Golden Globes winners: 'Emilia Pérez,' 'The Brutalist' and 'Shogun' dominate

The Hollywood award season has officially kicked off with the 82nd annual Golden Globes -- with Netflix's gender-bending musical "Emilia Pérez" capturing a leading four trophies in the movie categories followed by "The Brutalist" with three film wins, while "Shogun" topped television categories with four victories.

The HBO/Max comedy series "Hacks" and the Netflix limited series "Baby Reindeer" were the other multiple winners, with two apiece, during Sunday night's ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

"Emilia Pérez" -- a Spanish-language French musical crime drama that brought a record-setting 10 nominations into the evening -- took home the awards for best motion picture/musical or comedy; best motion picture/non- English language; best supporting actress in any movie for Zoe Saldaña; and best original song in a movie for "El Mal."

The film tells the story of a drug cartel leader played by Karla Sofía Gascón, who hires a lawyer (Saldaña) to help Gascón's character fake her death so she can transition to being a woman and live as her genuine self. Gascón was the first transgender woman nominated for a performance by a female actor in a movie musical or comedy.

Gascón was nominated for best actress in that category, but she lost out to Demi Moore for Moore's role in "The Substance." Moore plays an aging actress who discovers a black-market drug that restores youth, but with all manner of side-effects and complications.

"The Brutalist," a 3 1/2-hour, post-World War II epic about a brilliant architect who escapes the Holocaust and pursues the American Dream in the U.S., won for best motion picture/drama, and also brought personal Golden Globes for Adrien Brody for best actor in a drama and Brady Corbet for best director in a motion picture.

FX/Hulu's "Shogun," a historical drama set in feudal 17th century Japan, swept all four of the categories in which it was nominated -- winning Globes for best TV drama series and also bringing personal trophies to Anna Sawai for best actress, Hiroyuki Sanada for best actor and Tadanobu Asano for best supporting actor.

"Hacks," a regular nominee on the awards circuit, won for best TV series/musical or comedy (beating out the previous winner, "The Bear") and also brought Jean Smart a best actress victory.

"Baby Reindeer," based on a true story by Richard Gadd detailing his experiences with a stalker, won the Golden Globe for best TV limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television, and gave Jessica Gunning a best supporting actress win.

The 10 nominations for "Emilia Pérez"  had made it the most- nominated movie musical or comedy in Globes history, surpassing "Barbie" in 2023 and "Cabaret" in 1972.

FX's "The Bear" brought a leading five nominations into the evening in the television categories, and came away with one win -- to award magnet Jeremy Allen White for best actor in a TV musical or comedy series. White could not attend the ceremonies, and his award was accepted by its presenter, actress Jennifer Coolidge.

In other major film categories, winners were:

• Fernanda Torres, best actress in a movie drama for "I'm Still Here" -- prevailing in a battle of A-Listers against Pamela Anderson ("The Last Showgirl"), Angelina Jolie ("Maria"), Nicole Kidman ("Babygirl"), Tilda Swinton ("The Room Next Door") and Kate Winslet ("Lee");
• Sebastian Stan, best actor in a movie musical or comedy for "A Different Man" and
• Kieran Culkin, best supporting actor in any move for "A Real Pain."

Other winners in the major TV categories were:

• Jodie Foster, best actress in a limited series, anthology series or movie made for TV, for "True Detective: Night Country" and
• Colin Farrell, best actor in a limited series, anthology series or movie made for TV, for "The Penguin."

The box-office smash "Wicked" brought four nominations into the evening -- including ones for best motion picture/musical or comedy, best actress (Cynthia Erivo) and best supporting actress (Ariana Grande), but it came away with just one award, for cinematic and box office achievement.

"The Brutalist" brought seven nominations into the evening, followed by the papal thriller "Conclave" with six and "Anora" and "The Substance" with five each.

"Conclave" captured a best screenplay award for Peter Straughan for its lone Globe, while "Anora," the comedy/drama about a Brooklyn sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch, was shut out on the night.

On the TV side, FX/Hulu's comedy "Only Murders in the Building" brought four nominations into the even but was also blanked.

Moore's best actress victory marked a comeback, of sorts -- and in her acceptance speech, she indicated she saw it as vindication for an actress who was told, some 30 years ago, that she was just a "popcorn actress."

"At that time I made that (to) mean that this wasn't something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money but that I couldn't be acknowledged," Moore said. "I bought in and I believed that ... and that corroded me over time to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete, maybe I've done what I was supposed to do."

In accepting his best actor award, Brody compared his character to that of his mother, an immigrant from Hungary.

"I do not know fully how to express all of the challenges that you have faced and experienced, and the many people who have struggled immigrating to this country. I hope that this work stands to lift you up a bit and to give you a voice," he said as his mother and father looked on from the audience.

