Golden Globes 2024: the winners, the losers, the Barbenheimer – live | Golden Globes 2024

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The Hollywood Reporter has discovered that the Globes will see a beefing up of security just in case of any protests related to the Israel-Gaza war.

“At this time, we are not aware of any threats to the events or its attendees; however, we are aware of world events,” said Beverly Hills police department lieutenant Renato Moreno. “As a result, we have staffed extra police personnel.”

Israeli hostage advocacy organization Bring Them Home has reportedly been trying to get stars to wear a yellow ribbon to call for the safe return of Israeli hostages.

Last month, the Guardian’s David Smith reported on the tensions that responses to the conflict have been creating in the industry:

Oh no she didn’t. Clearly not content to leave the Barbie-pink in the past just yet, here’s Margot Robbie aka Barbie in an Armani look that the Mattel fans of the internet have cited as a reinterpretation of 1977’s Superstar Barbie. We shouldn’t be surprised – it follows another pink Balmain ensemble that she wore to Palm Springs International Film Festival recently, which is seen as a warm-up act for the Golden Globes. But it is our right to be a little fatigued.

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I mean, they do look kinda similar:

Is Meryl Streep’s pussy bow blouse a not-so-hidden message from the actor who, in 2017, tore into then president-elect Donald J Trump – a man who once got caught talking about “grabbing women by the pussy” – from the Globes stage? Regardless of the blouse’s meaning, the rest of the black sequin outfit, complete with sunglasses and a nonchalant hand on her hip, exudes power. And is very slightly reminiscent of a matador. If anyone can pull it off, Streep can.

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Can Barbie and Oppenheimer repeat box office success at the Globes? Or could Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things sneak in? Here’s where we think the big film awards might go:

This is the kind of high-drama and out-of-the-box dressing you hope for as you sit down to watch a red carpet. Natasha Lyonne’s dress, apparently a Schiaparelli creation, is architectural, sophisticated and just a tiny bit like the bristles of a toothbrush. Chic! And an unexpected win for oral hygiene?

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This year has seen another attempt to relaunch what the Globes is and stands for with the disintegration of the cursed Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the move to a for-profit organisation with almost four times the voters.

Part of the controversy before was over a lack of diversity within the members, but with over half of the body now self-identifying as a person of colour, the Globes has edged its way to becoming far more diverse than many rivals.

“The new breakdown is 47% female, and 60% racially and ethnically diverse, with 26.3% Latinx, 13.3% Asian, 11% Black, 9% Middle Eastern,” a press release said.

Helen Hoehne, Globes president added: “Our commitment to maintaining the diversity of our voting body continues. Our voters represent 76 countries bringing a unique international perspective on nominating the best in motion pictures and television this year.”

Nominated for Best female actor in a television series – musical or comedy, Ayo Edebiri made dungarees look cool in her role as Sydney in The Bear and took high-fashion for a spin on the fictional restaurant’s opening night, wearing chef’s whites courtesy of New York designer – and real-life friend to Edebiri – Thom Browne. Tonight, though, she is moving away from the whites to the reds. This strapless Prada frock complete with a restrained train would be no good in the kitchen. But it is perfect for a night at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

It was to be expected that Barry Keoghan, who is nominated for Best male actor in a film – drama for his role in Saltburn, would pull out some big guns on the red carpet tonight. You couldn’t play Oliver Quick onscreen and then turn up in a standard suit. But even for Keoghan there is a lot going on with this Louis Vuitton look, from the complementary but simultaneously clashing patterned suit to the pearls and folkloric-looking broach. His stylist, Ilaria Urbinati, is to thank – a veteran image maker who has previously dressed Keoghan in everything from leather waistcoats to bold-patterned Burberry.

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Lily Gladstone is one of the strongest frontrunners tonight, favourite to take home the Globe for best actress (drama) for her performance in Scorsese’s devastating Killers of the Flower Moon. She’s the first Native nominee in this category and could make more history very soon.

The Observer’s Mark Kermode spoke to her and co-star Leonardo DiCaprio over the weekend:

‘We didn’t have our leading ladies in our sweeping, tragic love stories like classic old Hollywood,’ Gladstone said. ‘So placing this incredible Indigenous cast in these roles that we’ve been excluded from in film history is very restorative. We had so much Osage input into Killers of the Flower Moon, and that really shaped everything you see on screen. I hope this will set a new precedent for people working with communities in Hollywood.’

