16 hours agoShareSaveIan YoungsandSteven McIntoshShareSaveTimothée Chalamet was among the main winners as Hollywood’s finest gathered for this year’s Golden Globe Awards.Chalamet, 30, continued his pursuit of greatness, and an Oscar, by beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to the award for best actor in a musical or comedy for table tennis caper Marty Supreme.Despite DiCaprio missing out, his film One Battle After Another won the most awards overall, with four prizes including best musical or comedy film and best director.Irish actress Jessie Buckley was named best drama actress for Hamnet, which also scored a surprise win in the best drama film category.Vampire thriller Sinners had been considered the frontrunner, but it instead went home with the box office achievement prize as well as best score.The Golden Globes are a key stop on the road to the Academy Awards, and other acting winners on Sunday included Teyana Taylor, Rose Byrne, Wagner Moura and Stellan Skarsgård.Unlike the Oscars, the Globes also reward TV shows, and the night saw British actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty pick up more honours for their performances in Netflix drama Adolescence.Chalamet’s ‘sweet’ winGetty ImagesWith all eyes on the Oscars race, Timothée Chalamet’s victory has given him a boost over his rivals. “I’m in a category with many greats,” he said when accepting his trophy.It was Chalamet’s fifth Globes nomination, but his first win. “My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up, always be grateful for what you have,” he said. “It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments make this moment that much sweeter.”For my parents, for my partner, I love you so much,” he added, looking at girlfriend Kylie Jenner.Jessie Buckley says win is ‘real honour’Getty ImagesJessie Buckley was named best actress for her role in the adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet, about the death of William Shakespeare’s son.”This is not a normal feeling or situation to be in,” she said in her acceptance speech.”It was such an extraordinary set to be part of, because we were telling the story of probably the most famous Brit that ever lived, and we had a Chinese director, a lot of Irish, a mostly Polish crew, beside our British family.”She concluded: “This is a real honour, I love being part of this industry.”Shortly afterwards, Hamnet director Chloe Zhao looked visibly shocked when the movie was announced as the winner of best drama film.Accepting the prize, producer Steven Spielberg said he had “loved the book” by O’Farrell, but felt Zhao was “the only film-maker on the face of the planet who could tell the story”.Zhao said: “The village of Hamnet that made this film together. Some of them lost their loved ones while we were making this film, and some of them are still struggling, and I just wanted to say we’re thinking of you, we’re here because of you, we love you.”Teyana Taylor’ …
