VOA文化艺术2024--‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Big at Golden Globes

‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Big at Golden Globes

　　The historical film "Oppenheimer" won big at the Golden Globe awards Sunday. It won five awards, including best drama.

　　And the comedy "Poor Things" upset summer hit "Barbie," as Hollywood threw its biggest party since labor¹ disputes shut down much of show business last year.

　　"Oppenheimer" is about the making of the atomic bomb. It won five awards, including best movie drama. Actors Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. won awards for their performances. Christopher Nolan won his first Golden Globe award for best director for the film.

　　"Poor Things" stars Emma Stone as a woman who was brought back to life by scientists. It won best movie musical or comedy. Awards watchers had widely expected that honor to go to "Barbie," the female empowerment story inspired by the famous toy.

　　"Barbie" led 2023 box office lists and went into the night with a leading nine nominations². But it went home with just two awards. One was for Billie Eilish's song "What Was I Made For." Another was for a new category called cinematic and box office achievement, created for widely seen films.

　　Lily Gladstone was the best actress winner for her role in "Killers³ of the Flower Moon." She began her acceptance speech by introducing herself in the Blackfeet Native American language, which 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 film. The movie was based on murders of members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s.

　　In television, "Succession" was named best drama and led all series with four wins, including a lead acting⁴ award for Kieran Culkin.

　　"The Bear," a television series about the struggles of owning a restaurant, won best TV comedy. Actors Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri both won awards for their performances in "The Bear."

　　Less serious than the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes nearly collapsed⁵ in recent years. A 2021 Los Angeles Times report noted⁶ a lack of diversity among the 80 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). That is the group that previously⁷ voted on the Globes. The 2022 ceremony was canceled and the HFPA was shut down. The awards returned last year but drew a small audience.

　　The awards are now voted on by a group of about 300 entertainment reporters from around the world.

　　Sunday's ceremony showed Hollywood has re-accepted the Globes. Several of Hollywood's biggest stars could be seen in the crowd, including Meryl Streep and De Niro. Pop singer Taylor Swift also joined the crowd as a nominee⁸ for her recent concert film.

　　The ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel started Hollywood's yearly awards season, which ends with the Academy Awards on March 10. The event brought top stars together for the first time after six months of strikes by actors and writers last year.

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　　upset — v. angry or unhappy

　　inspire — v. to make want to do something

　　category — n. a group of people or things that are similar in some way

　　marketing⁹ — n. the activities that are involved in making people aware of a company's products, making sure that the products are available to be bought, etc.

　　contender — n. a person who tries to win something in a contest

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

9 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。