79th Golden Globes: So What Comes Next?
Written by Andreas Babiolakis
So, another Golden Globes has come and gone, and you may feel like you have missed it. That’s because you did. We all did. It wasn’t televised this year. There weren’t even any celebrity hosts or guests. Instead, because of the massive amounts of controversy surrounding the HFPA, the Golden Globes — which were this close to being completely canceled — held a private ceremony, with winners being pasted onto the Globes’ Twitter account and their official website. Technically, this has little bearing on the ceremony going forward, because, need I remind you that this is an awards ceremony that technically doesn't need to be televised. Well, that’s what the HFPA is trying to prove this year: they shall keep going while they figure out how to best represent themselves. All I can say is that this will have a larger impact on the presentation of the ceremony overall, because if the HFPA can prove to themselves that they don’t need us to celebrate, then they’ve proven this to networks as well. Do networks want to have this timebomb on their hands? The host-less Oscars was meant to be temporary, but that hasn’t changed since it was first implemented a few years ago, because everyone learned that the Academy Awards are kind of better this way. This may be the case with how stations handle this whole Golden Globes thing: they can exist without one of us having to take the heat? Okay.
What this hurts the most is the awards season when it comes to how stars and filmmakers best represent themselves to get ahead via the season’s usual politics: the red carpets, the acceptance speeches, all of that. Of course, the wins matter the most, but you cannot tell me that the fashion, thank-yous, and photo shoots don’t help with the marketability of an awards season race. Anyway, that barely matters, but the point is that the filmmakers and stars that want to celebrate this awards show — which has always been seen as more fun and less serious — before they get into the more anxious ceremonies down the road. This was the celebration: the calm before the storm. That has no bearing on us unless you love red carpet eavesdropping. They don’t have that anymore. I guess you’re thinking “oh boo-hoo”, but it’s kind of fun for a lot of us awards season fanatics to see these awards unfurl. Celebrities get smashed. Losers have as much fun as the winners. The start of the major winners of the Oscars race commences.
Naturally, I can see that this kind of entertainment is slowly going extinct (I hope the Oscars make it to one hundred years at least), and the disdain for these kinds of ceremonies is only getting louder and louder online. This is probably great news for many of you readers. However, I’m thinking solely about what this means for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Golden Globes. Here was their opportunity to try and figure themselves out and better their academy, their handling of their financial infrastructures (aka how to stop using money to skew things), and other additional concerns. They got the best of both worlds: the ability to hide from the spotlight, but to keep going as an annual awards show. In a way, it doesn’t affect or concern any of us. Maybe this is for the best for the HFPA. Maybe this is the way they will go from here on out.
On the other hand, I also feel like they haven’t really changed all that much. From the safeness of the winners (as you can see below) to the omission of handling their biggest matters in the forefront (and owning up to them and proving real progression from here), they clearly have been able to have their cake and eat them too. I’m hoping that this year was a time for the HFPA to reflect and take time to shift, but who knows. Maybe this is their comfort zone. Would they like to be televised and rake in those viewers again? Absolutely, but they’re kind of proving the point of many naysayers that life goes on even without the Golden Globes plastered on our screens. Only time will tell, but I can foresee more messiness to come.
Anyway, enough contemplating. Here are the winners of this year’s Golden Globes.
Film Nominations
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
"Cyrano"
"Don't Look Up"
"Licorice Pizza"
"Tick, Tick ... Boom!"
"West Side Story"—Winner
Best Motion Picture — Drama
"Belfast,"
"CODA"
"Dune"
"King Richard"
"The Power of the Dog"—Winner
Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language
"Compartment No. 6"
"Drive My Car"—Winner
"The Hand of God"
"A Hero"
"Parallel Mothers"
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"
Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"—Winner
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Adam McKay, "Don't Look Up"
Aaron Sorkin , "Being the Ricardos"
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
"Be Alive" from "King Richard" - Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
"Dos Orugitas" from "Encanto" - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"Down to Joy" from "Belfast" - Van Morrison
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" from "Respect" - Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King
"No Time to Die" from "No Time to Die" - Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell—Winner
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Ben Affleck, "The Tender Bar"
Jamie Dornan, "Belfast"
Ciarán Hinds, "Belfast"
Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"—Winner
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Caitríona Balfe, "Belfast"
Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"—Winner
Kirsten Dunst, "The Power of the Dog"
Aunjanue Ellis, "King Richard"
Ruth Negga, "Passing
Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Don't Look Up"
Peter Dinklage, "Cyrano"
Andrew Garfield, "Tick, Tick ... Boom!"—Winner
Cooper Hoffman, "Licorice Pizza"
Anthony Ramos, "In the Heights"
Best Motion Picture — Animated
"Encanto"—Winner
"Flee"
"Luca"
"My Sunny Maad"
"Raya and the Last Dragon"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song"
Javier Bardem, "Being the Ricardos"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
Will Smith, "King Richard"—Winner
Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"
Nicole Kidman, "Being the Ricardos"—Winner
Lady Gaga, "House of Gucci"
Kristen Stewart, "Spencer"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard, "Annette"
Alana Haim, "Licorice Pizza"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Don't Look Up"
Emma Stone, "Cruella"
Rachel Zegler, "West Side Story"—Winner
Best Director — Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"—Winner
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Lost Daughter"
Steven Spielberg, "West Side Story"
Denis Villeneuve, "Dune"
Best Original Score
"The French Dispatch"
"Encanto"
"The Power of the Dog"
"Parallel Mothers"
"Dune"—Winner
Television Nominations
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish"
Nicholas Hoult, "The Great"
Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building"
Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building"
Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso"—Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Hannah Einbender, "Hacks"
Elle Fanning, "The Great"
Issa Rae, "Insecure"
Tracee Ellis Ross, "black-ish"
Jean Smart, "Hacks"—Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Brian Cox, "Succession"
Lee Jung-jae, "Squid Game"
Billy Porter, "Pose"
Jeremy Strong, "Succession"—Winner
Omar Sy, "Lupin"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
Uzo Aduba, "In Treatment"
Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show"
Christine Baranski, "The Good Fight"
Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Mj Rodriguez, "Pose"—Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Paul Bettany, "WandaVision"
Oscar Isaac, "Scenes From a Marriage"
Michael Keaton, "Dopesick"—Winner
Ewan McGregor, "Halston"
Tahar Rahim, "The Serpent"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Chastain, "Scenes From a Marriage"
Cynthia Erivo, "Genius: Aretha"
Elizabeth Olsen, "WandaVision"
Margaret Qualley, "Maid"
Kate Winslet, "Mare of Easttown"—Winner
Best Television Series Drama
"Lupin"
"The Morning Show"
"Pose"
"Squid Game"
"Succession"—Winner
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Dopesick"
"Impeachment: American Crime Story"
"Maid"
"Mare of Easttown"
"The Underground Railroad"-Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series — Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jennifer Coolidge, "White Lotus"
Kaitlyn Dever, "Dopesick"
Andie MacDowell, "Maid"
Sarah Snook, "Succession"—Winner
Hannah Waddingham, "Ted Lasso"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series — Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show"
Kieran Culkin, "Succession"
Mark Duplass, "The Morning Show"
Brett Goldstein, "Ted Lasso"
Oh Yeong-su, "Squid Game"—Winner
Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
"The Great"
"Hacks"—Winner
"Only Murders in the Building"
"Reservation Dogs"
"Ted Lasso"
Andreas Babiolakis has a Masters degree in Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson University, as well as a Bachelors degree in Cinema Studies from York University. His favourite times of year are the Criterion Collection flash sales and the annual Toronto International Film Festival.