memorable moments from the night.
“Succession” tied the Golden Globe Awards record
Succession It took home the Golden Globe for Best Television Series Drama on Sunday — setting an awards record in the process. The HBO series won the third international award in this category, after winning the 2020 and 2022 ceremonies. Sunday’s win ties him up The X-Files (1994, 1996 and 1997) and mad men (2007-09) for the most wins for Best Drama at the Golden Globe Awards. both of them Succession And the crown He came into the night with a chance to tie the record. Read more here. — Rick Porter
Lily Gladstone makes history at the Golden Globe Awards
It has been extremely rare for Indigenous actors to play lead roles in Hollywood, and even more so for prestigious projects and award competition. As such, it should come as no surprise that Lily Gladstone’s 2024 Golden Globe win makes her the first Indigenous actress to win an award in the ceremony’s 81-year history. In obtaining the award for Best Actress in a Drama Film, for her role in the Martin Scorsese film Moonflower Killers, Gladstone (Blackfeet/Nimíipuu) makes history as the only Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe. Irene Bedard is the only other actress to have previously received a nomination – for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie – 1994 Lakota Woman: Siege of Wounded Knee While director Taika Waititi was honored Jojo rabbitNominated for Best Musical/Comedy 2020 and Reservation dogs Nominated for Outstanding Musical/Comedy Series 2022. Read more here. — Rebecca Sun
…And so does Ali Wong with her win
Ali Wong took home the gold medal in her first appearance as a dramatic lead. Best Stand-Up Comedy Actress won the 2024 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series for her performance in the Netflix series. meat. Although Wong has previously starred in a rom-com Always be a maybe He has a string of voice credits in animated comedies, meat, with its darkly comedic twists and existential musings, was her first foray into topical dramatic fare. As Amy Lau, the uptight businesswoman, wife and mother whose self-loathing leads to an escalating battle of mutually assured destruction opposite Steven Yeun’s crooked contractor Danny (who also won a Golden Globe tonight), Wong, who executive produces the series. , received widespread critical acclaim and is nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. Read more here. — Rebecca Sun
Host Joe Koy gets defensive amid monologue conflicts
Well, there was certainly worse. For the first time — and relatively last-minute — Golden Globes host Joe Koy struggled a little to elicit laughs during his monologue at the opening of the 2024 awards ceremony on Sunday night. “I got the gig 10 days ago!” he told the Beverly Hilton crowd full of celebrities at one point. “Do you want the perfect monologue?” “I wrote some, he wrote some,” said Coy, who was announced as host on December 21. “I wrote some of these, and those are the ones you laugh at.” Later, after one joke, I got a lukewarm response, “That’s funny, I don’t care.” Read more here. — James Hibberd
Barbie wins a new Golden Globe
More than five years after the Academy Awards introduced (and eventually retired) a new category recognizing blockbuster films in an attempt to combat declining ratings, the Golden Globes have handed out their own award to honor top-grossing films. star Wars Star Mark Hamill, who was the focus of one of the first films in nearly 50 years, presented the award to Barbie, the highest-grossing film of 2023. “Thank you so much to the Golden Globe Awards for creating an award that celebrates movie fans,” said star and producer Margot Robbie, standing next to director and co-writer Greta Gerwig. Read more here. — Aaron Koch
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell show off their dance moves on stage
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell apparently couldn’t complete their “serious” presentation at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday and jokingly blamed “everyone who’s doing this show.” During the presentation of the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (Paul Giamatti won for Retainers), the duet appears to be interrupted by a specific musical melody. “I’m not sure what that means,” Ferrell said after his sentence was cut off mid-sentence the first time. He continued: “Tonight we pay tribute to the outstanding nominees, legends like Nicolas Cage, Matt Damon…” Barbie The actor was interrupted by the same song again. The pair eventually accepted their fate and went with it, showing off their own dance movies to the very silly tune. Read more here. — Carly Thomas
See the full list of 2024 Golden Globe winners here.