The Golden Globes was back to doing what it does best (Picture: Getty Images)
It was a make or break moment for the Golden Globes – a ceremony that was, just 12 months ago, considered so toxic it couldn’t even be televised.
Yet Hollywood seemed largely in a mood to forgive, if not forget, last night and those winners that actually turned up (Cate Blanchett, Zendaya and Amanda Seyfried were all notable no-shows) appeared genuinely grateful and thrilled to claim their gongs.
Showbiz survivors were, thus appropriately, a theme. The night’s golden girl was undoubtedly 61-year-old White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge, who won best supporting actress in a limited TV series, after decades of bit parts in the likes of gross-out movie franchise American Pie.
Triumphant 60-year-old best actress Michelle Yeoh declared ‘I’m just gonna stand here and take this all in’ of her four-decades-long fight as a minority actor in Hollywood.
Elsewhere her Everything Everywhere All At Once co-star Ke Huy Quan (best supporting actor), dampened eyes for his emotional comeback after his 1980s child stardom in the likes of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.
Temple Of Doom was, of course, directed by Steven Spielberg. The iconic auteur picked up both best director and best drama for his masterful memoir, The Fabelmans, firmly establishing it as an Oscars forerunner – though black comedy The Banshees Of Inisherin, starring a best actor-winning Colin Farrell, is nipping at its heels.
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Jennifer Coolidge won a gong for her performance in The White Lotus (Picture: WireImage)
Colin Farrell’s acceptance speech was pure entertainment (Picture: Getty Images)
Angela Bassett made history becoming the first Marvel star to win a major acting award (Picture: Getty Images)
Austin Butler is still channelling Elvis Presley (Picture: Rex Features)
That Elvis star Austin Butler – who still appeared to be channelling ‘The King’ – pipped odds on favourite Brendan Fraser to win best actor was something of an upset, but it certainly avoided awkwardness: Fraser has accused the Globes’ former president of sexual misconduct and had refused to attend the ceremony.
Expect Fraser to pick up an Oscar instead.
All in all it was a night where the stars turned up, awards were given out to the right people (snub for Better Call Saul excepted) and worthy, overlong speeches were given.
Not the most exciting three hours in history then, but ‘business as usual’ is surely just what Golden Globes organisers, the HFPA, had ordered.
Golden Globes 2023 winners list in full
Best Picture, Drama: The Fabelmans
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Director, Motion Picture: Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Austin Butler (Elvis)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Cate Blanchett (Tár)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Best Television Series, Drama: House of the Dragon (HBO)
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy: Abbott Elementary
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama: Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama: Zendaya (Euphoria)
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actor, Television: Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Best Supporting Actress, Television: Julia Garner (Ozark)
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: The White Lotus (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture made for Television: Evan Peters (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)
Best Performance by an Actress in Supporting Role, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Best Original Score, Motion Picture: Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – Justin Hurwitz
Best Picture, Non-English Language: Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Best Original Song, Motion Picture: Naatu Naatu from RRR (Variance Films) — Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj
Best Motion Picture, Animated: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
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It was a make or break moment for the awards.
