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
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Your support makes all the difference.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.
Suits reunion at the Globes
Gina Torres, Patrick J Adams, Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty are all at the Globes this year. Of course, there’s only one cast member that interviewers are interested in asking about: Meghan Markle.
Asked if anyone had called the Duchess of Sussex to ask whether she’d be joining them on the red carpet, Torres replies: “We don’t have her number!”
Quinta Brunson shimmers on Golden Globes red carpet
Brunson showed up in a shimmery nude gown with a crisscross neckline and completed the full look with open-toe heels.
Follow along live as The Independent’s Kaleigh Werner covers all of the red carpet fashion at this year’s Golden Globes.
Golden Globes 2024: Best dressed stars on the red carpet
All the red carpet looks at the 2024 Golden Globes
Dazzling red for the red carpet
Heidi Klum looked glamorous in a massive red strapless gown that included a satin skirt that twisted like a rose at the waist and a sequin bodice.
Follow along with The Independent’s live coverage of the red carpet below.
Golden Globes 2024: Best dressed stars on the red carpet
All the red carpet looks at the 2024 Golden Globes
Margot Robbie stuns as 1977 Superstar Barbie
The Barbie star took inspiration from the Mattel doll for the 2024 Golden Globes, opting for a hot pink Armani gown that paid tribute to the vintage doll.
Margot Robbie stuns in pink gown inspired by 1977 Superstar Barbie at Golden Globes
‘Barbie’ star is nominated for Golden Globe for Actress in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture
The stars are definitely out tonight
In this important return for the Globes following its race controversy of 2021, some people were wondering whether the stars would show up. Well, that question appears to have been answered with an emphatic, YES. It would be easier to ask who isn’t on this red carpet. DiCaprio is here, Jennifer Aniston, Margot Robbie, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lawrence – the list goes on. So far so good for this reformed ceremony.
Red proves to be the shade of the night
Multiple stars have arrived on the Golden Globes red carpet in shades of red, proving that the current popularity of the hue is here to stay.
Florence Pugh showed off her take on the trend with a see-through chiffon gown with rose adornments throughout. Pugh paired the crimson piece with a swirled drop-down mohawk and diamond necklace.
Golden Globes 2024: Best dressed stars on the red carpet
All the red carpet looks at the 2024 Golden Globes
Why is May December nominated for Best Comedy?
The red carpet hosts have one question for the cast of May December: Is it a comedy?
It’s a question a lot of people have asked since Todd Haynes’s melodrama was nominated in the Musical/Comedy category.
While there are certainly moments of black comedy throughout the movie, people were shocked to see it competing against more clear-cut comedies such as The Holdovers and American Fiction.
Producer Will Ferrell, along with his star Natalie Portman, appeared awkward when the category issue was raised.
“It depends on your mood,” Ferrell answered. “There are some very comedic moments and some not-so-comedic moments. And that’s called life.”
“I think it is a melodrama with comedic elements,” Portman said. “There are certainly a lot of funny moments.”
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