Golden Globe Awards Spread the Love and Fill the Evening with Surprises

Well, that happened. The 78th Golden Globe Awards have now come and gone, with the requisite surprises that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are so well known for. (For what it’s worth, I went nine for fourteen with my Film predictions. That’s about average for me. The Television team went eight for eleven with their collective picks, so kudos to them for a very strong showing). Most of the time, you just sort of shrug off the HFPA and continue on with the precursor season. This time around, the Globes managed to pull off something a little unique. Not only did they spread the love (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Nomadland, and Soul each won two Globes), they were surprising shutouts for Mank and Promising Young Woman. But wait, there’s more. While there were upsets and unexpected winners in several categories, there really wasn’t anything that changed the nature of the Oscar race. I’ll tackle it more on Friday in an Awards column, but for example, Nomadland beat The Trial of the Chicago 7 in Best Motion Picture – Drama, but the Globes rarely predict the winner there. So, Aaron Sorkin‘s film may have held serve, actually. Weird, right? Don’t get me wrong, Nomadland is in a good spot that any other flick would likely be happy to trade into, but a lot is still to be decided. If nothing else, it does seem to signal that it’s a two horse race for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. More soon, but now, check out the winners below.

Here are all of the Golden Globe results:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nomadland
Highwayman/Hear/Say/Cor Cordium; Searchlight Pictures

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Four by Two Films; Amazon Studios

Best Director – Motion Picture
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
The Queen’s Gambit – Netflix
Netflix

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Anya Taylor-Joy
The Queen’s Gambit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role
Gillian Anderson
The Crown

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a by Motion Picture
Jodie Foster
The Mauritanian

Best Television Series – Drama
The Crown – Netflix
Left Bank Pictures/Sony Pictures Television

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Minari (USA)
Plan B; A24

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Josh O’Connor
The Crown

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rosamund Pike
I Care a Lot

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Schitt’s Creek – Pop TV
Not a Real Company Productions/Canadian Broadcast Company/Pop TV

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jason Sudeikis
Ted Lasso

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Io Sì (Seen)” — The Life Ahead
Music by Diane Warren
Lyrics by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Emma Corrin
The Crown

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Mark Ruffalo
I Know This Much Is True

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Soul

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Catherine O’Hara
Schitt’s Creek

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role
John Boyega
Small Axe

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah