The Scandalous 2023 Golden Globes

On Tuesday, January 10th, the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards took place. Unlike last year’s show, the award show was aired live on NBC and can be watched on their streaming service, Peacock. 

The change in 2022 was due to a scandal about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globes, when an expose with the Los Angeles Times revealed that the HFPA had no Black members.  

The show’s host, Jerrod Carmichael, immediately touched on the controversy when introducing himself, bluntly stating that, “I’ll tell you why I’m here. I’m here because I’m Black, “and that the Globes haven’t had “a single Black member until George Floyd died. So do with that information what you will.” 

THE HFPA did not immediately address their issues until only two awards were left in the ceremony when HFPA President Helen Hoehne took the stage. She remarked that the organization will continue to “support groups that amplify a variety of voices and continue to add representation to [their] organization from around the world as we did in the past year.”

The 2023 Golden Globes was a “comeback” after the cancellation of last year’s telecast. Still, its attempt was in vain since viewership numbers hit an all-time low at 6.3 million, with narrowly higher ratings, beating the 2008 writer’s strike, which had only 6 million viewers.

While some nominees didn’t attend the award show, whether it was due to conflicting schedules or other circumstances, the most apparent one was Brendan Fraser, nominated best actor for The Whale, who has vowed not to attend the event since he was allegedly sexually assaulted by the former president of the HFPA in 2003.

The first award of the night was given to Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) for best-supporting actor. The former of the two gave an emotional thank-you speech about his fame as a child and his unexpected comeback, thanking the Everything Everywhere All at Once directors who gave him a chance to break back into action almost forty years later. 

The night’s last award was best motion picture drama and was received by The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film.

The Banshees of Inisherin was one of the more notable wins in terms of film, winning the award for best picture, musical, or comedy and being the most nominated film at the Globes.

Check out the lists below for the rest of the winners and their categories:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• WINNER: The Banshees of Inisherin
• Babylon
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Triangle of Sadness
• Glass onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• WINNER: Cate Blanchett – Tár
• Olivia Colman — Empire of Light
• Viola Davis — The Woman King
• Ana de Armas — Blonde
• Michelle Williams — The Fabelmans

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• WINNER: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Austin Butler — Elvis
• Brendan Fraser — The Whale
• Hugh Jackman — The Son
• Bill Nighy — Living
• Jeremy Pope — The Inspection

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: The Banshees of Inisherin
• Babylon
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Triangle of Sadness
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy

• WINNER: Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
• Kaley Cuoco — The Flight Attendant
• Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
• Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
• Jean Smart — Hacks

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: Colin Farrell — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Diego Calva — Babylon
• Daniel Craig — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Adam Driver — White Noise
• Ralph Fiennes — The Menu

Best Supporting Actress in Any Motion Picture

• WINNER: Angela Bassett — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Kerry Condon — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis — Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Dolly De Leon — Triangle of Sadness
• Carey Mulligan — She Said

Best Supporting Actor in Any Motion Picture

• WINNER: Ke Huy Quan — Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Brad Pitt — Babylon
• Brendan Gleeson — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Barry Keoghan — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Eddie Redmayne — The Good Nurse

Best Director – Motion Picture

• WINNER: Steven Spielberg — The Fabelmans
• James Cameron — Avatar: The Way of Water
• Daniels — Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Baz Luhrmann — Elvis
• Martin McDonagh — The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• WINNER: Martin McDonagh — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Todd Field — Tár
• Daniels — Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Sarah Polley — Women Talking
• Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner — The Fabelmans

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• WINNER: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Inu-Oh
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Turning Red

Best motion picture – foreign language

• WINNER: Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
• Close (Belgium/France/Netherlands)
• Decision to Leave (South Korea)
• RRR (India)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• WINNER: Justin Hurwitz — Babylon
• Carter Burwell — The Banshees of Inisherin
• Alexandre Desplat — Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Hildur Guðnadóttir — Women Talking
• John Williams — The Fabelmans

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• WINNER: “Naatu Naatu” by M.M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj from RRR
• “Carolina” by Taylor Swift from Where the Crawdads Sing
• “Ciao Papa” by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Gullermo del Toro from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice from Top Gun: Maverick
• “Lift Me Up” by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best TV Series – Drama

• WINNER: House of the Dragon
• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• Ozark
• Severance

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Zendaya — Euphoria
• Emma D’Arcy — House of the Dragon
• Laura Linney — Ozark
• Imelda Staunton — The Crown
• Hilary Swank — Alaska Daily

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• WINNER: Kevin Costner — Yellowstone
• Jeff Bridges — The Old Man
• Diego Luna — Andor
• Bob Odenkirk — Better Call Saul
• Adam Scott — Severance

Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Only Murders in the Building
• Wednesday

Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or comedy

• WINNER: Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
• Kaley Cuoco — The Flight Attendant
• Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
• Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
• Jean Smart — Hacks

Best actor in a TV series – Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: Jeremy Allen White — The Bear
• Donald Glover — Atlanta
• Bill Hader — Barry
• Steve Martin — Only Murders in the Building
• Martin Short — Only Murders in the Building

Best Limited Series or TV Movie

• WINNER: The White Lotus
• Black Bird
• Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• The Dropout
• Pam & Tommy

Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• WINNER: Amanda Seyfried — The Dropout
• Jessica Chastain — George & Tammy
• Julia Garner — Inventing Anna
• Lily James — Pam & Tommy
• Julia Roberts — Gaslit

Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• WINNER: Evan Peters — Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Taron Egerton — Black Bird
• Colin Firth — The Staircase
• Andrew Garfield — Under the Banner of Heaven
• Sebastian Stan — Pam & Tommy

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or TV Movie

• WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge — The White Lotus
• Claire Danes — Fleishman Is in Trouble
• Daisy Edgar-Jones — Under the Banner of Heaven
• Niecy Nash — Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series, or TV Movie

• WINNER: Paul Walter Hauser — Black Bird
• F. Murray Abraham — The White Lotus
• Domhnall Gleeson — The Patient
• Richard Jenkins — Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Seth Rogen — Pam & Tommy