By Patrick Sullivan, Film & TV Editor
There were plenty of surprises at the awards ceremony on January 6, and the winners give little indication of who will be victorious at the Oscars on February 24.
The Golden Globes winners, announced late last night, are quite astonishing. Baffling, really. At 9/2, Bohemian Rhapsody had the equal longest odds of winning the most significant award of the night, ‘Best Motion Picture - Drama’, yet it trumped early favourites A Star Is Born and BlacKkKlansman to scoop the biggest headline of the night. Rami Malek also won ‘Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama’ to claim the double.
British actress Olivia Colman won ‘Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy’ for her raucous performance as Queen Anne in The Favourite, putting her up against fellow Globes winner Glenn Close for the main award at the Oscars. Close, here winning for her role in The Wife, will be hoping for a first Oscar win having previously been nominated six times previously. Lady Gaga can also still be viewed as a key contender for the award, despite missing out last night.
In a ceremony celebrating its own diversity - ‘I wanted to be here to look out into this audience and witness this moment of change,’ co-host, and winner herself, Sandra Oh said. ‘And I’m not fooling myself. Next year it could be different.’ - Regina King and Mahershala Ali won their respective awards for supporting roles in If Beale Street Could Talk and Green Book. In her speech, King hailed the start of ‘Times Up time two’ and pledged to only work on projects with 50 per cent female involvement. ‘Anyone out there who is in a position of power, not just in our industry or other industries, I challenge you to do the same,’ she said.
Elsewhere, Alfonso Cuarón won ‘Best Director - Motion Picture’ for his Netflix production Roma, which also won ‘Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language’. The film is still second favourite for a historic Oscar, where it could be the first foreign language and Netflix film to win Best Picture. The Mexican drama missed out on a Globes nomination in the key category which saw Bohemian Rhapsody take centre stage.
The full list of winners and nominees are below (winners in bold).
IMDb / Bohemian Rhapsody / 20th Century Fox
Best Motion Picture - Drama
IMDb / Green Book / Universal Pictures
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Netflix Media Center / Roma
Best Director – Motion Picture
IMDb / The Wife / Meta Film
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Getty Images / Mark Ralston
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
London Film Festival / The Favourite
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
IMDb / Vice / Annapurna Pictures
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
IMDb / If Beale Street Could Talk / Annapurna Pictures
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
IMDb / Green Book / Universal Studios
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
IMDb / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / Sony Pictures Entertainment
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Best Television Series, Drama
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Featured Image Credits: Getty Images / Mark Ralston
Can the Golden Globes winners go on to reign supreme at the Oscars next month?
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