Steven Spielberg wins Golden Globe

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the Golden Globe for Best Drama. At the trophy gala on Wednesday night, he beat James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” and the films “Elvis”, “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick”. The 76-year-old Spielberg also won the Directing Globe for his autobiographical film about his childhood and youth.

Three Golden Globes went to the tragic comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” about a broken male friendship in Ireland in the 1920s. The film won the Comedy/Musical category, Colin Farrell won the Comedy Leading Actor award, and director/writer Martin McDonagh took home the Best Screenplay trophy. Michelle Yeoh won the Leading Actress award in the sci-fi comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once.

In the drama category, Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) won best actress against Ana de Armas (“Blonde”) and Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), among others. Austin Butler won Best Lead Drama for his role as Elvis in the Baz Luhrmann biopic.

Germany does not win a Golden Globe

The German anti-war film “Nothing New in the West” by director Edward Berger went empty-handed. “Argentina, 1985” won the award in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category for Argentina. “Nothing New in the West” is also the German Oscar candidate.

The winners in 27 film and television categories were announced by the Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in Beverly Hills. Many stars had gathered in the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The 80th Globe Award was broadcast live by American broadcaster NBC.

In January 2022, NBC canceled traditional TV broadcasts. Nominees stayed away from the event and winners’ names were only announced through the social media accounts of the HFPA Association. The reason for this was, among other things, massive criticism of the association for a lack of diversity. As part of a restructuring, the pool of Globe judges has now become larger and more diverse.

The overview of the winners

(SDA/jwg)