Awards Season 2019: Golden Globes Winners

Last night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film, in a ceremony hosted by Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) and Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine).

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Green Book

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Best Actor (Drama): Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Christian Bale (Vice)

Best Actress (Drama): Glenn Close (The Wife)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Best Screenplay: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (Green Book)

Best Original Score: Justin Hurwitz (First Man)

Best Original Song: 'Shallow' (A Star Is Born)

Best Foreign Language Film: Roma

Best Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeff Bridges


Green Book was the main winner of the evening, with three awards, whilst Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma won two each. 

The Golden Globes can be a good barometer for the way awards season is going, as it is generallly one of the first major awards to be handed out. Last year, all four acting Oscar winners won at the Golden Globes (although it should be pointed out that it was the Best Actor and Actress- Drama that took home the Academy Award). So that puts Rami Malek and Glenn Close in a good position, although going into the event, I think few people would have tagged them as winners. 

In fact, many outlets are calling Close's win the biggest surprise of the night (with many assuming that it would be Lady Gaga's night). But how much of a surprise is it really that an actress of the calibre of Glenn Close giving what many critics have called the performance of her career (and with a career like hers, that's no mean feat) should win an award that she's been nominated for? If she hadn't been nominated at all and Gary Oldman had just decided to give the award to her... now that would be a surprise!

[On a connected but separate note, can we stop using the term 'snub' for when people don't win? It's frankly a bit of an insult to those that do. You may think that your person did a better job, but to use the word 'snub' is to undermine and undervalue the work of those that did win.]

Whilst Oh's and Samberg's opening might have lacked the bite of previous years, they made for an affable and pleasant pairing. Other standout moments include Regina King committing to make sure that everything she produces in the next two years will be 50% women; Jeff Bridges' humble (if not a bit bizarre) acceptance speech where he 'tagged' the audience and suggested that people be 'rudders' for society to change, and  Christian Bale thanking Satan for giving him 'inspiration' for playing Dick Cheney in Vice, which makes a change from people thanking God, I guess. 

In addition to Bale and Colman's film wins, Richard Madden and Ben Whishaw won Golden Globes for their performances in Bodyguard and A Very English Scandal respectively, so A Good Night For The Brits(TM).

Finally, the legend that is Carol Burnett was the inaugural recipient of a new Golden Globe Award which has been named after her. It's the television equivalent to the Cecil B. DeMille Award and will honour a lifetime achievement in television work. Her acceptance speech was touching and wonderful, and she deserves this plaudit. And if they're looking for nominees for next year, might I humbly suggest either Bob Newhart or Lily Tomlin?



There'll be more awards stuff tomorrow (Tuesday 8th) as the Directors' Guild Award announce their nominees, whilst the Writers' Guild Awards were announced today. I'll recap both tomorrow then share the BAFTA nominations on Wednesday.