The Golden Globes

The Golden Globes is an annual award ceremony that honors the best in film and television. It’s a star-studded event where Hollywood’s biggest names come together to celebrate achievements in the industry. This year's Golden Globes occurred on January 5th, at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony. Koy made his career through stand-up comedy, which showed in his monologues throughout the night, unfortunately not in a good way. Instantly, his performance received a negative reaction online. Vanity Fair’s reporter Richard Lawson called his opening monologue “a horrid, sophomoric mishmash of lazy jokes” (ABC News). Throughout the evening, Koy made several inappropriate jokes including comments about Saltburn’s star Barry Keoghan’s nude scenes, jokes about the use of Ozempic in “The Color Purple” (“The Color Purple is what happens to your butt when you take Ozempic”), the length of the movie Oppenheimer (“I just have one complaint: it needed another hour”) and a sexist comment about Barbie (“based on a plastic doll with big boobs”). Koy also poked fun at many famous faces around the room, including singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. In response to criticism, Koy later claimed it was an “off-night” and that he “fell a little short.” 

Oppenheimer proved to be a success, leaving with five wins at the end of the night. It won a Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Performance by a Male Actor, and Best Original Score. For the indigenous community, the Globes were a major success. Lily Gladstone made history with her win for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture (drama) for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Gladstone is the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Gladstone said, “This is a historic win; it doesn’t belong to me. This is for every little rez kid…every little native kid out there who has a dream, who sees themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust” (ABC News). “Poor Things” took home the Globe for Best Motion Picture (musical or comedy). Emma Stone won Best Performance by a Female Actor (musical or comedy) for her role as Bella Baxter in the film. Paul Giamatti won Best Performance by a Male Actor (musical or comedy). Barbie won a new award added to the list Cinematic and Box Office Achievement- beating out Taylor Swift's Era’s Tour movie. And Billie Eilish won for Best Original Song. 

Overall, the film and television community feel that along with many deserved actors and actresses, many projects who should have won fell short. However, these projects have another shot to win an award at the Oscars.