Historical drama "Oppenheimer" dominated the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, and gothic comedy "Poor Things" upset summer blockbuster "Barbie," as Hollywood threw its biggest party since labor disputes shut down much of show business last year.

"Oppenheimer," about the making of the atomic bomb, landed five honors, including the coveted best movie drama prize and acting awards for stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.

Christopher Nolan won his first Golden Globe award for best director for the film, which was distributed by Comcast's (CMCSA.O) Universal Pictures.

"I am so pleased that Chris has been acknowledged because I just think that what he does is unlike anything anyone else is doing," "Oppenheimer" producer Emma Thomas said on stage.

She said Nolan, who is her husband, "brings the best out in people by being the very best himself."

"Poor Things," starring Emma Stone as a deceased woman revived by scientists, won best movie musical or comedy.

Awards watchers had widely expected that honor to go to "Barbie," the female empowerment story inspired by the iconic doll that topped 2023 box office charts and went into the night with a leading nine nominations. Stone also was named best actress in a movie comedy or musical.

"Barbie" went home with just two awards, for Billie Eilish's song "What Was I Made For" and for a new category called cinematic and box office achievement, created for widely seen films.

The winners were chosen by roughly 300 entertainment journalists who voted on the honors as a part of a new organization created after an ethics and diversity scandal among Globe voters.

Lily Gladstone, best actress winner for her role in "Killers of the Flower Moon" began her acceptance speech by introducing herself in the Native American language she learned in school.

"This is an historic win," Gladstone continued in English. "It doesn't belong to just me. I am holding it right now with all my beautiful sisters."

She thanked director Martin Scorsese as well as Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, her co-stars in the story about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s.

"You are all changing things," Gladstone said.

Reuters

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