Postwar flick The Brutalist and musical Emilia Pérez win big at Golden Globes

Kevin Maimann | CBC News | Posted: January 6, 2025 12:36 AM | Last Updated: January 6

The 82nd annual event was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser

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Caption: Adriana Paz, from left, Edgar Ramirez, Selena Gomez, Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofia Gascon, and Zoe Saldana pose in the press room with the award for best motion picture - musical or comedy for Emilia Pérez during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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Postwar epic The Brutalist and genre-shifting trans musical Emilia Pérez were big winners at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.

The Brutalist won best drama film, as well as best director for Brady Corbet and best actor for Adrien Brody.

"No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm. But it works," Corbet said in his acceptance speech.

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Jacques Audiard's musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become a woman, led the way this year with 10 nominations and took home best film, as well as best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, best song (El Mal) and best non-English language film. French director Audiard said through an interpreter that he hoped the film is "a beacon of light" in dark times.

Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more were up for awards in the star-studded event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., with provocative comedian Nikki Glaser emceeing as the show's first solo female host.

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Caption: Adrien Brody, winner of best performance by a male actor in a motion picture drama for The Brutalist, poses with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

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The 82nd annual event, which is no longer presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is struggling to rebuild its reputation after years of diversity and ethics scandals and organizational upheaval.

FX's Shōgun was crowned best television drama after posting wins for Hiroyuki Sanada, for best actor in a drama series, Anna Sawai, for best actress in a television drama and Tadanobu Asano for best supporting actor in a drama series. "I'm very happy!" Asano exclaimed with his arms raised.

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Caption: Tadanobu Asano poses with the award for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television for Shogun. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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For the second time, Jean Smart won best lead actress in a comedy series for Hacks. Said the much-honoured Smart: "I never thought I'd be so happy to be called a hack." The show also won best comedy series.

Demi Moore's win for best actress in a comedy or musical was one of the night's biggest surprises. Her comeback performance in body-horror film The Substance, about a Hollywood star who resorts to an experimental process to regain her youth, landed the 62-year-old Moore her first Globe — a victory that came over the heavily favoured Mikey Madison of Anora.

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Caption: From left: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder and Paul W. Downs, winners of the best television series - musical or comedy award for Hacks. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

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"I'm just in shock right now. I've been doing this a long time, like over 45 years, and this is the first thing I've ever won as an actor," said Moore.

Best supporting actor in a musical or comedy went to Sebastian Stan for another movie about physical transformation: A Different Man, in which Stan plays a man with a deformed face who's healed.

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Caption: Demi Moore won best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy for her work in The Substance. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/The Associated Press)

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Among the Canadian nominees shut out were Pamela Anderson, who was up for best actress in a drama category for her performance in The Last Showgirl; Gabriel LaBelle, nominated as best actor in a musical or comedy category for Saturday Night; Martin Short, for best actor in a television series musical or comedy for Only Murders in the Building; and director Denis Villeneuve, whose Dune: Part Two was up for best motion picture – drama.

List of winners:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

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

Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Yura Borisov, Anora
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama

Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Donald Glover, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman

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

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Ali Wong, Single Lady
Jamie Foxx, What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser, Someday You'll Die
Seth Meyers, Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler, Love You
Ramy Youssef, More Feelings

Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

Emilia Pérez
All We Imagine as Light
The Girl with the Needle
I'm Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Vermiglio

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

Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott, Ripley

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

Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Sofia Vergara, Griselda
Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Kate Winslet, The Regime

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Demi Moore, The Substance
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Zendaya, Challengers
Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director — Motion Picture

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Challengers
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

El Mal by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard (from Emilia Pérez)
Beautiful That Way by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt (from The Last Showgirl)
Compress/Repress by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino (from Challengers)
Forbidden Road by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek (Better Man)
Kiss The Sky by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi (from The Wild Robot)
Mi Camino by Clément Ducol and Camille (from Emilia Pérez)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Wicked
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
The Wild Robot

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Baby Reindeer
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country

Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical

Hacks
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
The Gentlemen
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama

Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D'Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Best Television Series — Drama

Shōgun
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Diplomat
Squid Game
Slow Horses
The Day of the Jackal

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Kate Winslet, Lee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Motion Picture — Drama

The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Emilia Pérez
Anora
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked

Postwar flick The Brutalist and musical Emilia Pérez win big at Golden Globes

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