The 2019 Golden Globes opening bit played it safe, foregoing the usual wicked humor and instead going full-on nice. Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh were charged with guiding the 76th Annual Golden Globes through what turned out to be a nearly three and a half hour broadcast. Fortunately for Samberg and Oh, they were able to disappear from the stage for the final hour of the broadcast as the producers rushed to finish up the show.
The bland opening didn’t bode well for the night’s telecast, however a handful of winners were able to liven up the broadcast. Christian Bale delivered one of the most memorable speeches of the 2019 Golden Globes while accepting his Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Vice. “Thank you to that geezer over there, Adam,” said Bale, pointing out Vice director Adam McKay. “He said, ‘I’ve got to find somebody who can be absolutely charisma free and reviled by everybody.’ So he said, ‘There will be Bale in it.’ Thank you. And for all the competition, I will be cornering the market on charisma free (bleep). What do you think? Mitch McConnell next? That could be good. Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration on how to play this role.”
Accepting the Best Supporting Actress award, If Beale Street Could Talk star Regina King delivered a passionate speech. “Barry Jenkins, I love you with all my heart. Thank you for your empathy, thank you for telling stories so rich, and thank you for giving us a film that my son said to me when he saw it that it was the first time he really saw himself,” said King.
Glenn Close was very obviously surprised to hear her name called as Best Actress – Drama. Close appeared shocked and overcome with emotion as she accepted the Golden Globe for her outstanding work in The Wife. “It took 14 years to make this film,” explained Close. “And I was attached to it, thanks to my wonderful Kevin Huvane and Franklin Ludd, who were behind me and said, ‘Yes, this is a great story, and we need to stay with it until it happens.’ And, you know, it was called The Wife. I think that’s why it took 14 years to get made.
But anyway, to play a character is so internal. And I’m thinking of my mom who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life. And in her 80s she said to me, ‘I feel I haven’t accomplished anything.’ And it was so not right. And I feel what I’ve learned through this whole experience is that, you know, women, we’re nurturers. That’s what’s expected of us. We have our children. We have our husbands, if we’re lucky enough, and our partners, whoever. But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say, ‘I can do that, and I should be allowed to do that.'”
Topping this year’s list of winners on the film side of the Golden Globes were Green Book, Roma, and Bohemian Rhapsody. Bohemian Rhapsody pulled off the biggest surprise win of the year, snagging the Best Motion Picture – Drama award. Its lead actor, Rami Malek, took home the Best Actor award for his performance as rock icon Freddie Mercury.
On the television side, The Kominsky Method and The Americans finished on top in the Comedy and Drama categories. The Assassination of Gianni Versace was named Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and its star, Darren Criss, took top honors in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television category.
Golden Globes 2019 Nominees and Winners:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
WINNER: Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Streat Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
WINNER: Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
WINNER: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
WINNER: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man & the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
WINNER: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
WINNER: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
WINNER: Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
WINNER: Roma
Shoplifters
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
A Quiet Place
Isle of Dogs
Black Panther
WINNER: First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“All the Stars”, Black Panther
“Girl in the Movies”, Dumplin’
“Requiem for a Private War”, A Private War
“Revelation”, Boy Erased
WINNER: “Shallow”, A Star Is Born
Best Television Series – Drama
WINNER: The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Barry
The Good Place
Kidding
WINNER: The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Alienist
WINNER: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Escape at Dannemora
Sharp Objects
A Very English Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
WINNER: Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Connie Britton, Dirty John
Laura Dern, The Tale
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picaso
WINNER: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Giovanni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Daniel Brühl, The Alienist
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
WINNER: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Keri Russell, The Americans
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Stephan James, Homecoming
WINNER: Richard Madden, Bodyguard
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
WINNER: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing, Will & Grace
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sasha Baron Cohen, Who is America?
Jim Carrey, Kidding
WINNER: Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Bornstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
WINNER: Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Giovanni Versace: American Crime Story
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Edgar Ramírez, The Assassination of Giovanni Versace: American Crime Story
WINNER: Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler, Barry
