#Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Drama

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020, George C. Wolfe)

15/04/2024

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Golden Globe Winners 2025: A Night of Glamour, Surprises, and Historic Moments

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards dazzled audiences worldwide as Hollywood’s brightest stars gathered to celebrate the best in film and television. This year’s ceremony, held at the iconic Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, delivered its fair share of memorable moments, from emotional acceptance speeches to groundbreaking wins and jaw-dropping red carpet looks. Here’s a comprehensive look at the winners, highlights, and behind-the-scenes stories that made this Golden Globes unforgettable.

Major Winners of the Night

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The coveted award for Best Motion Picture in the Drama category went to “Eternal Horizons,” a poignant exploration of human resilience in the face of climate disaster. Directed by the visionary Ava Carter, the film has been lauded for its breathtaking visuals and compelling storytelling.

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The lighthearted and innovative “Melody in Motion” took home the award in this category. With its blend of humor, heart, and spectacular musical numbers, the film charmed audiences and critics alike.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

In a career-defining moment, newcomer Mateo Rivera won Best Actor for his performance in “The Solitary Path.” Rivera’s portrayal of a conflicted artist navigating love and loss captivated the audience and earned him a standing ovation.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Veteran actress Viola Davis added another accolade to her illustrious career, winning for her role in “Shattered Glass,” a gripping drama that explores themes of justice and redemption.

Best Director – Motion Picture

Chloe Zhao made history again by winning Best Director for “Beyond the Horizon,” making her one of the few women to win this category multiple times. Zhao's meticulous direction and visionary approach were key to the film’s success.

Television Triumphs

Best Television Series – Drama

The critically acclaimed “Eclipse” dominated the night, winning Best Television Series. Its complex characters and intricate plotlines have made it a standout in the streaming era.

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

“Laugh Track,” a meta-comedy about the making of a sitcom, won the award in this category. The show’s clever writing and ensemble cast have garnered a devoted fan base.

Individual Performances in Television

Best Actor: Jeremy Strong, for his role in the final season of “Dynasty’s Fall.”

Best Actress: Zendaya, for her commanding performance in “Euphoria: The Next Chapter.”

Red Carpet Highlights

This year’s Golden Globes red carpet was a spectacle of glamour and innovation. Zendaya stunned in a custom silver gown adorned with Swarovski crystals, while Timothée Chalamet turned heads in a bold, avant-garde suit. Sustainability was a key theme, with several stars, including Emma Watson and Leonardo DiCaprio, opting for eco-friendly fashion choices.

Diversity and Inclusion Take Center Stage

The 2025 ceremony marked significant progress in celebrating diversity within the entertainment industry. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) faced criticism in recent years, but this year’s winners and nominees reflected a broader representation of voices and stories. Notable wins included:

Best Supporting Actress: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, for her role in “The Bridge of Echoes.”

Best Screenplay: Min-Jae Kim, for the critically acclaimed “Threads of Time.”

Memorable Moments

Tribute to Angela Lansbury: A heartfelt segment honored the late Angela Lansbury, with Meryl Streep delivering an emotional speech about Lansbury’s impact on the industry.

Standing Ovation for Viola Davis: Viola Davis’s speech about perseverance and representation moved the audience to tears.

Surprise Appearance by Tom Hanks: Hanks made an unexpected cameo to present the Cecil B. DeMille Award to his long-time collaborator, director Steven Spielberg.

Viewer Reactions and Industry Impact

Social media buzzed with reactions to the winners, fashion, and unforgettable moments. Fans praised the HFPA’s efforts to diversify the awards, though some expressed surprise at a few of the night’s outcomes. Industry analysts noted that the Golden Globes continue to set the stage for the Oscars, with several winners emerging as strong contenders.

What’s Next for the Winners?

The Golden Globe winners now have their sights set on the upcoming Academy Awards. Films like “Eternal Horizons” and “Melody in Motion” are expected to lead the pack in nominations. In television, “Eclipse” and “Laugh Track” are likely to dominate the upcoming Emmy Awards.

Conclusion

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards celebrated the best in entertainment, showcasing the power of storytelling and the resilience of the industry. With groundbreaking wins, unforgettable speeches, and dazzling fashion, this year’s ceremony will be remembered as a turning point in Hollywood’s evolution.

Stay tuned for more updates on the awards season and the stories that continue to shape the world of entertainment.

