Golden Globes 2022: West Side Story, The Power of the Dog, Succession among the big winners

This year, the Golden Globes was a 90-minute private event, having been dropped by TV in part over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s lack of diversity

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story won major awards, while TV winners included Succession and actors Sarah Snook and Jeremy Strong, and Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)

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Ansel Elgort as Tony and Rachel Zegler, winner of the Golden Globe for best actress, as Maria in West Side Story, winner of the award for best musical or comedy, in a scene from the Steven Spielberg movie.

Published: 1:17pm, 10 Jan 2022Updated: 3:24pm, 10 Jan 2022

The Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party that regularly drew 18 million television viewers, was reduced to a live-blog for its 79th edition.

The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) proceeded with its film awards without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a live-stream.

Instead, members of the HFPA and some recipients of the group’s philanthropic grants gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles for a 90-minute private event, announcing the names of the film and television winners on the organisation’s social media feeds.

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story won several big awards, for best picture comedy or musical, best actress for Rachel Zegler and best supporting actress for Ariana DeBose.

Benedict Cumberbatch in a still from The Power of the Dog. Photo: Netflix

Film winners included Will Smith for King Richard, director Jane Campion and Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog, which won the best dramatic movie award, and Andrew Garfield for Tick, Tick … Boom!

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