The Globes are back? Kinda?
There was still a certain amount of tension surrounding last year’s Golden Globes ceremony, a tentative step back into the spotlight after rightfully being briefly pushed out after a long list of controversies. But this year, with A-listers all in attendance (with strikes over, celebrities were more eager than ever to celebrate) and a newer, more diverse voting body, the night felt like it used to: loose and a bit messy in both good and bad ways.
Host Jo Koy took on a thankless role and probably regretted it, a last-minute pick who went down like a lead balloon. There were funnier presenting bits along the way (with Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell the highlight), and with Koy gradually disappearing throughout the night, a fix next year might just be no host at all.
Many had expected Barbenheimer to be the night’s big story, but it was more Oppenheimer than Barbie with the film leading the night scoring five major wins. Barbie didn’t go home empty-handed, but Poor Things stole most of its thunder, nabbing the bigger musical or comedy awards. On the TV side, Succession and then The Bear and Beef were the easy-to-predict winners.
There are more stops to come before the Oscars, but Oppenheimer emerges tonight as the one to beat and while the ceremony might have been flawed, it felt like business as usual for the Globes.
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And here is Adrian Horton’s fine wrap of everything that happened tonight:
