Golden Globe Awards 2024

Daniel Kaluuya, Hailee Steinfeld and Shameik Moore present an award at the Golden Globes.

Actors Daniel Kaluuya, Hailee Steinfeld and Shameik Moore touched on the historic Hollywood writer’s strike with an awkwardly written monologue before announcing the award for best screenplay.

“This year we were all reminded of the critical importance of writers to the creative process,” Steinfeld said.

She then went on to introduce the nominees for best screenplay in the same comically robotic tone.

Some background: After 148 days on the picket line, leaders of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) unanimously voted to authorize its members to return to work following a tentative agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood’s studios and streaming services.

The strike was one of the longest in its history. The current record was in 1988 when the WGA struck for 154 days.

The contract, which will expire in May 2026, includes pay increases, better benefits, protections against the studios’ use of artificial intelligence, guarantees for streaming compensation, longer-duration employment terms and other perks.

Ayo Edebiri accepts her Golden Globe award.

Ayo Edebiri has won a Golden Globe for her role as Sydney in “The Bear.”

In her acceptance speech, Edebiri said she felt “very lucky to be an artist.”

She then thanked “my family, my family, my family,” before acknowledging she was referencing her costars and crew on the series.

“I’m lucky to work with you and grow alongside you,” she said, then thanked her actual family, saying, “My real family also, I love you guys, too!”

“This just really means a lot,” Edebiri added.

She ended her speech by thanking the assistants of her agents and managers, saying “to the people who answer my emails, y’all are the real ones.”

Ayo Edebiri in “The Bear.”

Still from “Anatomy of a Fall.”

“Anatomy of a Fall” wins Golden Globe for best non-English language motion picture.

“Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”

Ricky Gervais has won the Golden Globe for best performance in stand-up comedy on TV.

Jeremy Allen White accepts his Golden Globe award on Sunday.

Jeremy Allen White has won the Golden Globe for best performance by an actor for his role in “The Bear.”

The actor said he was awed to be in the room with so many others he has long admired.

“It’s unreal,” said White for whom it was his second nomination and second win.

He thanked FX, his cast and crew and expressed his love for both his series and his coworkers.

Yes Chef!

Jeremy Allen White in season two of “The Bear.”

The post was updated with Allen’s comments from the stage.

Matthew Macfadyen accepts his Golden Globe award.

Matthew Macfadyen has won the Golden Globe for a supporting role for his memorable performance as Tom Wambsgans in the television show “Succession.”

The actor called his character a “human grease stain.”

“Tom Wambsgans, CEO I should say,” he joked.

He thanked “Succession” series creator Jesse Armstrong, along with HBO for the role and the show.

“I miss our gorgeous cast and crew very much,” he added.

Justine Triet poses with a Golden Globe award.

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari won the Golden Globe for best motion picture screenplay for the movie “Anatomy of a Fall.”

Elizabeth Debicki accepts her Golden Globe award. 

Elizabeth Debicki, who played Princess Diana in “The Crown,” has won the Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a supporting television role.

This is Debicki’s second Golden Globe nomination and first win, according to the Globes’ website.

In her speech accepting the award, she thanked the show’s cast, crew, her family as well as her “beautiful pretend children” — actors Ed McVey and Luther Ford.

Helmed by writer and showrunner Peter Morgan, Netflix’s jewel has traversed 60 years of world history through the lens of the British monarchy. 

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in “The Crown.”

Ali Wong accepts her Golden Globe award.

Ali Wong won her first Golden Globe for her buzzy role in “Beef,” but it appears she got more out of it than just a trophy.

She thanked the cast and crew of the hit Netflix limited series and noted that her friendship with them was one of the best things from the project.

Wong also thanked her ex-husband Justin Hakuta, who is the father of her two children and the man she described as her “best friend.”

“It’s because of you that I’m able to be a working mother,” she said.

Steven Yeun accepts his Golden Globe award.

