Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist were the big winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, with both films taking home multiple awards. Shōgun and Hacks also took top honors in their respective TV categories.
The awards show featured several emotional acceptance speeches from winners including Demi Moore, Adrien Brody, Fernanda Torres and Sebastian Stan, some of whom turned the spotlight on themes highlighted in their films.
Nikki Glaser hosted the event for the first time, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, where she took playful aim at many of the night's films and nominees. The comedian also donned several gowns, with one ensemble including accessories inspired by the Golden Globe-nominated films Wicked and Conclave.
Here's what else you might have missed at the awards show.
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Host Nikki Glaser continued to turn heads throughout the awards ceremony with a series of stunning outfit changes.
Going metallic
Glaser sparkled in a strapless gown with a vibrant metallic purple hue and black accents.
Black is the new gold
The host went back to black in a sleek gown with a plunging neckline and a thigh-high slit.
Silver dress
The host stepped into her second floor-length silver number of the night.
Bejeweled
The host then stepped out in a deep crimson gown with shimmering sequins and crystal embellishments.
Animal print
To close out the show, the host opted for an animal print design with structured shoulders and a deep V neckline.
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After Emilia Pérez took home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, the film's star Karla Sofía Gascón delivered a powerful speech to close the night.
Gascón, who made history as the first transgender woman to be nominated as a lead actress for a film at the Golden Globes, began with a heartfelt and uplifting message: "The light always wins over darkness."
She went on to honor the resilience of the trans community, saying, "You can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our existence, our identity. I want to say to you: Raise your voice ... and say, 'I am who I am, not who you want.'"
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Adrien Brody won the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for his role in The Brutalist. The film, which is a sprawling 3 hours and 35 minutes long with an intermission, also won Best Motion Picture — Drama.
Brody stars as an architect who flees postwar Europe for the United States. He told Yahoo Entertainment in December that the story hit close to home.
“I definitely have an intimate understanding of the immigrant experience, as my mother is a Hungarian refugee,” Brody told Yahoo Entertainment. “My grandparents and my mother fled Budapest in 1956 and came to America with hopes and dreams.”
In his acceptance speech, he also thanked his father.
"My goodness, you always hold me up. I often credit my mother for her influence on me as an artist, but Dad, you are the foundation of this family and all this love that I received flows back to you tonight," he said.
Brody also gave a shout-out to his fellow nominees, saying that The Brutalist is, at its core, a "story about human capacity for creation."
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The Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, who stars in I'm Still Here, dedicated her award for Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama to her mother, who once attended the Golden Globe Awards as a nominee.
"I want to dedicate [the award] to my mother," Torres said in her speech, referring to Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated for her role in the 1998 film Central Station. "You have no idea, she was here 25 years ago."
She added that this is "proof that art can endure through life, even in difficult moments."
Torres was the second Brazilian actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe, and her mother was the first, according to the Golden Globes.
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Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
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The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
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Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
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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
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The Challengers star was glowing in the ballroom during a commercial break.
As speculation swirled online over the ring she was wearing on her left hand, Zendaya was beaming and happy to celebrate her movie, looking excited anytime it was mentioned — and won — for Best Original Score — Motion Picture.
— Taryn Ryder, reporting live from the Beverly Hilton
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The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Squid Game
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Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
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After Wicked won the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, the film's director, Jon M. Chu, delivered a heartfelt message to fans in an acceptance speech.
The success of the film, he explained, "shows us how important making this stuff is in a time when pessimism and cynicism rule the planet right now, that we can still make art, that we can still make art that is a radical act of optimism, that is empowerment and that is joy."
Chu continued, "When we discover that maybe the world isn't exactly the way we thought it was, that maybe we're a little bit Elphaba inside of us, that maybe that we have that courage and that strength to not give up, but to rise up and take the road off the Yellow Brick Road and maybe discover that we can fly."
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Abbott Elementary
The Bear
The Gentlemen
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
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Baby Reindeer
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Laura Clark
Demi Moore's daughters celebrated the actress's Golden Globe win and shared their excitement in a joint Instagram post.
In the video post, Moore's family and friends are seen watching the telecast, waiting to hear whose name will be called.
When The Substance star's name is announced, the group erupt in cheers and applause.
"She did it," Scout Willis wrote in the caption.
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Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot
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“Beautiful That Way,” The Last Showgirl, Music and Lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt
“Compress/Repress,” Challengers, Music and lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino
“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez, Music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
“Forbidden Road,” Better Man, Music and lyrics by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek
“Kiss he Sky,” The Wild Robot, Music and lyrics by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren
Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi
“Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez, Music and lyrics by Clément Ducol and Camille
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Demi Moore ha the most buzzed-about speech of the night.
The 62-year-old actress had the ballroom stirring after her win for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy. A veteran and all-around beloved star, everyone in the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom was happy for Moore, with many on their feet for her inspirational speech.
After she won and came back inside the room, she was flocked with well-wishers, including Edward Norton.
— Taryn Ryder, reporting live from the Beverly Hilton
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Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
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Demi Moore delivered an emotional speech about knowing "the value of your worth" when she accepted her first Golden Globe award for her lead role in The Substance, a body horror film about the lengths an aging star will go to stay young.
After sharing her shock at winning the award, Moore shared what a producer had once told her about her abilities.
"Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me I was a popcorn actress, and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn't something I was allowed to have," she said. "That I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn't be acknowledged. And I bought in and I believed that."
When she was at a "low point," Moore said that's when the script for The Substance came across her desk.
The actress said the movie imparted a rethinking of how we should view ourselves "in those moments when we don't think we're smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough."
She added, "I had a woman say to me, 'Just know you will never be enough. But you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.'"
Moore closed her speech to rousing applause, saying that her win was "a marker of my wholeness" as well as the "gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong."