81st Golden Globe Awards facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 81st Golden Globe Awards
Official poster
Date	January 7, 2024
Site	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Jo Koy
Directed by	Glenn Weiss
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Oppenheimer
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Poor Things
Best Drama Series	Succession
Best Musical or Comedy Series	The Bear
Best Miniseries or Television movie	Beef
Most awards	Oppenheimer (5)
Most nominations	Barbie Succession (9)
Television coverage
Network	CBS Paramount+ (streaming)
Ratings	10 million (Nielsen ratings)
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The 81st Golden Globe Awards was an awards ceremony for film and American television productions of 2023. It was broadcast live on January 7, 2024, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST, on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ in the United States. It was produced by Dick Clark Productions, Ricky Kirshner, and Glenn Weiss; the latter also served as director. This was the first ceremony after Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries took full control of the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The ceremony was also the first to air live on CBS in the United States since 1982. Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony.

The nominees were announced on December 11, 2023. Barbie and Succession both tied for the most nominations with nine each, followed by Oppenheimer with eight.

The ceremony also featured the debut of two new categories: "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" and "Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television"

Additionally, the cultural phenomenon of "Barbenheimer" received seventeen nominations, winning seven.

Ceremony information

This was the first Golden Globe Awards ceremony after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) disbanded in 2023. On June 12, 2023, the HFPA announced that all of its rights and properties related to the Golden Globes were acquired by Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries.

On February 21, 2023, the date of the ceremony was announced. It came back on a Sunday night slot after being moved to Tuesday for the previous year. On September 18, 2023, Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner were announced as its executive producers and showrunners. On November 17, 2023, it was announced that CBS had acquired the broadcast rights to the ceremony, replacing the Golden Globes' long-time U.S. broadcast partner NBC.

The nominations were announced on December 11, 2023, during an event co-hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama. Most of the categories were revealed during a live-streaming presentation, while ten of the categories were revealed during another segment on CBS Mornings.

On December 21, comedian and actor Jo Koy was announced as the host. Before this announcement, it was reported that a source with knowledge of the conversations told CNN that at least five A-list comedic actors, including Chris Rock, declined offers to host. That same month, TheWrap reported that 64 voters threatened to withhold their final-round votes in protest, after being told that they would not be given tickets to the ceremony.

With the awards no longer being overseen by the HFPA, a new, racially and ethnically diverse group of voters consisting of 300 journalists representing 76 countries selected the 2023 nominees and winners.

For her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe Award, winning for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Expansion

On September 26, 2023, it was announced that two new categories would be added for the upcoming ceremony: "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" (a category for films that grossed at least $100 million domestically and $150 million worldwide) and "Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television" (also known as "Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television"). Some critics felt that the new categories were an attempt to improve the ceremony's viewership and relevance, with comparisons drawn to the Academy Awards' attempt to introduce a category for "Popular Film" in 2018.

Reduction

The two Lifetime Achievement Awards (the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award) were not presented this year, but expected to return in the future. Executive Vice President Tim Gray explained that with the change in ownership and status, and 25 of the competitive categories expanding from 5 nominees to 6, the increase will also include a reduction with no presentation of the two aforementioned awards for this year. "This is not a permanent change, with future awards slated to be given," Gray wrote in a post on the Globes' official website.

Winners and nominees

Cillian Murphy, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Lily Gladstone, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Paul Giamatti, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Emma Stone, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Robert Downey Jr., Best Supporting Actor winner

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Best Supporting Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama winner

Sarah Snook, Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama winner

Jeremy Allen White, Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner

Ayo Edebiri, Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy winner

Steven Yeun, Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television winner

Ali Wong, Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television winner

Matthew Macfadyen, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television winner

Elizabeth Debicki, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television winner

Ricky Gervais, Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television winner

Film

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

Television

Series with multiple nominations

The following television series received multiple nominations:

Series with multiple wins

The following series received multiple wins:

Presenters

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Premios Globo de Oro de 2023 para niños

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