Steven Yeun has won a Golden Globe for best performance by an actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for TV for his role in “Beef.”

The award was presented right after his co-star Ali Wong was awarded a Golden Globe for her performance in the same show.

“Thank you so much for this,” Yeun began.

“The story I usually tell of myself — to myself — is one of isolation and like separateness and then you come up here and you have this moment and you can only just think about everyone else and that feels like the plot of ‘Frozen,’” Yeun said midway through his acceptance speech as he and the crowd laughed. Yeun thanked his daughter for keeping that reference top of mind. “Family movie night,” he added.

He then went on to thank his family and the cast and crew of “Beef.”

This post was updated with details from Yeun’s speech.

Steven Yeun in “Beef.”

Ali Wong in “Beef.”

Ali Wong has won a Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for TV for her role in “Beef.”

Robert Downey Jr. gives his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Robert Downey Jr. took the stage to accept his “Oppenheimer” award, admitting to the crowd her took a beta blocker to calm down in case he had to give an acceptance speech.

“I took a beta blocker so this is going to be a breeze,” he said.

While he admitted that “dozens of folks have come up” to him saying his role in the film was “unrecognizably subtle,” he said his agents were right in pushing him to take the part.

He also thanked his main motivator, his wife Susan Downey, who “has literally made an art out of extracting me out of my comfort zones.”

Robert Downey Jr has won the Golden Globe for best actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for his role in “Oppenheimer.”

As the name suggests, director Christopher Nolan took on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific genius and conflicted godfather of the atomic bomb.

Nolan’s screenplay – written, unusually, in the first person – drew from definitive biography “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.

Read more about who the real J. Robert Oppenheimer was here.  

Robert Downey Jr. in “Oppenheimer.”

Da'Vine Joy Randolph poses with her Golden Globe award.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Golden Globe award for best actress in a supporting role in any motion picture for her role in “The Holdovers.”

In “Holdovers,” Randolph delivers a heartbreaking performance as Mary Lamb, a boarding school cook in 1970 who is grieving her recently deceased son who was fighting in the Vietnam War.

Randolph costars with Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa in the acclaimed Alexander Payne-directed film about people “holding over” at their snowy New England school with nowhere else to go during the holidays.

This post has been updated with more details about the movie.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph stars in “The Holdovers.”

Taylor Swift arrives at the Golden Globe Awards on January 7.

Taylor Swift looked “bejeweled” on the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday when she showed up wearing a shimmering bright green gown.

The superstar’s concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is nominated in the Globes’ new category for cinematic and box office achievement, marking her fifth Golden Globe nomination to date. She was previously nominated for four best original song Golden Globes, including at last year’s ceremony for the song “Carolina” from the movie “Where the Crawdads Sings.”

Swift walks the red carpet.

Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce – who also happens to be in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Kansas City Chiefs game against the Los Angeles Chargers – did not join Swift on the red carpet.

The last time Swift attended the Globes was in 2020 with ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn when her song “Beautiful Ghosts” from the film “Cats” was up for a Globe.

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is nominated in the new box office category on Sunday alongside “Barbie,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Oppenheimer,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”

Rosamund Pike walks the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Rosamund Pike walked the pre-show red carpet tonight wearing a “protective veil.”

Pike, nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in “Saltburn,” said she was wearing the helmet-like veil because of a skiing accident that happened over Christmas.

She added that she’s since healed, but she ended up loving the look.

She then went on to discuss “Saltburn” and said she’s grateful to the fans for embracing the film.

Host Jo Koy arrives at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

When asked on the pre-show red carpet if he was able to sleep last night, Golden Globes host and comedian Jo Koy said, “uh no.”

Koy wrote his last joke at 12:30 this afternoon, adding that he runs his jokes by his writing team who have worked on both the Oscars and BET Awards.

Koy says he wants to “be his genuine self and have fun,” and brought his family with him for the big event.

