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COLIN FARRELL WON a Golden Globe last night for his role as the title character in the DC Comics TV adaptation The Penguin.
The Dublin actor picked up the gong for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television.
It is Farrell’s third Golden Globe win, having previously won for his performances in The Banshees of Inisherin and In Bruges.
After being presented the award, Farrell first quipped that he had no one to thank. “No one to thank on this when I did it all by myself,” he joked. “Just a raw, pared-away performance.”
He then focuses on the make-up team that performed the visual transformation that allowed him to play the bloated villain, saying that it took three hours to fit him with prosthetics each day.
“In the morning, I drank black coffee, listened to 80s music, and I became a canvas for that team’s brilliance,” he said.
Thank you for employing me. And yeah, I guess it’s prosthetics from here on out.
Farrell and fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott (Ripley TV series) had both been nominated in the category. In his acceptance speech, Farrell recalled their first onscreen collaboration.
“Andrew, you were in my first film, 25 or 30 years ago,” Farrell said while accepting the award on stage at at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
“You can’t even find it on Betamax. It doesn’t exist. We go back that far.”
Farrell follows in the footsteps of Joaquin Phoenix and Heath Ledger in winning a Golden Globe Award for playing a Batman villain.
Phoenix who won in 2020 for his role in The Joker and late actor Ledger who won in 2009 for The Dark Knight.
In the winners’ room, Farrell said the two actors are “for my money, the most extraordinary, talented and gifted and just brilliant artists in film that I’ve ever had the fortune to observe and be affected by”.
“What Heath did in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight was extraordinary, and will live on for future generations and what Joaquin did with The Joker was as exemplified by all the awards that he won and the Oscar stuff – it was extraordinary,” Farrell said.
“So to have your name thrown into, just uttered in the same sentence, as those performances – honestly, it’s lovely, but I still approach it all more from just a fan of it all.
“I don’t feel like I’m part of that pantheon, I don’t think I’ll go home tonight thinking I’m part of that pantheon.”
Other awards
Across other categories at the Globes last night, surreal narco-musical “Emilia Perez” and epic immigrant drama “The Brutalist” were the big winners, as prizes were shared widely across an international crop of movies at the year’s first major showbiz awards gala.
French director Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set “Emilia Perez”, about a drug lord who transitions to life as a woman, took four prizes, including best comedy or musical film.
It won for best non-English language film and best original song, while Zoe Saldana took best supporting actress honors, nudging out her co-star Selena Gomez.
Demi Moore won best actress in a comedy movie for the satirical horror The Substance, and the surprise winner was among the most popular award recipients of the evening.
“I’ve been doing this a long time – for 45 years – and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything,” she said.
During an emotional speech Moore, 62, whose character confronts the harsh reality of ageing in Hollywood in the body horror The Substance, said:
“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged.”
I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete. I’ve done what I was supposed to do.
“And as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called The Substance, and the universe told me that you’re not done.”
The actress, whose win likely makes her a frontrunner for the Oscars, beat the likes of Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, Nightbitch’s Amy Adams and Challengers actress Zendaya to take home the award.
Best Drama
Immigration story The Brutalist took home several major awards including gongs for actor Adrien Brody and director Brady Corbet and Best Drama.
Brody scored his first Golden Globe for best male actor in a motion picture drama win for the role as a Hungarian architect attempting to build a life in the US after the Second World War.
Accepting the award on stage he said: “The character’s journey is very reminiscent of my mother’s and my ancestral journey of fleeing the horrors of war and coming to this great country, and I owe so much to my mother and my grandparents for their sacrifice.”
“Although I do not know fully how to express all of the challenges that you have faced and experienced and the many people who have struggled immigrating to this country, I hope this work stands to lift you up and to give you a voice. I will cherish this moment forever.”
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet, who took home the film directing gong, said: “I was told that no one would come out and see it.”
The annual ceremony, held in Beverly Hills, was dominated by first-time winners, including film gongs for A Different Man’s Sebastian Stan, I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres, and in the TV categories, Shogun stars Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano.
Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, about a comedian and barman who is stalked by an older woman after he offers her a cup of tea at the pub where he works, won best limited TV or anthology series or TV movie award.
The show’s creator, Scottish comedian Richard Gadd, pleaded with broadcasters and streamers to make stories that let the “little person tell their story” as he collected the gong.
His Yorkshire co-star Jessica Gunning secured her first win for the best female supporting actress in the television category.
Best film, drama: “The Brutalist”
Best film, musical or comedy: “Emilia Perez”
Best director: Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Best actor, drama: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Best actress, drama: Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Best actor, musical or comedy: Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”
Best actress, musical or comedy: Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Best supporting actress: Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Perez”
Best screenplay: Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Best non-English language film: “Emilia Perez”
Best original song: “El Mal” from “Emilia Perez”
Best original score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Challengers”
Best cinematic and box office achievement: “Wicked”
Best animated feature: “Flow”
Best drama series: “Shogun”
Best drama actor: Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”
Best drama actress: Anna Sawai, “Shogun”
Best musical or comedy series: “Hacks”
Best musical or comedy actor: Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best musical or comedy actress: Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best limited series or TV movie: “Baby Reindeer”
Best limited series or TV movie actor: Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Best limited series or TV movie actress: Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
Best performance in stand-up comedy on television: Ali Wong, “Ali Wong: Single Lady”
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Much of the rise of the independents is based on frustration, frustration of people feeling they are not being listened too, that the few are making decisions for the many.
It’s been building for years, and now that people who express their frustration and or opinion are now being labelled as wrong or far right.
