The Golden Globes returned Sunday night, with a star-studded show that lacked excitement and dragged on for three hours.
Comedian Jo Koy served as the night’s host and opened the CBS broadcast with a string of jokes that didn’t quite land. Halfway through his monologue, Koy admitted his comedy routine was flatlining.
“I got the gig 10 days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Shut up. You’re kidding me right? Slow down, I wrote some of these and they are the ones you are laughing at,” the comedian said from the stage.
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Among his one-liners, Koy said box office blockbuster Barbie was about a “plastic doll with big boobies.” And he referred to The Color Purple as “what happens to your butt when you take Ozempic.”
The celebrity audience inside the Beverly Hilton groaned, especially when he joked about the difference between the NFL and the Golden Globes — the awards had “fewer camera shots” of Globes nominee Taylor Swift, Koy said.
Social media users weren’t impressed either, and panned his performance.
X, formerly Twitter, user @mostlytolerable wrote, “Jo Koy’s monologue is absolutely awful. I think most of the audience is just pity laughing and his bad jokes about Barbie, show he didn’t understand.”
X user @beyoncesbonnet said best score presenters Andra Day and Jon Batiste were more funny than Koy: “Jo Koy, backstage, listening to Andra Day and Jon Batiste get more laughs in 2 minutes than he got during his entire hour-long monologue.”
Buzzfeed’s deputy editorial director Spencer Althouse posted on X, “Oof. I don’t think Taylor Swift liked Jo Koy’s joke about her.”
X user @deelashaun added, “I’m sitting here watching this boring mess for Fantasia to not win #goldenglobes.”
Fantasia Barrino was nominated for her role in The Color Purple, but lost to Poor Things star Emma Stone in the best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy category.
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Among the night’s winners, Da’Vine Joy Randolph took home the statuette for best supporting female actor in a motion picture for her role as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers.
In her acceptance speech, Randolph thanked her character Mary, saying she “changed my life — you have made me feel seen in so many ways that I’ve never imagined, and I hope I’ve helped you all find your inner Mary. Because there’s a little bit of her in all of us.”
Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone made history as the first indigenous woman to win the best actress in a motion picture – drama award. Gladstone, who is native American, accepted her statuette by speaking first in Blackfoot and then in English.
“This is for every little res (reservation) kid, every little urban kid, every little native kid out there who has a dream to see themselves represented, and our stories told by ourselves in our own words — with tremendous allies and tremendous trust,” she said.
Oprah Winfrey presented the final award of the night, while wearing a long-sleeved purple gown, in a nod to the 2023 version of The Color Purple — which she co-produced.
Oppenheimer took home the top award of the night for best motion picture – drama.
Poor Things won the award for best motion picture – musical or comedy. While Succession grabbed the most awards in the television categories.
The 81st annual Golden Globes aired on CBS after decades on NBC, which dropped the show after an industry boycott and a string of shakeups following a Los Angeles Times exposé that revealed self-dealing among members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and zero Black members in the group. Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries have since acquired the awards and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved.
Below is the full list of winners at the 2024 Golden Globes.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Best Television Series – Drama
Succession (HBO | Max)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear (FX)
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Beef (Netflix)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“What Was I Made For?” — Barbie
Music & Lyrics By: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron (Gkids)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) – France
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy On Television
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Armageddon)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Da’vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