Also, he has a Taylor Swift joke he says you’ll just have to tune in for.

Celebrities are arriving on the red carpet for the 81st Golden Globe Awards. See more photos here.

Selena Gomez

Colman Domingo

Rosamund Pike

Helen Mirren

Quinta Brunson

Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck and Florence Pugh.

The 81st edition of the Golden Globes takes place tonight in Los Angeles – and on Friday, the organizers announced a whole host of stars that will be on hand as presenters at the event.

They include Amanda Seyfried, America Ferrera, Angela Bassett, Annette Bening, Ben Affleck, Daniel Kaluuya, Don Cheadle, Dua Lipa, Elizabeth Banks, Florence Pugh, Hunter Schafer, Issa Rae, Jared Leto, Jodie Foster, Jon Batiste, Kevin Costner, Mark Hamill, Matt Damon, Michelle Yeoh, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Simu Liu and Will Ferrell.

The Golden Globes will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The awards can also be viewed live and on-demand on Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers in the United States, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs in the US only.

You can follow live coverage of the show on CNN.com.

Jennifer Lopez arrives at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 7.

Jennifer Lopez is reflecting on love.

Her new single “Can’t Get Enough,” set to debut this week, will have a wedding theme, the star told Variety on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

“It’s definitely kind of a meta story about the journey that it takes to get heartbreak back to love,” she said.

Lopez knows something about full-circle love after she and her now husband Ben Affleck rekindled their romance after two decades apart.

“I am somewhat of an expert you could say, in a weird way. Not so much with marriage, but on weddings,” Lopez joked.

Affleck’s film “Air” is nominated for a Golden Globe for best comedy film. Lopez said she was excited to show her support for his film, just as Affleck is supportive of her work.

“Can’t Get Enough” debuts Wednesday, Lopez said.

Taylor Swift attends the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" movie premiere on October 11, in Los Angeles, California.

This year, the Golden Globes will look a little different.

The ceremony will feature two new award categories, and while one is rather self-explanatory – Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television – the other, Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, may be intended to make the show more appealing to the masses.

However messed up the Golden Globes have been in the past few years, they managed to do one thing that the Oscars tried to do and couldn’t: create a category recognizing films that combined box-office success (more than $150 million in worldwide receipts, a relatively low bar) with cinematic achievement. Nominees in the new category tonight include “Barbie” (distributed by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery) and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” – which both grossed over $1 billion worldwide – as well as “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert movie.

The Academy Awards proposed a similar plan to recognize blockbusters in 2018 – hoping the move would help boost ratings by ensuring some more familiar titles were included in the ceremony – only to see the idea get shot down by its board of directors, who feared it would devalue Oscar’s rep.

The simple alternative, of course, is for members to nominate more popular films for best picture, something the Oscars, with smaller movies like “CODA” and “Nomadland” finding exposure via streaming, have seldom done in recent years.

Gina Torres attends the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 7.

“Suits” becoming a hit on Netflix was a big story last year and quite a few of the stars were at the Golden Globes Sunday night, according to Gina Torres who portrayed Jessica Pearson on the show.

Torres talked to Variety’s Marc Malkin on the red carpet and shared that the group text between the stars was “insane” at the moment.

Naturally, Malkin asked if that included Meghan Markle, whose role as Rachel Zane on the series has been credited in part with the huge streaming numbers on Netflix.

“We don’t have her number,” Torres said.

Riiiiiight. Way to royally dodge that question.

A general view of the red carpet at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 7, in Beverly Hills, California.

The Golden Globes are still working to overcome a scandal that surfaced in 2021, when the Los Angeles Times documented the lack of Black members within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which presented the awards, and potential ethical transgressions related to the oversized influence of its then-roster of 87 international journalists.

A group of publicists called upon the HFPA to implement “profound and lasting change” for its “pervasive practice of discriminatory behavior, unprofessionalism, ethical impropriety and alleged financial corruption.” They also advised their talent to boycott the event and NBC declined to air the broadcast in 2022.