People in communities have a right to express their opinion or question policy, but those in power shut them down by labelling them as such.
@Mary Kelly: And that’s the problem! Unelected CEO’s of local councils are being handed power by the elected councillors, so people revert to the independent candidates but most people are unaware of the limited powers councils have. The consequences of that will be that the far right or left councillors can’t influence the real decisions like housing , health or climate change. The only advantage of the left or right, is that they enable FF/ FG to stay in power through fear of the other and both couldn’t be bothered to think things through and find solutions. As much as I dislike Wallace and Daly, at least they stood up for their beliefs unlike Carberry, what does she even stand for? or Kelliher. O’Sullivan, Herne and McHugh rejected in favour of puppets. The only upside is that the demise of the planet will rid us of an electorate and politicians, who put self interest above the planet
Immigration is a huge issue . Irish people do not have issues with people coming here to work. Nobody bats an eyelid at Australias strict immigration laws. Why are we been subjected to criminals , gangs of males only, lack of reporting of crimes being committed by illegal immigration, rough riding over communities, discussions around immigration being loaded ?
Our problem liies with those in politics who seem to be falling over themselves and each other to proclaim how great it is to be so diverse etc.. Diversity is not the problem… the way it’s been done is the problem. Thanks FFG
@barry lyons: would you care to share reliable sources for your claims of “criminals” (I guess you mean that only criminals are migrating to Ireland, correct?) and of “crimes committed by illegal immigration”?
@barry lyons: It might be a huge issue but it is way down the list of urgent issues. Climate, Wars, far right taking over Europe, China/ Russia and Capitalist profiteering are slightly more important.
Have you noticed that those countries in Europe where anti immigration policy is strongest are the very countries that raped and plundered and colonised the people’s of those countries who are now ‘ flooding ‘ Europe. So instead of holding European countries accountable, you are blaming the victims. Principles are supposed to be consistent!
Why don’t you Fight / Vote for harsher penalties for traffickers?? Or is it just easier to turn a blind eye. Thank God white people don’t commit crimes!!
@BarryH: You are trying to turn what I said into a racist issue . Why are you assuming I’m white. Your comment is disgusting . The illusion of far right is government speak against anyone who raises a question.
I assume it’s ok to ask questions or would you prefer if I rolled over
No such thing as an independent. Independents came from somewhere. At the end of the day your either right or left. Saying your independent is just a clever way of trying to disguise it. They’ll sell their vote to any party, ignore national interests in return for their local need for the high fives from the Betty’s in the parish halls. All they are good for is petrol pump politics.
@Dan The Man: independents use their leverage at crucial times to get their constituents a better deal. It normally works out for them. Its what gets them reelected year in year out, which is the whole point. It’s not fair but it works for their parish.
I have come to realise that over the recent years, SF has become very close to the west European socialist party, as they stand for the same.
This is why it’s over for them unless something big happen
@Dominic Leleu: Did you read the final results ? Sinn Fein vote up 21%. F.F and FG. Vote down !!!!
If Mary Lou can’t run an election she definitely cant run a country
@Sergio Reddan: Correct if I’m wrong, didn’t SF increased their councillors and double their MEPs? I’ll wait…
@Ian: You are of course correct in your statement. However if I was in Sinn Fein, I wouldn’t be celebrating a “doubling” of their MEPs to a grand total of 2, while losing their sitting MEP in what should be a SF stronghold. They did increase their representation at local level by a tiny amount but it was far from what anyone in the party would have hoped for.
@Sergio Reddan: But,she did and she got an increased vote of support !
The success (or lack of!) Verona Murphy’s ‘Not Independent Alliance’ speaks for itself…. puppets for a woman with her own agenda. She was the captain of the Titanic in the Wexford Election and they were her doomed passengers. And its not over yet, still lots of stories to break about the underhanded tactics that were used!
@Steve Davis: does it really matter who gets elected or who doesn’t, im not big into politics but all politicians are only out for one thing and that is to line their own pockets with a gteat wage and a great pension
Far right fascists will not replace us!
@Alan Kennedy: neither will far left fascists
@John D Doe: Fascists are right wing.
The 0.9% think they took all support away from “mass migration” FFG!!!!!
@9QRixo8H: AHH! the percentage man, you must be an accountant with all you fancy figures
People may just prepare for the housing crisis to worsen there is no denying that now. Building x amount cutting a ribbon with a scissors for a photo isn’t fixing it long term. But clowns think the problem is being fixed and are afraid of opposition when it has clear as day proven time and time again it is worsening at an accelerated rate. Sinn fein lost with they’re half assed policies if the other parties could get the finger out come together control immigration and just try get a handle on the housing it would stop far right slowly gaining ground. They may still gain a lot long term if situation continues with housing which is guaranteed with what’s in power.
@Paddy C: Definitely. My partners youngest brother told me out of his entire sixth year class from couple of years ago there is not a single one of them left in the country. Every single one of them emigrated the minute they finished college. All fed up and refusing to pay the high rents and work for the low starting wages and high tax. Rents could be high in other countries but you’ll get more services and better standard of accommodation. You won’t have to own a car and pay thr extortionate rates to keep and maintain it like here. You won’t be destroyed with tax if you want to work hard and will keep more of your money shockingly.
@Dan The Man: emigration of our young talent. I feel that’s what FG is silently encouraging/hoping to reduce the housing demand while marginally (if at all) raising supply.
And when there’s no choice, you can hardly blame them for emigrating.
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