<p>Steven Spielberg claimed top honors including best drama at the Golden Globes on Tuesday for his deeply personal film <em>The Fabelmans</em>, as Hollywood's A-list stars flocked to the first major awards show of the year despite a series of scandals swirling around its organizers.</p>.<p>The other top film award, best comedy or musical, went to <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> -- a tragicomedy about a shattered friendship on a remote Irish island that ended the night with the most movie prizes.</p>.<p>Spielberg, who also took home the award for best director, thanked his family including his late mother, who he said would be "up there kvelling about this right now."</p>.<p><em>The Fabelmans</em> covers the troubled marriage of Spielberg's parents, anti-Semitic bullying, and the director's early efforts making zero-budget movies with his teenage friends.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/rrr-bags-first-golden-globe-with-naatu-naatu-winning-best-original-song-1179851.html" target="_blank">RRR bags first Golden Globe with Naatu Naatu winning best original song</a></strong></p>.<p>"Everybody sees me as a success story, and everybody sees all of us the way they perceive us based on how they get the information," said the 76-year-old filmmaker.</p>.<p>"But nobody really knows who we are until we're courageous enough to tell everyone who we are."</p>.<p>Spielberg said films like <em>E.T</em>. and <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</em> had used elements from his real life, but he had "never had the courage to hit this story head on" until now.</p>.<p>Despite faring poorly at the box office, the film saw off last year's two biggest commercial hits -- James Cameron's sci-fi film <em>Avatar: The Way of Water,</em> and <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em> -- to win the night's final prize.</p>.<p><em>Inisherin</em> also earned a win for Colin Farrell for best comedy actor, boosting his Oscar hopes, and for writer-director Martin McDonagh for best screenplay.</p>.<p>The Globes, which kick off the annual film prize-giving season, have not had their usual glitz for the past two years, due to the pandemic and revelations about their organizers' lack of diversity and allegations of ethical lapses.</p>.<p>In particular, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards, was criticized for not having a single Black member, although it has recently expanded its ranks.</p>.<p>All eyes were on which A-listers would show up Tuesday, as NBC -- which scrapped its broadcast of the show last year -- brought back the 80th Golden Globe Awards on a one-off basis.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/a-list-glamour-returns-to-globes-red-carpet-1179889.html" target="_blank">Read: A-list glamour returns to Globes red carpet</a></strong></p>.<p>As it turned out, many heavy hitters were in attendance, including Spielberg, Rihanna and Brad Pitt.</p>.<p>Austin Butler, stepping into Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes for rock-and-roll biopic <em>Elvis</em>, won best actor in a drama.</p>.<p>"You were an icon and a rebel and I love you so much," said Butler to the legendary singer, in an emotional speech in which he also praised Presley's family for their support.</p>.<p>Eddie Murphy accepted a career achievement award at the Beverly Hills gala, while Angela Bassett won best supporting actress for Marvel blockbuster <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.</em></p>.<p>But Cate Blanchett, who won best drama actress for <em>Tar </em>in which she plays a ruthless conductor navigating the cutthroat world of classical music, did not attend the gala.</p>.<p>Other prominent winners who didn't show included Kevin Costner (<em>Yellowstone</em>), Zendaya (<em>Euphoria</em>) and Amanda Seyfried (<em>The Dropout).</em></p>.<p>Michelle Yeoh won best comedy actress for the surreal <em>Everything Everywhere All At Once</em>.</p>.<p>Her co-star in the multiverse-hopping sci-fi film, Ke Huy Quan -- who shot to fame as a child star in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" almost four decades ago -- won best supporting actor.</p>.<p>Action-packed Indian blockbuster "RRR," which has become a huge word-of-mouth hit in Hollywood, added momentum to its awards season campaign by winning best song.</p>.<p><em>Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio</em> won best animated feature, while <em>Argentina, 1985</em> won best non-English language film.</p>.<p>On the television side, <em>Game of Thrones</em> prequel <em>House of the Dragon</em> won best drama, and <em>Abbott Elementary</em> claimed best comedy series.</p>.<p>Success at the Globes is often seen as a potential bellwether for films hoping to win Oscars, which take place this year on March 12.</p>.<p>Academy voters will begin casting ballots for Oscar nominations on Thursday, just days after the Globes gala.</p>.<p>But recent controversies have muddied the waters.</p>.<p>Host Jerrod Carmichael, who struck a daring and edgy tone throughout the night, kicked the gala off with a monologue poking fun at the HFPA.</p>.<p>"I'll tell you why I'm here. I'm here because I'm Black," said Carmichael.</p>.<p>Most of the Globes' usual swanky after-parties -- where winners parade their trophies, and losers drown their sorrows with free champagne -- did not take place this year.</p>.<p>Nominee Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise, the star and producer of <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em>, notably did not attend.</p>.<p>But despite the controversy surrounding the Globes, <em>Avatar </em>director Cameron told AFP he "didn't really think about it that much."</p>.<p>"Obviously I did my research about what they had gone through, and I made sure that they had been responsive to the protests and complaints and all that, which I believe they have been," he said.</p>.<p>"I think we should celebrate the fact that an organization does such radical changes."</p>
