Golden Globes 2024 live: Awards show sees huge ratings boost with controversial host

Annual ceremony returned in its usual Sunday slot, hosted at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Golden Globes 2024: Stars walk red carpet

The Golden Globes returned with a blowout, star-studded ceremony on Sunday (7 January) night.

The annual, Beverly Hills-based awards show has been obscured in recent years after a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single Black member.

However, this year, the Globes were back in their usual Sunday slot on CBS and hoping to regain viewers. Broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, A-listers including Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Jenner brought some much-needed stardust to the beleaguered show.

Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things and Anatomy of a Fall were among the films to earn multiple awards. Christopher Nolan won his first Globe following six nominations while Barbie was surprisingly pipped to Best Picture in the Musical/Comedy category Poor Things.

Meanwhile, Beef, The Bear and Succession were the big winners in the TV categories.

Follow along for live updates below.

Key points

• The full list of winners
• Biggest talking points
• Barbie or Jo Koy: Who had a worse night at the Golden Globes?

[8 January 2024 19:42 · Tom Murray]

Brie Larson brought to tears by Jennifer Lopez

During Sunday’s ceremony, Larson was giving a red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight when she immediately started crying. Larson mentioned that she was trying to be “present” at the awards show because of the “legends” that were around her, until she turned around and saw Jennifer Lopez.

“Oh my God. I can’t, I’m gonna cry,” she told the interviewer, as she closed her eyes to stop herself from crying. “I can’t deal with J-Lo.”

“I can’t. I’m gonna cry. I’m gonna cry. I can’t,” the Captain Marvel star said, before fanning herself and adding: “She’s the reason why I wanted to be an actor.”

[8 January 2024 20:19 · Tom Murray]

Jo Koy responds to Taylor Swift’s viral reaction to his joke about her

During his opening monologue, Koy seemed nervous but attempted to lighten the mood by referencing Swift’s highly publicised displays of support for her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce.

“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift... there’s just more to go to here.”

As the camera switched to a close-up of Swift, she could be seen pursing her lips before taking a sip from her drink, a decidedly icy expression on her face.

Speaking to GMA3 the morning after the ceremony, Koy said of his hosting experience: “I had fun. You know, it was a moment that I’ll always remember. It’s a tough room. It was a hard job, I’m not going to lie.”

[8 January 2024 20:47 · Tom Murray]

Barbie or Jo Koy: Who had a worse night at the Golden Globes?

At last night’s joke-free Globes, Barbie took home just two awards – Best Original Song and a controversial new category celebrating Best Box Office Achievement, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig otherwise snubbed. Adam White asks what this means for its award season future

[8 January 2024 21:27 · Tom Murray]

All the times host Jo Koy bombed in 2024 Golden Globes

[8 January 2024 21:58 · Tom Murray]

Viewers up 50 per cent since last year, Paramount says

The 81^st Annual Golden Globe Awards averaged 9.4 million viewers, up +50 per cent from last year, according to Nielsen statistics.

The figure represents the ceremony’s biggest audience since 2020, the year before an LA Times investigation n revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single Black member.

The HFPA dissolved, and the Globes brand was bought by Dick Clark Productions (owned by Penske Media, the parent company of Hollywood trade publications including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety). CBS bought the rights to air the show at a huge discount and the awards are now voted on by “more than 300 member journalists from around the world, of whom half are ethnically and racially diverse,” according to the Globes Foundation.

According to last night’s data, CBS will be very happy with their investment.

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[8 January 2024 22:40 · Tom Murray]

Reese Witherspoon brings son to Golden Globes 2024

[8 January 2024 23:52 · Tom Murray]

Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep have Mamma Mia reunion

Streep and Seyfriend are known for starring as mother and daughter in the 2008 movie musical, Mamma Mia!, and the 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

Seyfried was posing for photos on the red carpet ahead of the awards show when Streep walked up next to her and kissed her on the cheek.

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[9 January 2024 00:42 · Tom Murray]

‘Deflated’ Golden Globes host Jo Koy reacts to backlash against his performance

Speaking to GMA3 the morning after the ceremony, Koy said of his hosting experience: “I had fun. You know, it was a moment that I’ll always remember. It’s a tough room. It was a hard job, I’m not going to lie... I had an off night!” The GMA3 presenter posited that Koy seemed “deflated”, to which he responded: “Yeah, I wanted to give more a little bit more of me and I [fell] short, that’s all.”

He added: “I’d be lying if [I said] it doesn’t hurt… Hosting is just a tough gig. Yes, I’m a stand-up comic but that hosting position it’s a different style.”

[9 January 2024 01:45 · Tom Murray]

Video: Comedian Jim Gaffigan makes daring Jeffrey Epstein reference at Golden Globes 2024

[9 January 2024 02:41 · Tom Murray]

Heidi Klum shares look at 2024 Golden Globes Awards food

Heidi Klum has revealed what kind of food attendees were served at the Golden Globes Awards.

Most notably, they were served dishes from celebrity hotspot Nobu – the restaurant’s logo can be seen on the sushi dish’s serving platter in Klum’s video.

Chef Nobu Matsuhisa – the renowned chef behind the luxe restaurant chain – curated the exclusive menu.

In her video, Klum can be heard explaining to her followers that some of the dishes of the night included her Nobu “favourites” including seared miso black cod and yellowtail jalapeño sashimi. In the video, she can be heard telling the waiter, “I’m so excited about this. Can we have seconds?”