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The Golden Globes are learning from the past.
The awards show returned Tuesday night to NBC and Peacock a year after the network dropped the broadcast amid reports about the the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s lack of diversity.
Apart from its internal changes – the HFPA announced it was adding 21 ethnically-diverse members in October 2021 – the makeup of the Globes’ winners also marked a change, with several creators of color nabbing top awards.
Here are some of the notable diversity wins from Tuesday’s awards ceremony.
Michelle Yeoh wins lead actress honor for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Michelle Yeoh, who starred in the action-comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” nabbed the prize for best lead actress in a comedy/musical. Yeoh said it’s been “an incredible fight to be here today” and that a glass ceiling has been “ninja kicked.”
“I’m just so happy that I’m still here when this change has happened and I’m not in my rocking chair going ‘Why didn’t I get that chance?'” Yeoh said. “I’m going to work hard that this is not just going to be the only time I’m here, and for all that looks like us, we are going to move forward and find bigger and better opportunities.”
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‘Everything Everywhere’ star Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor
Ke Huy Quan took home the first award of the night, winning best supporting actor for his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Quan expressed gratitude not only for breaking back into acting in a big way, but also for doing so at a time when Hollywood is more focused than ever on diversity.
“Moving forward, I really want to play all kinds of roles. That was not available to me when I was much, much younger,” he said. “I’m grateful the landscape has changed, there’s a lot more progress now. I just want to keep an open mind and to see what’s out there.”
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Tyler James Williams snags supporting actor honor for ‘Abbott Elementary’
“Abbott Elementary” star Tyler James Williams won best supporting actor in a TV show for his role in the ABC comedy.
“The magnitude of the moment is not lost on me,” Williams said, adding that he “hopes this is a win for (his character) Gregory Eddie and for stories like his that need to be told out here.”
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Ryan Murphy honored with the Carol Burnett Award
Ryan Murphy was presented with the Carol Burnett Award, an award given for achievement in television. During his speech, Murphy gave a shout-out to “Pose” star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as the first trans woman to win a Globe (since last year’s awards ceremony wasn’t televised).
“When I was a young person at home in the ’70s watching ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ I never ever saw a person like me getting an award or even being a character on a TV show,” Murphy said. “It’s hard being an LGBTQ kid in America, in fact all over the world, then and now.”
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ wins best animated film
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was awarded best animated film for his stop-motion remake of “Pinocchio.”
“I’m very grateful for this and I’m happy to here in person. We’re back! Some of us are drunk, what could be better,” Del Toro said. “Animation is cinema – it’s not a genre for kids. It’s a medium.”
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