Golden Globes: Zoe Saldana, Kieran Culkin claim early acting honours
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Zoe Saldana was named best supporting film actress for musical thriller Emilia Perez while Kieran Culkin was named best supporting film actor for A Real Pain.
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BEVERLY HILLS, California – Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin won some of the early acting honours on Jan 5 at the Golden Globes, Hollywood’s kick-off celebration to the awards season that leads up to the Oscars.
Saldana, 46, appeared overwhelmed when she was named best supporting film actress for playing a lawyer who helps a Mexican drug lord start a new life and transition to a woman in musical thriller Emilia Perez.
“My heart is full of gratitude to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film,” she said on stage as she wept through her speech and thanked her co-stars and director.
The Spanish-language film went into the ceremony leading all nominees, just ahead of The Brutalist, a 3½-hour post-World War II drama that includes an intermission.
Culkin, 42, was named best supporting film actor for A Real Pain, a dramedy about cousins who travel to Poland to learn about their family history. The actor thanked his wife for “putting up with what you call my mania”.
At the start of the show, first-time host Nikki Glaser welcomed the celebrity crowd to “Ozempic’s biggest night” and teased Timothee Chalamet, Harrison Ford, Selena Gomez and other power players in the audience.
“You could do anything, except tell the country who to vote for,” Glaser said, referring to widespread Hollywood support for Ms Kamala Harris, the losing candidate in the US presidential election in November. REUTERS