The HFPA has since been disbanded and the Golden Globes has new ownership with Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries acquiring the show. The changes have quieted calls of protest this time around, according to several Hollywood publicists who spoke with CNN and said their celebrity clients are excited to attend the Globes.

The fact remains, that the ceremony last January on NBC (hosted by Jerrod Carmichael) suffered the second-lowest ratings of all time with 6.3 million total viewers, a 26% drop from the previous Globes that were telecast.

Fantasia Barrino is hoping to win her first Golden Globe and doing it with style.

Earlier on Sunday the singer/actress who is nominated for her role as Celie in the film adaptation of “The Color Purple” musical posted a series of photos on her verified Instagram account which showed her decked out in a voluminous, gold-colored gown.

She is joined in some of her photos by her husband Kendall Taylor and their young daughter Keziah.

One of her posts was a sign which read: “Me to me: congratulations in advance!”

That’s some confidence right there! The nomination is a first for Barrino who initially came to fame after winning “American Idol” in 2004.

Jo Koy speaks to reporters during the Golden Globe Awards Press Preview on January 4, in Beverly Hills, California.

Comedian Jo Koy was asked to host the Golden Globes less than three weeks ago. Needless to say, the comedian did not get much time to prepare for tonight’s event, Hollywood’s unofficial kickoff to awards season.

Known for his Netflix stand-up specials and sold-out comedy tours, Koy is far from a newbie. But three decades into his career, the Globes are his biggest stage.

For Koy, the event isn’t just a monumental night for him: it’s a major moment for his entire community. As the first Filipino-American host of the Golden Globes, Koy feels an enormous amount of pride.

“It’s one thing to say I’m Filipino. But not only that – just a person of color. Other. You know what I mean? I’m the other. And I want to embrace that moment because it is inspirational,” Koy said. “When you have someone that’s representing you and you watch as a kid, you’re watching a show like this, you wonder, ‘Is it possible for me to do it?’” he added. “When I walk out, you say, ‘Yes, it is possible.’ Here I am. I’m doing it.”

The Golden Globes are known as the biggest party of award season – and Koy said he plans to bring an upbeat tone to his monologue to set the scene for a celebratory night, particularly after Hollywood has just returned to normalcy after being shut down by double strikes.

“We’re back, we’re happy, we’re gonna celebrate,” he said. Speaking about the A-listers who will be in the room, he added, “Some of them are gonna be drunk and it’s all gonna get captured live. Let’s have some fun.”

Koy told CNN that he spoke on the phone to Chris Rock who gave him some advice for his first major Hollywood hosting gig. But perhaps the best advice will be from himself. Koy, whose standup comedy can be raunchy and not exactly fit for broadcast standards, laughed when he was asked about adapting his brand of comedy for a family-friendly CBS telecast.

“It’s live…There’s no room for error. I think I get a 7-second delay,” Koy said. “Just get rid of the curse words and have fun!”

People carry signs for the Writers Guild of America strike in Los Angeles, California, on September 22.

After 148 days on the picket line, leaders of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) unanimously voted to authorize its members to return to work following a tentative agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood’s studios and streaming services.

The strike was one of the longest in its history. The current record was in 1988 when the WGA struck for 154 days.

The contract, which will expire in May 2026, includes pay increases, better benefits, protections against the studios’ use of artificial intelligence, guarantees for streaming compensation, longer-duration employment terms and other perks.

Most writers’ minimum pay will increase by 5% immediately, another 4% in May 2024 and then another 3.5% in May 2025. Health fund contributions will increase by a half percentage point to 12% of companies’ reportable earnings. And writers working on the same script will no longer need to split pension and health contributions.

Writers were particularly concerned about the growth of streaming because they lose out on residuals that traditional television shows paid when they were re-run.

