Quendrith Johnson

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

No, it was not a good night for darling film Licorice Pizza, widely tipped to win at least something tonight at the unusual un-televised 79th Golden Globes. But Jane Campion’s odd prairie saga The Power of the Dog made no bones about it, picking up Best Director for Campion, Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee and his brooding breakout star turn in this film. West Side Story topped the Best Comedy category with wins for Best Comedy, Lead Rachel Zegler, and Supporting Ariana DeBose. 

The TV winners included odds-on favorites from HBO’s Succession, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook. 

Will Smith was kinged for his performance as Vanessa and Serena Williams’ father in KING RICHARD, beating out a powerful field of challengers including Benedict Cumberbatch from The Power of the Dog. But Nicole Kidman’s Best Lead win for Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos was perhaps one of the most satisfying wins of the night, since she didn’t fit the mold or physical description for Lucille Ball, but blew away audiences with her uncanny knack for embodying the TV Legend body and soul. 

Here is the 2022 list of winners and nominees for the 79th Golden Globes.

Best Motion Picture: Drama
The Power of the Dog (Win)
Belfast
Coda
Dune
King Richard

Big night for Jane Campion & The Power of the Dog.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (Win)
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best Director: Motion Picture
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (Win)
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos (Win)
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama
Will Smith, King Richard (Win)
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Will Smith - KING RICHARD

Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
West Side Story (Win)
Cyrano
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Tick, Tick … Boom!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story (Win)
Marion Cotillard, Annette
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up
Emma Stone, Cruella

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom! (Win)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Anthony Ramos, In the Heights

Best Screenplay: Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast (Win)
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos

Best Motion Picture: Animated
Encanto (Win)
Flee
Luca
My Sunny Maad
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language (Formerly Foreign Language)
Drive My Car (Japan) (Win)
Compartment No. 6 (Finland / Russia / Germany)
The Hand of God (Italy)
A Hero (France / Iran)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (Win)
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Original Score: Motion Picture
Hans Zimmer, Dune (Win)
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Germaine Franco, Encanto
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers

Best Original Song: Motion Picture
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (Win)
Music by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell; Lyrics by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell 
“Be Alive” from King Richard
Music by Dixson, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter; Lyrics by: Dixson, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” fromBelfast
Music by Van Morrison; Lyrics by Van Morrison
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect
Music by Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman; Lyrics by Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman

Best TV Series: Drama
Succession (Win)
Lupin
The Morning Show
Pose
Squid Game

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Drama
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pose (Win)
Uzo Aduba, In Treatment
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series: Drama
Jeremy Strong, Succession (Win)
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Billy Porter, Pose
Omar Sy, Lupin

Best TV Series: Musical or Comedy
Hacks (Win)
The Great
Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy
Jean Smart, Hacks (Win)
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series: Musical or Comedy
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso (Win)
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Best TV Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
The Underground Railroad (Win)
Dopesick
Impeachment: American Crime Story
Maid
Mare of Easttown

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for TV
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown (Win)
Jessica Chastain, Scenes From a Marriage
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision
Margaret Qualley, Maid

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for TV
Michael Keaton, Dopesick (Win)
Paul Bettany, WandaVision
Oscar Isaac, Scenes From a Marriage
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Tahar Rahim, The Serpent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on TV
Sarah Snook, Succession (Win)
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
Andie Macdowell, Maid
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on TV
O Yeong-su, Squid Game (Win)
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

The Golden Globes, presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are usually on TV except this year, as NBC pulled the plug. 

(But word is they are still partying tonight over at The Beverly Hilton in room 754.)

Next year? Who knows?

To be continued, as they say on TV.

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