The Golden Globes kick off on Sunday, with “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” expected to sweep the film awards.
Host Nikki Glaser began the evening with jokes on a wide range of topics, including the release of redacted US government files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He said, “The Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department.”
“There are a lot of A-listers, and by A-listers I mean people who are on that list, which has been heavily redacted,” Glaser said, referring to Epstein’s many celebrity friends.
The lavish Globes ceremony is a key step in Hollywood’s awards season, which culminates with the Oscars in March, and attracts a glamorous A-list crowd to the Beverly Hills Ballroom each year.
The evening frontrunner is the politically charged “One Battle After Another,” which is expected to convert several of its nine Globe nominations into wins.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s screwball thriller, which centers on an aging revolutionary and his teenage daughter, is the favorite for best comedy/musical.
A thrilling journey through violent left-wing radicals, immigration raids, and white supremacists, the film has connected with audiences and critics at a time when the United States is deeply polarized.
DiCaprio will compete for best actor at the Globes with Timothée Chalamet, who stars as an aspiring 1950s table tennis player in “Marty Supreme.”
Teyana Taylor, who plays a fearless left-wing revolutionary, won the night’s first award for best supporting actress, perhaps a sign of a big evening for “One Battle.”
– ‘Papi’ vs ‘Hamnet’ –
The Globes award separate awards for dramas and comedies/musicals, which broadens the scope of star appearances.
Ryan Coogler’s period horror film “Sinners,” about the segregated 1930s South, is expected to have the stiffest competition for “One Battle” at the Oscars.
But at the Globes, they’re in different categories.
“Sinners” surprised moviegoers with its diverse mix of vampires, politics, race relations and blues music.
It rivals “Hamnet” in the race for best drama film at the Globes, starring Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his grieving wife as both grapple with the death of their young son.
Buckley is the favorite for best drama actress honors.
Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value,” starring Stellan Skarsgård, received eight nominations and is also in the running.
Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor.
– ‘Be good’ –
The Golden Globes went through a crisis in 2021 after the Los Angeles Times revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the awards voting body, had no Black members.
Now under new ownership, and with the HFPA disbanded, a wider net of foreign critics has been brought in to choose winners.
One of the international films they may look forward to is the Brazilian thriller “The Secret Agent,” whose lead actor Wagner Moura is the favorite to win best drama actor honors.
“The Secret Agent” and “Sentimental Value” will compete for the Globe for best non-English language film with Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident.”
The Globes also honor the best in television, with HBO’s black comedy anthology “The White Lotus,” sci-fi office thriller “Severance” and heartbreaking teen murder saga “Adolescence” leading contenders.
Several celebrities, including Mark Ruffalo, Natasha Lyonne, and Wanda Sykes, walked the red carpet sporting pins with the message “Be Good”.
The badges are part of a tribute to Renee Good, the American woman whose fatal shooting by a federal agent has sparked renewed protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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