The agreement also addressed streaming residuals and transparency for data around streaming. The rise of Netflix and other such services over the years has helped transform Hollywood, becoming a major issue in the writers’ and actors’ strikes.

The Hollywood strikes have been costly, with a nationwide economic impact of more than $5 billion, according to economists. The pain has been felt by more than just Hollywood insiders; restaurants and businesses that cater to the entertainment industry, like makeup and custodial work, have experienced a downturn, as well.

Read more.

Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin in “Succession” season 4.

HBO’s hit show “Succession” is leading the night in Golden Globe television nominations with nine for its final season.

Trailing with five nominations each are Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and “The Bear.”

Here are some of the nominees in television categories:

Best Television Series Drama

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

See the full list here.

An advertisement for the "Barbie" movie is seen at a theater in Los Angeles, California, on July 20.

The 2023 domestic box office surpassed $9 billion, the highest since the pandemic, Comscore said. However, it’s still $2 billion short of the yearly movie ticket sales reached before the pandemic.

Despite a tepid fall season at the box office, the viral “Barbenheimer” phenomenon delivered a stunning boost to movie ticket sales this year. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” brought in about $636 million domestically and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” raked in $626 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Comscore estimates that, once the past weekend’s box office numbers are in – which was led by “Wonka” – 2023’s total will be just over $9 billion. Compared to 2019, the 2023 box office had 17 fewer wide-release films, which makes its numbers “all the more impressive,” said Paul Dergarabedian, chief Comscore media analyst.

“Wonka” and “Barbie” were both distributed by Warner Bros., which is owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.

However, it’s still 20% less than 2019 earnings, which brought in $11.4 billion. That year’s highlight was “Avengers: Endgame,” which earned $858.4 million in ticket sales.

But compared to 2020, the height of the pandemic, the domestic box office gross saw an almost 300% jump, according to data from Comscore.

Read more.

Margot Robbie in “Barbie.”

It was a good day for everyone who took the time to do a Barbenheimer double feature when Golden Globe nominations were revealed last month.

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” scored the most nominations of any film with nine and “Oppenheimer,” from director Christopher Nolan, scored eight.

Also, the Globes staged a huge sendoff for HBO’s “Succession,” for which multiple cast members scored individual acting nominations, in addition to a best drama series nod, for a total of nine nominations.

There were 27 first-time nominees including Ali Wong, Chris Rock, Steven Yeun and Trevor Noah.

Here’s a look at some of the nominees in film categories:

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Best Director – Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture – Animated

See the full list here.

Chris Rock and Ali Wong.

Two-time Oscar host Chris Rock is among celebrities who declined offers to host the Golden Globe Awards, a source with knowledge of the conversations told CNN last month. At least four other A-list comedic actors turned down offers to host as well.

Rock, who was also asked to host the previous Golden Globes, last attended a major award show in 2022 when he was famously slapped at the Oscars by Will Smith for telling a joke that referenced Jada Pinkett Smith’s battle with alopecia.

Rock is nominated in the Globes’ new category, best performance in stand-up comedy on television for his Netflix special, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.” It’s the comedian’s first Golden Globe nomination.

Another potential nominee for her performance in the Netflix series “Beef,” Ali Wong, was also approached to host the Globes, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. As first reported by Puck, Wong declined the gig, the source said.

Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman, who co-host the podcast “SmartLess,” also turned down a joint offer to emcee the Globes, two sources aware of the deal told CNN.

Had the trio said yes, it would have marked the first time the Globes had three hosts since Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Nielsen and Jane Seymour co-helmed the show in 1993.

Talent turning down the job to host a major awards show is not unusual and certainly is not unique to the Globes. For an up-and-coming comedian, the gig may be the opportunity of a lifetime, but for a seasoned veteran, with all of the preparation and immediate – often negative – feedback, the juice is not worth the squeeze.

A representative for Rock, Wong and “SmartLess” declined to comment.