Bohemian Rhapsody rocks Golden Globes with shock win

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

  • Black Panther
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • A Star Is Born

IMDb / Green Book / Universal Pictures

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • The Favourite
  • Green Book
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Vice

Netflix Media Center / Roma

Best Director – Motion Picture

  • Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
  • Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
  • Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
  • Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
  • Adam McKay (Vice)

IMDb / The Wife / Meta Film

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Glenn Close (The Wife)
  • Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
  • Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)
  • Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
  • Rosamund Pike (A Private War)

Getty Images / Mark Ralston

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
  • Willem Dafoe (At Eternitys Gate)
  • Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)
  • Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
  • John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)

London Film Festival / The Favourite

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
  • Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
  • Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
  • Charlize Theron (Tully)
  • Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)

IMDb / Vice / Annapurna Pictures

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Christian Bale (Vice)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)
  • Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
  • Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)
  • John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)

IMDb / If Beale Street Could Talk / Annapurna Pictures

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

  • Amy Adams (Vice)
  • Claire Foy (First Man)
  • Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
  • Emma Stone (The Favourite)
  • Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

IMDb / Green Book / Universal Studios

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

  • Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
  • Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
  • Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
  • Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
  • Sam Rockwell (Vice)

IMDb / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Best Motion Picture – Animated

  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

  • Capernaum
  • Girl
  • Never Look Away
  • Roma
  • Shoplifters

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

  • Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
  • Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
  • Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Adam McKay, Vice
  • Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

  • 'All the Stars', Black Panther
  • 'Girl in the Movies', Dumplin’
  • 'Requiem for a Private War', A Private War
  • 'Revelation', Boy Erased
  • 'Shallow', A Star Is Born

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

  • Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
  • Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
  • Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther
  • Justin Hurwitz, First Man
  • Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Television Series, Drama

  • The Americans
  • Bodyguard
  • Homecoming
  • Killing Eve
  • Pose

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

  • Barry
  • The Good Place
  • Kidding
  • The Kominsky Method
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • The Alienist
  • The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Escape at Dannemora
  • Sharp Objects
  • A Very English Scandal

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama

  • Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
  • Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
  • Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
  • Julia Roberts, Homecoming
  • Keri Russell, The Americans

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama

  • Jason Bateman, Ozark
  • Stephan James, Homecoming
  • Richard Madden, Bodyguard
  • Billy Porter, Pose
  • Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

  • Kristen Bell, The Good Place
  • Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
  • Alison Brie, GLOW
  • Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy

  • Sasha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
  • Jim Carrey, Kidding
  • Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
  • Donald Glover, Atlanta
  • Bill Hader, Barry

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
  • Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
  • Connie Britton, Dirty John
  • Laura Dern, The Tale
  • Regina King, Seven Seconds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
  • Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
  • Daniel Bruhl, The Alienist
  • Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Alex Bornstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
  • Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Thandie Newton, Westworld
  • Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
  • Kieran Culkin, Succession
  • Edgar Ramirez, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
  • Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
  • Henry Winkler, Barry

Featured Image Credits: Getty Images / Mark Ralston


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