The work about the father of the atomic bomb won the best drama film and the Poor Couples the best comedy or musical film at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, which were held on Sunday evening local time at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

In the television field, Utódlás won the best drama series, The Teddy Bear won the award for the best comedy series. The award for the best limited-episode TV series was awarded to the Balhé . The Golden Globe's trophy, awarded for the first time this year, recognizing cinema box office successes, went to the Warner Bros. Barbie , whose global revenue exceeded 1.4 billion dollars (484 billion forints).

The evening was hosted by Filipino-American Jo Koy. Some of the presenter's jokes clearly did not hit the mark, who explained this by saying that he had very little time to prepare, as he was given the task in December.

The biggest winner of the 81st Golden Globes was Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer : the biographical film about the father of the atomic bomb was awarded five prizes.

In addition to the trophy for the best dramatic film, Nolan also received the director's award, Cillian Murphy, who played the main role, received the award for the best actor in the dramatic film field, Robert Downey Jr. received the award for the best supporting actor, and Ludwig Göransson received the award for the best original soundtrack.

Thanking Cillian Murphy for his award, he evoked the audience's cheerfulness and recalled that as soon as he first entered the set of Nolan's film, he immediately knew that he was "in the hands of a visionary director and master", because he encountered a level of commitment and concentration, which was characterized, for example, by "the actors there was no opportunity for him to sit”.

Jórgosz Lánthimosz Poor couples , which won in the best comedy or musical category, Emma Stone, who plays the main character Bella, also won the best actress award. The surreal work of the Greek filmmaker, which received the Golden Lion award in Venice, took the trophy away from Barbie, who was considered a great contender.

Emma Stone, holding the award, said that she sees the film as a romantic comedy, only Bella falls in love with life itself, not a person. "He accepts the good and the bad equally, and it really made me look at life differently," he added.

The award for best actress in a dramatic film went to Lily Gladstone for Drowned Flowers

Gladstone, the first Native American to receive an award in this category, began his acceptance speech in the language of his tribe. "This is a historic victory. It's not just about me," he said.

After a few turbulent years at the Golden Globes and a series of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which awards the awards, has completely transformed itself, and the ceremony is trying to return as the third biggest awards ceremony of the award season after the Oscars and the Grammys.

Golden Globe was acquired and turned into a profit-oriented enterprise by Eldridge Industries. The HFPA, which previously had about 90 members, has been disbanded, and now a new group of about 300 entertainment journalists from around the world vote on the awards.

Robert Downey Jr. accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor and thanked Golden Globes reporters for "changing the game."

The Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie's first prize went to Billie Eilish for the film What Was I Made For? for his theme song. The production, which was nominated for several Golden Globe awards, later only collected the trophy in the field of cinema blockbusters, which was accepted by the film's star and producer, Margot Robbie.

We want to recommend this to every single person on the planet who has dressed up and gone to the greatest place on earth: the movies, Robbie said.

Both Oppenheimer and Barbie competed for the best screenplay award, but in the end it was won by Anatomy of a Fall

In the field of comedies, two stars of Alexander Payne's Winter Break also received awards at the gala: Paul Giamatti won best actor, and Da'Vine's Joy Randolph won best supporting actress.

The Golden Globe for best animated film went to Hajao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Gray Heron .

Among the television Golden Globe awards, the trophy for the best drama series was won by the final season of Succession The media drama thus collected its third prize in the category. The three stars of the HBO series, Matt Macfadyen, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin, also left the gala with an award.

Elizabeth Debicki received the award for best supporting actress for her performance in the Netflix series The Crown

Hulu series The Teddy Bear

Balhé was also awarded three awards at the Golden Globe ceremony : in addition to the category's main prize, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun were also recognized for their acting.

The Golden Globe's newly introduced stand-up award was awarded to Ricky Gervais for the first time.

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Cover image: Cillian Murphy received the award for best actor in the dramatic field for his portrayal of the title character in Oppenheimer
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