This is not Helen Mirren’s first rodeo – she first attended the Globes in 1997 – and so it makes sense that she looks more comfortable on the red carpet than most people do on their sofa. The lilac and pink colour is suitably sweet for an awards season where Willy Wonka is a name on everyone’s lips. From the fuchsia lipstick to the pink metallic clutch, this is a wonderfully fun look that would not be suitable for a shrinking violet.

Please can someone tell me if that is a candy watch around her wrist? Whatever it is, it makes a nice contrast to the diamonds around her neck.

With not an infected zombie in sight, star of The Last of Us Bella Ramsey has still shown up to the red carpet in an outfit that looks like it would be brilliantly practical in a post-apocalyptic world. From the stompy boots to the no-nonsense jacket, this is awards ceremony dressing at its most fuss-free.

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On the red carpet, Kieran Culkin just said a Succession spin-off focused on his character would be a “horrible idea” but suggested that a Cousin Greg one might work instead.

One can only imagine what Elspeth, the frightfully posh character that Rosamund Pike plays in Saltburn, would make of this fashion-forward ensemble. While she took to the Globes red carpet last year in head-to-toe black, this year’s iteration is altogether more dramatic, more operatic and just a little bit gothic, too. What’s not to like?

Hi, Ellie from the Guardian’s fashion desk here. I hope that, wherever you are, you feel ready for some serious Hollywood pomp. Given this Golden Globes is the first major red carpet event since the end of the actors’ strike, it feels safe to say that we can expect lots of drama on the red carpet tonight. Hollywood won’t be able to look at itself in the mirror tomorrow if it wastes a perfectly good opportunity, after so long in hibernation, to ignite some fireworks, sartorially speaking. Expect to see some classic Hollywood glamour and some catwalk-worthy experimentalism. I am hoping for high-shine and high-volume but, for the love of Ken, please no more Barbie-pink.

It may also – we can but hope – prove a good night for vintage fashion. Imagine some of the best looks from previous Golden Globes red carpets came back for another spin. Anyone panning the archives would find plenty of red carpet gold. Think Julia Roberts in an oversized Giorgio Armani grey business suit in 1990, Kate Moss wearing a replica of a dress worn by Julie Christie in Shampoo in 1995, Beyoncé in Elie Saab in 2007 and Lupita Nyong’o​ caped in Ralph Lauren in 2014. Then there was Lady Gaga who, in 2019, gave her hair a purple rinse to match her Valentino couture gown; anyone game for a Dame Edna makeover now, five years on? Stranger things have happened.

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The Globes anointed a new category this year, cinematic and box office achievement, to (controversially) appeal to a wider swath of viewers, and they could get them with the nomination of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie. The 34-year-old singer is expected to attend the ceremony, though who knows when – her new beau Travis Kelce plays the Los Angeles Rams across town an hour beforehand, and Swifties have provided many a breakdown on how she could potentially attend both. (Kelce, by all accounts, won’t make any afterparties as he’s travelling with his team.)

Swift has been nominated thrice prior for original songs, but The Eras Tour film could score her her first Golden Globes win. It’s the highest-grossing concert film of all time, after all, a box office phenomenon capturing the year’s pop cultural phenomenon, up against fellow blockbusters 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.

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Here’s a reminder of tonight’s nominees, and we’ll be updating you as each award is announced:

Here we go again

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It always feels a little startling to welcome the Golden Globes so soon into the new year, an instant reminder that we’re still stuck in the previous one. It means that 2023’s dominating force of Barbenheimer, a pop phenomenon that cracked over $2bn at the global box office, will be making headlines once again with tonight’s set of nominations led by the two blockbuster movies.

They’ll compete in mostly separate genre categories alongside major players like Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, Maestro and The Holdovers. On the TV side, it’ll likely be a big night for the final season of Succession, with The Bear and Abbott Elementary also making a strong show.

It’s year two of the Nu Globes after a bowed out year following a flurry of controversy and year one of a new, expanded voting body that organisers claim to be the most diverse in Hollywood. Whether or not that will be reflected in the winners remains to be seen though, and after last year saw some major no-shows, all eyes will be on which A-listers have decided to let the Globes back into the fold. Stick with us for all of the big moments.