Kicking off Hollywood's award season, the 81st Golden Globes convened with much fanfare after the resolution of twin labour strikes that had stilled the Hollywood film industry for much of the last year. While the historical drama 'Oppenheimer' dominated with five globes, the gothic comedy 'Poor Things' upset the summer blockbuster 'Barbie' with its twin wins, and Lily Gladstone became the first indigenous person to win a Globe for her role in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Best motion picture - drama - Oppenheimer
The film, a biographical thriller, chronicles the career of American theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb".
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Best motion picture - musical or comedy, and Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture - Musical or comedy - Poor Things; Emma Stone
Based on Alasdair Gray's novel, this comedy-drama riff remixes the Frankenstein tale into a young woman's journey of self-discovery.