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Demi Moore and Zoe Saldana win acting awards
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The Globes kick off awards season in Hollywood
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Host Nikki Glaser attacks celebrities
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Demi Moore and Sebastian Stan were honored at the Golden Globes on Sunday, in the first of this year’s red carpet celebrations in Hollywood that precede the Oscars.
Demi Moore won best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy, for her starring role in “The Substance,” the story of a fading actress searching for a fountain of youth.
“I’m in shock right now,” Ms Moore said as she held her trophy on stage. “I have been doing this job for a long time, more than 45 years. This is the first time I have won something as an actress.
A few years ago, she thought her career was over. When she read the script for “The Substance,” “the universe told me it wasn’t finished,” she said.
Stan was named best male actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy, for “A Different Man,” a film about a disfigured man.
“Our ignorance and unease about disability and disfigurement must end now,” Mr Stan said. “We need to normalize it and continue to expose ourselves and our children to it.
Zoe Saldana seemed upset when she was named best supporting actress for her role as a lawyer who helps a Mexican drug lord start a new life and become a woman in the musical thriller “Emilia Perez.”
“My heart is full of gratitude to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film,” Ms. Saldana said on stage, crying during her speech and thanking her co-stars and the director.
Kieran Culkin was named best supporting actor for “A Real Pain,” a comedy-drama about cousins who travel to Poland to explore their family’s roots.
At the start of the show, first-time host Nikki Glaser welcomed celebrities to “Ozempic’s biggest party” and teased Timothée Chalamet, Harrison Ford, Selena Gomez and other major cast members in the show. audience.
“You can do everything except tell the country who to vote for,” Glaser said, referring to Hollywood’s broad support for the losing candidate in the last U.S. presidential election.
On the red carpet before the show, celebrities shone in black, gold and silver dresses, sometimes accented with red or periwinkle. “Wicked” star Ariana Grande wore a yellow Givenchy dress with a beaded bodice that she said paid homage to the yellow brick road to Oz in the musical.
“It’s so exciting to be here because I’m a fan of everyone I meet,” Ariana Grande said of the star-studded crowd in Beverly Hills.
Winning a Globe can shine a spotlight on films and performances as the Oscars approach in March. So far, experts believe there is no favorite for the coveted Best Picture award at the Oscars.
The Globes winners were chosen by 334 entertainment journalists from 85 countries, compared to about 9,000 Oscar voters. The Globes’ voting body has expanded in recent years and organizers have implemented reforms after facing criticism for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.