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FERNANDA TORRES Winner of the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award for "I'm Still Here" during the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Award (Jan 05, 2025)

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FERNANDA TORRES, winner of the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for “I'm Still Here" poses in the press room during the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. 

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Lily Gladstone

Gender: Non binary (she/they)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 2 August 1986

Ethnicity: Native American - Blackfeet (Siksikaitsitapi), Nez Pearce (Nimíipuu), white

Occupation: Actor

Note 1: First Native American actress to win the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a motion picture - Drama and be nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress.

Note 2: Gladstone identifies as "middle-gendered" and a member of the LGBTQ community.

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Cillian Murphy accepts the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for “Oppenheimer” at the 81st Golden Globe Awards (January 7, 2024)

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LILY GLADSTONE Winner of Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards

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EXCLUSIVE: Cristian Mungiu to Shoot Fjord in Norway with Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve

BUCHAREST: Romanian Palm d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu is preparing to shoot his new feature Fjord entirely in Norway as of March 2025. This Romanian/French/Norwegian/Danish/Finnish/Swedish drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve has already been acquired by GoodFellas.

In January 2025, Stan and Reinsve flew to Romania for rehearsal and costume tests before leaving together with Cristian Mungiu and part of the team to Norway. It was in Romania that Stan found out about the Academy Award nomination for his leading performance in The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi.

Written by Mungiu, Fjord tells a story about the encounter between two neighbouring families living in a remote Norwegian village. Mihai (Sebastian Stan) is Romanian and Lisbet (Renate Reinsve) is Norwegian. In the other couple, Mats is Norwegian while Mia is Swedish. Their children go to the same school. The families will have to admit, handle and resolve their different views about family, education and progress. What are the limits of personal freedom and from which moment onwards the society compels you to conform?

“Fjord is a story about irreconcilable views of the world, about conformity, tolerance and the limits of freedom and intimacy”, said Cristian Mungiu in a statement.

He is producing through Romania’s Mobra Films in coproduction with Why Not Productions (France), Eye Eye Pictures (Norway), Snowglobe Film (Denmark), Aamu Film Company (Finland) and Filmgate Films (Sweden).

“The financing is still in progress, and so far the project is supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Creative Europe - MEDIA, Film i Vast, and Western Norway Film Commission”, executive producer Tudor Reu from Mobra Films told FNE.

The project received the biggest amount of 703,538 EUR / 3.5 m RON at the latest batch of the grants contest organised by the Romanian Film Centre, whose results were announced at the end of October 2024.

For Fjord Mungiu will be working with some of his usual collaborators, including Romanian DoP Tudor Vladimir Panduru and editor Mircea Olteanu.

The approximately 40-day shooting will start in March 2025 in Møre & Romsdal, Norway, and the premiere of the film is set for 2026.

This is the first film in Romanian for Stan (42), who left Romania as a child, and the second meeting on screen between him and Renate Reinsve after A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg, which brought Stan the Best Leading Performance award at the Berlinale 2024, as well as the Golden Globe in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy category.

Production Information:

Producer: Mobra Films (Romania) info@mobrafilms.ro

Coproducers: Why Not Productions (France) Eye Eye Pictures (Norway) Snowglobe Film (Denmark) Aamu Film Company (Finland) Filmgate Films (Sweden)

Credits: Director: Cristian Mungiu Scriptwriter: Cristian Mungiu DoP: Tudor Vladimir Panduru Editor: Mircea Olteanu Production designer: Marius Winje Brustad Costume designer: Kirsi Gum Sound: Constantin Fleancu, Pietu Korconen, Kristian Eidnes Cast: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve

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Cillian Murphy accepts his award for Best Male Actor in a Motion-Picture-Drama at the Golden Globes 2024 for his performance in the film 'Oppenheimer'.

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Andrew Scott as Adam - All of Us Strangers (2023)

Golden Globe Award Nominee for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

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From his 1st Golden Globes (2006 for Breakfast on Pluto) to this years Golden Globes (2024 for Oppenheimer). He went from being nominated for best actor - motion picture musical or comedy to winning Best Actor - motion picture Drama. Can’t wait to watch him win the next awards. Still praying to god that he wins at the Oscar’s, & SAG awards.

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Manchester by the Sea (2016, Kenneth Lonergan)

16/06/2024

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Films from the next decade or so include The Hucksters (1947), Show Boat (1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), Lone Star (1952), Mogambo, nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (1953), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), The Sun Also Rises (1957) and On the Beach (1959). Off-camera, she could be witty and pithy, as in her assessment of director John Ford, who directed Mogambo ("The meanest man on earth. Thoroughly evil. Adored him!"). In The Barefoot Contessa, she played the role of doomed beauty Maria Vargas, a fiercely independent woman who goes from Spanish dancer to international movie star with the help of a Hollywood director played by Humphrey Bogart, with tragic consequences. Gardner's decision to accept the role was influenced by her own lifelong habit of going barefoot.  Gardner played the role of Guinevere in Knights of the Round Table (1953), with actor Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot. Indicative of her sophistication, she portrayed a duchess, a baroness and other women of noble lineage in her films of the 1950s.

Gardner played the role of Soledad in The Angel Wore Red (1960) with Dirk Bogarde as the male lead. She was billed between Charlton Heston and David Niven for 55 Days at Peking (1963), which was set in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. The following year, she played her last major leading role in the critically acclaimed The Night of the Iguana (1964), based upon a Tennessee Williams play, and starring Richard Burton as an atheist clergyman and Deborah Kerr as a gentle artist traveling with her aged poet grandfather. John Huston directed the movie in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, insisting on making the film in black-and-white – a decision he later regretted because of the vivid colors of the flora. Gardner received billing below Burton, but above Kerr. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance.

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BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / FRANCE / INDIA EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix) – FRANCE THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (MUBI) – POLAND / SWEDEN / DENMARK I’M STILL HERE (Sony Pictures Classics) – BRAZIL THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (NEON) – USA / GERMANY VERMIGLIO (Sideshow / Janus Films) – ITALY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA PAMELA ANDERSON (THE LAST SHOWGIRL) ANGELINA JOLIE (MARIA) NICOLE KIDMAN (BABYGIRL) TILDA SWINTON (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR) FERNANDA TORRES (I’M STILL HERE) KATE WINSLET (LEE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA KATHY BATES (MATLOCK) EMMA D’ARCY (HOUSE OF THE DRAGON) MAYA ERSKINE (MR. & MRS. SMITH) KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (BLACK DOVES) KERI RUSSELL (THE DIPLOMAT) ANNA SAWAI (SHŌGUN)

If you know the history you know that the Golden Globes are one of the worst awards around.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME

I'm Still Here and Fernanda Torres got nominated, so VAI BRASIL! Also happy af for Emma D'Arcy

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CHINATOWN 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰

Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was inspired by the California water wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley. The Robert Evans production, released by Paramount Pictures, was Polanski's last film in the United States and features many elements of film noir, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. Chinatown was released in the United States on June 20, 1974, to high critical and commercial success.

Chinatown received a leading 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (for Polanski), Best Actor (for Nicholson) and Best Actress (for Dunaway), winning Best Original Screenplay. At the 28th British Academy Film Awards, the film received 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Dunaway) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (for Huston), and won a leading 3 awards, including Best Direction (for Polanski) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Nicholson). It also received 7 nominations at the 32nd Golden Globe Awards, including Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (for Dunaway) and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (for Huston), and won 4 awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (for Polanski) and Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (for Nicholson).

The American Film Institute placed it second among its top ten mystery films in 2008. In 1991, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". It is also often cited as one of the greatest films of all time.

A sequel, The Two Jakes, was released in 1990, again starring Nicholson, who also directed, with Robert Towne returning to write the screenplay. The film failed to match the acclaim of its predecessor.

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Golden Globe Awards 2024 winners:

Best Picture - Drama: Oppenheimer

Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Picture – Musical/Comedy: Poor Things

Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Drama Series: Succession

Best Television Female Actor – Drama Series: Sarah Snook, Succession

Best Musical/Comedy Series: The Bear

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture: Beef

Best Song - Motion Picture: “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, Barbie

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Barbie

Best Score - Motion Picture: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy: Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Director - Motion Picture: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Picture – Animated: The Boy and the Heron

Best Television Male Actor - Drama Series: Kieran Culkin, Succession

Best Television Female Actor - Musical/Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Best Picture - Non-English Language: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television: Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Best Male Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Supporting Male Actor - Television: Matthew Macfadyen, Succession

Best Supporting Female Actor – Television: Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Best Male Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture: Steven Yeun, Beef

Best Female Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture: Ali Wong, Beef

Best Supporting Male Actor – Motion Picture: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers