TV Talk: ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ top winners at Golden Globes

Comedian Nikki Glaser, a stand-up comic best known as a mainstay on Comedy Central celebrity roasts, kicked off the 82nd annual Golden Globes telecast Sunday night in fine form, poking gentle but pointed fun at Hollywood celebrities and entertainment culture as movies “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” and series “Shōgun,” “Hacks” and “Baby Reindeer” won the most awards.

“I’m not here to roast you,” Glaser told the celebs in the audience at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. “You’re all so famous and talented, so powerful, you could really do anything — except tell the country who to vote for. You’ll get ‘em next time… if there is a next time.”

Glaser made a series of jokes about movie stars making TV shows, which, while accurate, has been true for at least a decade, so it felt somewhat dated, but this was no train wreck like Jo Koy’s hosting during last year’s show. And Glaser’s digs at the smaller streaming services were timely.

“Even Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne did TV this year,” Glaser said. “He did Peacock’s ‘Day of the Jackal,’ playing a top secret, elite sniper no one can find because he’s on Peacock. I think I’ve seen more actual Peacocks in my life than shows on Peacock.”

And Glaser wasn’t shy about biting the hand that fed her Sunday: “If you’re watching on CBS, hello. If you’re watching on Paramount+, you have six days left to cancel your free trial!” (Technically, the Globes were only live on Paramount+ with Showtime, a more expensive tier; the telecast will be available Jan. 6 on regular Paramount+).

Glaser’s monologue felt a little long but not by much and her digs were sharp enough to sting but not enough to bite as Ricky Gervais once did routinely on the Globes.

“If you do lose tonight, please keep in mind the point of making art is not to win an award,” Glaser said. “The point of making art is to make a tequila brand so popular you never have to make art again.”

Glaser returned throughout the telecast with some fun bits, including a purposefully bad “Wicked”-“Conclave” mashup, singing, “Pope-ular.”

Among the winners, Zoe Saldaña (for “Emilia Perez”) won the first award of the night and her response went on a little too long. Perhaps the most surprising, enthusiastic and humble response came from “Shōgun” star Tadanobu Asano, who won a best supporting actor trophy and said, “Maybe you don’t know me. I’m an actor from Japan. … Thank you! I’m very happy!”

Colin Farrell, winning for his unrecognizable, prosthetics-enhanced role in HBO’s “The Penguin,” sweetly but sincerely thanked the woman who ran craft services for the show.

Demi Moore, winning what she said was her first acting award ever (IMDB.com disagrees), said 30 years ago a producer told her she was “a popcorn actress,” so she thought she’d never have the opportunity to do work that could win her a Globe.

“When we don’t think we’re smart enough or pretty enough or successful enough or just not enough,” Moore said, “I had a woman say to me, you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.”

Most presenters stood on stage at an angle with a portion of the audience behind them. Presenter Seth Rogen, who made hilariously profane comments about faux Canadian films alongside Catherine O’Hara, called the angle weird and complained “half the room can see my bald spot.”

The quality of the presenter patter varied but one of the best was Kathy Bates (“Matlock”) offering wisdom on working on a set to Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”):

-Money goes in escrow or you don’t show, unless it’s Steven Spielberg.

-Be nice to the production assistants, they don’t want to bring you your fancy coffee, so look them in the eye and thank them.

-If you’re on location for months, staying in a hotel, take some snacks from the set’s craft services table when you wrap at night because hotel minibars are a scam: “15 bucks for a pack of gummy bears?”

Frustratingly, the Golden Globes telecast did not include the Cecil B. DeMille Award (given to Viola Davis) or the Carol Burnett Award (given to 1972 Carnegie Mellon University grad Ted Danson) earlier in the weekend. And the telecast still barreled past its 11 p.m. scheduled end time, wrapping up around 11:12 p.m.

The full list of winners:

Best movie musical/comedy: “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix).

Best movie drama: “The Brutalist.”

Best animated movie: “Flow”

Best movie (non-English): “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix).

Cinematic/box office achievement: “Wicked,”

Best drama film actor: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist.”

Best drama film actress: Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here.”

Best film director: Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist.”

Best movie actor, comedy/musical: Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man.”

Best movie actress, comedy/musical: Demi Moore, “The Substance.”

Best supporting movie actress: Zoe Saldaña , “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix).

Best supporting movie actor: Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain.”

Best movie screenplay: Peter Straughan, “Conclave.”

Best movie score: Trent Reznor, who grew up in Mercer, Mercer County, and Atticus Ross, “Challengers.”

Best movie song: “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez, Music Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard.

Best TV drama: “Shōgun” (FX/Hulu).

Best TV comedy: “Hacks” (Max).

Best TV limited series: “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix).

Best TV drama actor: Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun” (FX/Hulu).

Best TV drama actress: Anna Sawai, “ Shōgun ” (FX/Hulu).

Best TV comedy actress: Jean Smart, “Hacks” (Max).

Best TV comedy actor: Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear” (Hulu).

Best limited series actress: Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country” (HBO).

Best limited series actor: Colin Farrell, “The Penguin” (HBO).

Best supporting TV actress: Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix).

Best supporting TV actor: Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun” (FX/Hulu).

Best TV stand-up comedy: Ali Wong, “Ali Wong: Single Lady” (Netflix).

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