Tonight, I covered the Golden Globe Awards for the Lens via Twitter/X. The full list of winners can be found here.

It was an interesting setup, with comedian Nikki Glazer hosting. She didn’t take up too much time on stage, and I like to think that save for the opening monologue, she kept things moving.

Not all of the jokes hit. There were some embarrassing moments with Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie. While both Awkwfina and Melissa McCarthy (who looked great for the evening) were good, I kind of wanted things to move on a little quicker.

The Brutalist was the Best Picture winner of the evening. The film also won Best Actor (Adrian Brody) and and Best Director in Brady Corbet. This may give the film an interesting chance come Oscar-time. The film beat out high Drama features such as Edward Berger’s Conclave (which managed to pull the Best Screenplay), Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Part Two and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown.

Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, which some felt was the front runner for the Musical/Comedy was somewhat eclipsed by France’s Emilia Perez, which took home Golden Globes for Zoe Saldana, Best Non-English Film and Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). Wicked did manage to win the newly minted Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award.

Bringing in Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley as presenters for Best Male Actor in a Series was cool to see, watching them play off their pairing in The Substance. Demi’s win for Best Actress was a major highlight for the evening. She, along with Zoe Saldana and Colin Farrell (for HBO’s The Penguin) had some of the best speeches during the show. Colin thanked everyone under the sun, including Craft Services. Also loved the Best Picture (Non-English) winners for Emilia Perez. Colin Farrell thanked everyone from Cristina Milioti to Craft Services. Kieran Culkan beat out his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong for Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, adding to the notion that Roman might have been the best of the Roys (if not Shiv). It was also great to see Sebastian Stan win for A Different Man. That was a long time coming as I’ve been a fan of his since The Covenant.

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross won Best Score for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. I thought that The Wild Robot would take the Best Animated Film category, but Flow won that, and it honestly looks like a wonderful film.

In TV, it was all about Hacks and Shogun. Both shows dominated the awards with wins for Jane Smart (Hacks), Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano (for Shogun). I was particularly happy with Asano’s win, who I thought should have also won an Emmy.