As the first big awards show of 2024 (and post-strikes), the 81st Golden Globe Awards kicks off this season of celebrating excellence on screen and behind the scenes in Beverly Hills, California.
With nominations this year across various categories, we see notable AAPI nominees and winners to follow the year where Asians were winning everything everywhere, all at once.
Top grade Beef at the Golden Globes
Beef’s lead actors Ali Wong and Steven Yeun celebrate their first Golden Globe nominations – and first Golden Globe wins.
In genuine shock and awe, Ali Wong wins the award for “Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television”.
The comedian turned author and actor accepts her first acting award for her role of Amy in the Netflix and A24 production of Beef by thanking the show’s creator, Lee Sung Jin (Sonny).
“I really need to thank Sonny for creating such a beautiful show and inviting me to be a part of it,” says Wong.
The Golden Globe winner also thanks her ex-husband and co-parent, Justin Hakuta: “to the father of my children and best friend, it’s because of you that I’m able to be a working mother.”
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Winner winner, Beef for dinner at 81st Golden Globe Awards
Immediately after Wong’s win, the award for “Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television” is awarded.
The winner? Steven Yeun, with his first Golden Globe nomination and first Golden Globe win.
The veteran actor recognizes the significance of this moment for him and his career, but following the coattails of last year’s awards season, takes a different tone, and in a positive way: “The story I usually tell of myself to myself is one of isolation and separateness…” alluding to his long career and having been one of the only or few…
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