The Hollywood award season kicked off Sunday evening at 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 Sunday night’s other multiple winners, with two apiece.
“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 SofÃa Gascón, who hires a lawyer (Saldaña) to help Gascón’s character transition to being a woman. 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” — in which Moore plays a fading actress who discovers a black-market drug that restores youth, but with all manner of side effects and complications.
“The Brutalist,” a post-World War II epic about a Holocaust survivor’s escape to the U.S to pursue the American Dream, 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,” set in 17th century Japan, won Globes for best TV drama series and also brought 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; and brought Jean Smart a best actress victory.
“Baby Reindeer” 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” 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.
Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony, known as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” from the Beverly Hilton hotel.
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 held 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 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,” got 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, ANIMATEDGascón
“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”)