Meanwhile, director Corbet defended the unusual length of "The Brutalist," and urged Hollywood producers to give such projects more chances in the future.

"Final-cut tiebreak goes to the director," Corbet said in accepting the best director award. "It's sort of a controversial statement. It shouldn't be -- it shouldn't be controversial at all. I was told that this film was undistributable. I was told that no one would come out and see it. I was told the film wouldn't work.

"No one was asking for a 3 1/2-hour film about a mid-century designer on 70 millimeter," he added. "But it works. So please, just think about it."

Saldaña, whose supporting actress award was the first award of the night, fought back tears during an emotional acceptance speech, saying, "My heart is full of gratitude. Thank you so much to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film and honoring the women of `Emilia Pérez.' Thank you so much."

Gascón closed the CBS-broadcast ceremonies with an emotional speech as well, as she gathered with castmates after "Emilia Pérez" won the final award of the night, best motion picture/musical or comedy.

Wearing a yellow-themed, ankle-length gown, she said, "I chose this [dress] color tonight, the Buddhist color, because I have a message of hope for you -- the light always wins over darkness."

"I have a lot of things to say to you because you can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our resistance, or our identity," Gascón added. "And I want to say to you, raise your voice and say, `I am who I am, not who you want."'

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony, known as "Hollywood's Party of the Year."

Glaser, the ceremonies' first solo female host, is known for her edgy and often scathing material on televised celebrity roasts -- notably of former NFL quarterback Tom Brady last May. But she stuck to her pre-ceremonies pledge that she knows "where the line is, and I don't want to cross it." In her 10- minute opening monologue, Glaser tweaked the gathered Hollywood A-Listers and dipped her toe into politics, but mostly kept her daggers sheathed.

Glaser was also a nominee for best performance in stand-up comedy on television, but lost out in that category to Ali Wong for "Ali Wong: Single Lady."

Across 27 nomination categories, Sunday's festivities also featured the usual galaxy of A-List presenters -- including Elton John, Glenn Close, Sharon Stone, Andrew Garfield, Anthony Mackie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana DeBose, Catherine O'Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Yeoh, Nicolas Cage, Rachel Brosnahan, Rob McElhenney, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis and Zoe Kravitz.

Voting on the nominees was conducted among 334 journalists representing 85 countries.

Meanwhile, two honorary awards were handed out Friday night during the Globes' inaugural "Golden Gala" at the Beverly Hilton.

Ted Danson, best known for his role as bartender Sam Malone on the classic sitcom "Cheers," won the Carol Burnett Award, honoring a person "who has made outstanding contributions to television on or off screen." Danson was presented the award by his wife of 30-plus years, actress Mary Steenburgen.

And four-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, presented by past DeMille Award winner Meryl Streep, who co- starred with her in the critically acclaimed 2008 film "Doubt."

Annually, the Globes are also seen as a barometer of the upcoming Oscars.

Since 1963, when the Globes divided the film category into two formats -- drama and musical/comedy -- roughly 62% of the films that ended up with best picture Academy Awards had first received a Golden Globe.

The Golden Globe drama winner has gone on to win a best picture Oscar 30 of 61 times. The musical/comedy winner has won eight times at the Oscars, most recently in 2019, when "Green Book" won the Academy Award for best picture.

Here is a complete list of the winners:

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

"The Brutalist" (A24)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED

"Flow" (Sideshow/Janus Films)

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT

"Wicked" (Universal Pictures)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE

"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix) - France

BEST ACTRESS, MOVIE DRAMA

Fernanda Torres ("I'm Still Here")

BEST ACTOR, MOVIE DRAMA

Adrien Brody ("The Brutalist")

BEST ACTRESS, MOVIE MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Demi Moore ("The Substance")

BEST ACTOR, MOVIE MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Sebastian Stan ("A Different Man")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN ANY MOVIE

Zoe Saldaña ("Emilia Pérez")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN ANY MOVIE

Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain")

BEST DIRECTOR, MOVIE

Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist")

BEST SCREENPLAY, MOVIE

Peter Straughan ("Conclave")

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, MOVIE

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ("Challengers")

BEST ORIGINAL SONG, MOVIE

"El Mal" - "Emilia Pérez," music & lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard

BEST TV SERIES DRAMA

"Shogun" (FX/Hulu)

BEST TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Hacks" (HBO/Max)

BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

"Baby Reindeer" (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA SERIES

Anna Sawai ("Shogun")

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA SERIES

Hiroyuki Sanada ("Shogun")

BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES

Jean Smart ("Hacks")

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES

Jeremy Allen White ("The Bear")

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Jodie Foster ("True Detective: Night Country")

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Colin Farrell ("The Penguin")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TELEVISION

Jessica Gunning ("Baby Reindeer")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ON TELEVISION

Tadanobu Asano ("Shogun")

BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION

Ali Wong ("Ali Wong: Single Lady"
 

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