82nd Golden Globes Awards Winners

Last night's Golden Globes awards show was not what used to be in the past (used to be lots more wilder) but was entertaining even when new owners and new voters seem to be doing the same that previous foreign press voters, they spread the wealth among several movies. Proof is that top award winner got 5 wins out of 10 nominations followed by The Brutalist with 4 out of 7 nominations, which left room for several other movies also winning a golden globe.

The red carpet was also different as for my first time ever ended well-before the time when the show started, leaving TV broadcasters trying to kill time with whatever they had available. Variety, ET and CBS broadcast started to show bits from Variety's Actors on Actors web series and just image what local TV stations around the world had to do. Where I am now, they started to gossip!!! (LOL, was awful!).

Will not deny that I'm extremely pleased with Emilia Pérez being the top winner and winner top award as perhaps some of you noticed that usually awards leave drama category for last but in this edition organizers placed Musical or Comedy category last as was what everyone was more interested this year thus becoming the most sought after result. Bravo Jacques Audiard you outdo yourself once again. Yes, I'm totally biased as Audiard is one of my most admired contemporary master film directors. Let's hope that the winning trend continues up to the Oscars but I'm realistic, Academics are quite an older bunch and still skeptic and wonder if they will dare to reward 1) a musical with 2) a trans story.

So, the first major award show of the season is over and unlike last year, the show and consequently the season started on a positive note.

The Award Winners

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:  Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France

Best Motion Picture - Drama: The Brutalist, Brady Corbet, UK, USA and Hungary

Best Motion Picture - Animated:  Straume (Flow), Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, France and Belgium

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language: Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Japan, Canada, Iceland and UK 

Best Director:  Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, Brady Corbet, UK, USA and Hungary

Best Screenplay:  Pegter Straughan for Conclave, USA and UK

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:  Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here, Walter Salles, Brazil and France

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Demi Moore in The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK, France and USA

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:  Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Adrien Brody in The Brutalist, Brady Corbet, UK, USA and Hungary

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sebastian Stan in A Different Man, Aaron Schimberg, USA

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg, USA and Poland

Best Original Score:  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Challengers, Luca Guadagnino,  Italy and USA

Best Original Song:  El Mal in Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard

To check winners at official site go here where you will also find the TV winners. Have to comment I'm most pleased with Shōgun winning strike and hope more japanese dramas and actors will crossover to Hollywood with TV series in their original language and not everything in English. Alright, in Shogun's story time NO English was spoken in Japan, it was Portuguese and that's the only critique that I have for an extremely good long-movie. Sigh.

Also was delighted with Jodie Foster winning for her performance in True Detective: Night Country as I'm one that hihgly enjoyed this long-movie. Yes I'm calling them "long-movie" because they're conceived as such and more important, I watched all episodes at once, or how is it called, I binged-watching the series; therefore there was no distraction or having to wait one week to when all the excitement of previous episode is lost. Sigh.