‘Oppenheimer’ with five awards, was the big winner at the 81st edition of the Golden Globes, beating the other big favorite, ‘Barbie’, which only took home two of the nine awards for which it was nominated. Among the series, the winner was ‘Succession’, that won four media with its last season, and ‘The Bear’ also shined in comedy and ‘Bronca’ in miniseries. The gala was held at the usual venue for the Golden Globes, The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and was hosted by actor and comedian Jo Koy.

It was the first edition of the awards since in June 2023, and after several years of controversies related to the lack of ethics and the absence of diversity in its members, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association dissolved and sold the rights to exploitation of the gala to Dick Clark Productions, owned by Eldridge Industries. This change in organization led to various innovations in the awards, such as the expansion of the nominees in each category to six and the creation of two new awards: best comedy monologue, which went to Ricky Gervais for ‘Armageddon’, and best cinematographic and box office achievement, an award that went to ‘Barbie’, the highest-grossing film of the year with more than $1.44 billion in revenue.

Greta Gerwig’s film, which started out as the most nominated with nine nominations, was left with only this recognition and the best original song, which was for the song ‘What Was I Made For?’ by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell. The face to face of ‘Barbieheimer’, the phenomenon that shook the box office this summer, was for Christopher Nolan’s film, which won five awards. Among them, best dramatic film and best director for the British filmmaker, who after six nominations won his first Golden Globe.

In his speech, Nolan remembered his “dear friend” Heath Ledger, the actor who died just after filming ‘The Dark Knight’ under his command and on behalf of whom he collected this award in 2009 for his performance as Joker. The star of ‘Oppenheimer’, Cillian Murphy, won the Golden Globe for best dramatic actor and in his speech he thanked the “visionary” Nolan for his trust “during 20 years and six films”, while the award for best supporting actor It was Robert Downey Jr. who won his first Golden Globe for his portrayal of politician Lewis Strauss.

In addition, composer Ludwig Göransson won the Golden Globe for best soundtrack. It was also a great night for ‘Poor Creatures’ by Yorgos Lanthimos, which won the award for best comedy or musical, surprising the great favorite in this category, ‘Barbie’, and its protagonist, Emma Stone, who won the award for best actress in a comedy or musical. She was also recognized with two Golden Globes for ‘Those who stay’.

Alexander Payne’s film was awarded the award for best actor in a comedy or musical for Paul Giamatti and best supporting actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Lily Gladstone was recognized as best leading actress in a drama for his role in ‘The Moon Killers’, giving Martin Scorsese’s film the only one of the seven awards for which it was nominated. The Golden Globe for best screenplay went to Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, a film that also won the award for best foreign-language film, a category in which the Spanish film ‘The Snow Society’ ‘ by Juan Antonio Bayona was among the nominees. ‘The Boy and the Heron’ by Hayao Miyazaki was awarded best animated film.

In series, The fourth and final season of ‘Succession’ was the other big winner of the night, winning four prizes. The HBO production took home the Golden Globes for best drama series, best lead actress in a drama for Sarah Snook, best lead actor in a drama for Kieran Culkin and best supporting actor for Matthew Macfadyen. In comedy, ‘The Bear’ shone, a series available on Disney+, which won the award for best comedy, best comedy actor for Jeremy Allen White and best comedy actress for Ayo Edebiri.

And among the miniseries the winner was Netflix’s ‘Bronca’ which won the award for best miniseries, best actress for Ali Wong and best actor for Steven Yeun. The award for best supporting actress in a series goes to Elizabeth Debicki for her role as Diana of Wales in the final season of ‘The Crown’.