
“Beef,” one of the standout TV shows of the last year, showed early strength in the 2024 Golden Globes on Sunday, picking up trophies for both of its lead actors, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, who played strangers who fall into a deep feud.
For Wong, the award came with a historical note: She becomes the first Asian actor ever to win the Golden Globe for best female actor in a limited series.
“The story I usually tell to myself is one of isolation and, like, separateness,” Yeun said as he reached the stage to accept the trophy. “And then you come up here and have this moment and you can only think about everyone else.
“And that feels like the plot to ‘Frozen,’ I realize just now,” he added as the ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hilton erupted in laughter. “I’m just so thankful. I’m just the recipient of a long line of compassion and love and goodwill. So I appreciate this.”
After a monologue by comedian Jo Koy that was hit and miss – it’s seldom a good sign when the host has to argue to the crowd that a joke was actually hilarious – the show continued with Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr. picking up Golden Globes for best female and male supporting actor in a movie.
From these early speeches, it seemed clear that Hollywood was still getting to know who is hosting the awards show these dyas.
Randolph, who won for her role as a boarding school cook in “The Holdovers,” started her acceptance speech by thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press, which no longer runs the Globes after scandal led to its dissolution and takeover by a new entity over the last year or so.
That said, Randolph’s speech, like her performance, was moving.
And Downey, who took best male supporting actor for his work in “Oppenheimer,” got a little closer to the evening’s host in his speech.
“Golden Globe journalists, thanks for changing your game, therefore changing your name – salute!” Downey said, showing knowledge of the new voters.