THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

For example, queer actors Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) and Colman Domingo (Rustin) fell short, as Cillian Murphy won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama for his performance in Oppenheimer. (The category also included Bradley Cooper in Maestro, as LGBTQ+ composer Leonard Bernstein.) In addition, out actress Jodie Foster (Nyad) lost to The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

On the television side, out actor Matt Bomer (Fellow Travelers) lost to Beef's Steven Yeun in the category of Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Regarding Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, Rachel Weisz (portraying queer twins in Dead Ringers) lost to Beef's Ali Wong.

However, there were some bright spots. Actress Ayo Edebiri, who identifies as queer, won in the Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy category for her role in The Bear. Also, Lily Gladstone—who identifies as two-spirit—won in the major category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for Killers of the Flower Moon; in doing so, she edged Annette Bening (nominated for portraying lesbian swimmer Diana Nyad ,in Nyad), among others.

Also, Billie Eilish (who has claimed that Variety recently outed her) and Finneas won for Best Original Song, Motion Picture (Barbie's "What Was I Made For?").

Overall, Oppenheimer led all movies with five wins. Succession topped all TV shows with four wins while the Chicago-set series The Bear and the dramedy Beef each had three.

The ceremony was shown on CBS, a new home for the telecast; it had aired on NBC since 1996, Variety noted. However, the party stopped in 2021—not because of COVID but because of a bombshell report in the Los Angeles Times that revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which voted on the Globes, had no Black members; there were also ethical issues that were revealed. But the Globes have re-emerged, dissolving the non-profit HFPA, instituting new codes of conduct and increasing its voting body to more than 300 journalists (with 10% being Black).

—Andrew Davis