Oppenheimer wins big at Golden Globe Awards

Oppenheimer is one of the big winners at the Golden Globe Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles, BBC reports.

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognised for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director.

Murphy portrayed J Robert Oppenheimer, described as the father of the atomic bomb, in the film which grossed $954m (£750m) at the box office.

The actor paid tribute to Nolan's "rigour, focus and dedication".

"I knew the first time I walked on Christopher Nolan's set that it was different," he said in his acceptance speech.

"I could tell by the level of rigour, focus, dedication, and the complete lack of seating options for actors, that I was in the hands of a visionary director.

Murphy also joked about the number of Irish nominees in awards season this year - Andrew Scott and Barry Keoghan among them.

"To all my fellow nominees, whether you're Irish or not, you're all legends, I salute you," he said.

The biopic also won awards for best score and best supporting actor for Downey Jr, who portrayed US government official Lewis Strauss.

Downey Jr acknowledged the film's unlikely box office success in his acceptance speech, joking: "A sweeping story about the ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses $1bn?"

The actor continued: "Dozens of folks have come up to me since the summer time saying I was unrecognisably subtle as Lewis Strauss. To my fellow nominees, let's not pretend this is a compliment."

He also referred to the changes made to the Golden Globes membership following a scandal over corruption and a lack of diversity. "Thanks for changing your game," he said.

Emma Stone was named best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance in Poor Things, which sees her play a young woman, Bella Baxter, who goes on a journey of self discovery and sexual awakening as she travels around the world.

"Bella falls in love with life itself, rather than a person, she accepts the good and bad in equal measure," Stone said in her acceptance speech.

"And that really made me look at life differently, and that all of it counts. She has stayed with me deeply, so this means the world to me."

She thanked director Yorgos Lanthimos, saying she would be "forever be grateful that we met", and writer Tony McNamara. "I love getting to say this dialogue, and I love getting to horrify you with my Australian accent," she joked.

Barbie won the cinematic and box office achievement award - a newly added category this year - after grossing $1.4bn (£1.13m) worldwide.

"We would like to dedicate to every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on earth - the movie theatres," said the film's star Margot Robbie.

"And thank you so much to the Golden Globes for creating an award that celebrates movie fans. This is a movie about Barbie but it's also a movie about humans. We made it for you, and we made it with love, and thank you for loving it back."

Billie Eilish also best original song for What Was I Made For? - one of three songs which were nominated from the film's soundtrack.

"It was exactly a year ago when I was shown the movie, and I was very miserable and depressed at the time, and writing that song kind of saved me a little bit," Eilish said.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for her portrayal in The Holdovers of a woman suffering immense grief after the death of her son.

"Mary, you have changed my life, you have made me feel seen in so many ways," she said, referring to the character she plays. "And I hope I helped you all find your inner Mary, because there is a little bit of her in all of us."

Addressing the film's director Alexander Payne, she said: "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to play this beautiful and flawed woman."

Courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall was named best screenplay. Its director Justine Triet recalled the process of writing the film with her partner Arthur Harari.

"We were in the pandemic," she recalled, "and my life partner and I, we spent our days co-writing the screenplay for Anatomy of a Fall, stuck in our apartment - and strangely, nobody died."

Early winners in the TV categories include Steven Yeun and Ali Wong - who were both recognised for their performances in Beef - and The Bear's Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri.

Elsewhere, Elizabeth Debicki was named best supporting actress in a TV series for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown. She thanked the show's producers "for trusting me with this part".

Matthew Macfadyen was named best TV supporting actor for his role in Succession. "I just adored every second of playing the human grease stain that is Tom Wambsgans," he joked.

His co-star Kieran Culkin was also recognised as best leading TV actor.

"I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago," he recalled, "and when that moment passed, I thought, 'I'll never be in this room again'.

"I accepted I was never going to be on this stage. But thanks to Succession.... this is a nice moment."

Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, Past Lives and May December are among the other film nominees at the ceremony, while Succession, The Crown and The Last of Us are nominated in the TV categories.

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