Golden Globes 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 81st annual awards show
The awards show honored the best in film and television.
The 2024 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored.
Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles' famed Beverly Hilton.
"Oppenheimer" and "Succession" were big winners of the night, with "Barbie" taking home the prize for cinematic and box office achievement, one of the two new categories at this year's show.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- the group of international journalists who previously chose nominees for and decided winners at the annual awards show -- was officially wound down last summer after years of controversy. Now with new management and a voting membership that has swelled to 300 members, this year marked a fresh start for the Golden Globes.
Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.
Key moments:
- 'Oppenheimer' wins best motion picture (drama)
- 'Poor Things' wins best motion picture (musical or comedy)
- 'Succession' wins best television series (drama)
- 'The Bear' wins best television series (musical or comedy)
- 'Beef' wins best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Who is hosting this year?
Actor and comedian Jo Koy was announced as the host of the 81st Golden Globes ceremony in December. This is his first time hosting the awards show.
Koy shared a statement about how special it was for him to helm the awards show when the news was announced.
"I've stepped onto a lot of stages around the world in my career, but this one is going to be extra special," he said at the time. "This is that moment where I get to make my Filipino family proud. Mahal Kita (Google it)!"
Christopher Nolan wins best director
Christopher Nolan won the Golden Globe for best director for "Oppenheimer."
"The only time I've ever been on the stage before was accepting one of these on behalf of our dear friend, Heath Ledger, and that was complicated and challenging for me," the filmmaker said, referencing Ledger's posthumous Golden Globes win in 2008 for his role as the Joker in Nolan's "The Dark Knight."
Nolan noted that he received "a look of love and support" from Robert Downey Jr. during that moment as well as during his speech Sunday night.
"I thought it'd be simpler accepting for myself, but as a director … I stand here and realize I can only accept this on behalf of people," he continued. "As directors, we bring people together and we try to get them to give their best."
He shouted out the "Oppenheimer" cast as well as his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas, calling her "my partner in life and in art."
This is Nolan's sixth nomination and first win.
Other nominees in the category included Bradley Cooper for "Maestro," Greta Gerwig for "Barbie," Yorgos Lanthimos for "Poor Things," Martin Scorsese for "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Celine Song for "Past Lives."