<p>Steven Spielberg claimed top honors including best drama at the Golden Globes on Tuesday for his deeply personal film <em>The Fabelmans</em>, as Hollywood's A-list stars flocked to the first major awards show of the year despite a series of scandals swirling around its organizers.</p>.<p>The other top film award, best comedy or musical, went to <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> -- a tragicomedy about a shattered friendship on a remote Irish island that ended the night with the most movie prizes.</p>.<p>Spielberg, who also took home the award for best director, thanked his family including his late mother, who he said would be "up there kvelling about this right now."</p>.<p><em>The Fabelmans</em> covers the troubled marriage of Spielberg's parents, anti-Semitic bullying, and the director's early efforts making zero-budget movies with his teenage friends.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/rrr-bags-first-golden-globe-with-naatu-naatu-winning-best-original-song-1179851.html" target="_blank">RRR bags first Golden Globe with Naatu Naatu winning best original song</a></strong></p>.<p>"Everybody sees me as a success story, and everybody sees all of us the way they perceive us based on how they get the information," said the 76-year-old filmmaker.</p>.<p>"But nobody really knows who we are until we're courageous enough to tell everyone who we are."</p>.<p>Spielberg said films like <em>E.T</em>. and <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</em> had used elements from his real life, but he had "never had the courage to hit this story head on" until now.</p>.<p>Despite faring poorly at the box office, the film saw off last year's two biggest commercial hits -- James Cameron's sci-fi film <em>Avatar: The Way of Water,</em> and <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em> -- to win the night's final prize.</p>.<p><em>Inisherin</em> also earned a win for Colin Farrell for best comedy actor, boosting his Oscar hopes, and for writer-director Martin McDonagh for best screenplay.</p>.<p>The Globes, which kick off the annual film prize-giving season, have not had their usual glitz for the past two years, due to the pandemic and revelations about their organizers' lack of diversity and allegations of ethical lapses.</p>.<p>In particular, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards, was criticized for not having a single Black member, although it has recently expanded its ranks.</p>.<p>All eyes were on which A-listers would show up Tuesday, as NBC -- which scrapped its broadcast of the show last year -- brought back the 80th Golden Globe Awards on a one-off basis.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/a-list-glamour-returns-to-globes-red-carpet-1179889.html" target="_blank">Read: A-list glamour returns to Globes red carpet</a></strong></p>.<p>As it turned out, many heavy hitters were in attendance, including Spielberg, Rihanna and Brad Pitt.</p>.<p>Austin Butler, stepping into Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes for rock-and-roll biopic <em>Elvis</em>, won best actor in a drama.</p>.<p>"You were an icon and a rebel and I love you so much," said Butler to the legendary singer, in an emotional speech in which he also praised Presley's family for their support.</p>.<p>Eddie Murphy accepted a career achievement award at the Beverly Hills gala, while Angela Bassett won best supporting actress for Marvel blockbuster <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.</em></p>.<p>But Cate Blanchett, who won best drama actress for <em>Tar </em>in which she plays a ruthless conductor navigating the cutthroat world of classical music, did not attend the gala.</p>.<p>Other prominent winners who didn't show included Kevin Costner (<em>Yellowstone</em>), Zendaya (<em>Euphoria</em>) and Amanda Seyfried (<em>The Dropout).</em></p>.<p>Michelle Yeoh won best comedy actress for the surreal <em>Everything Everywhere All At Once</em>.</p>.<p>Her co-star in the multiverse-hopping sci-fi film, Ke Huy Quan -- who shot to fame as a child star in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" almost four decades ago -- won best supporting actor.</p>.<p>Action-packed Indian blockbuster "RRR," which has become a huge word-of-mouth hit in Hollywood, added momentum to its awards season campaign by winning best song.</p>.<p><em>Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio</em> won best animated feature, while <em>Argentina, 1985</em> won best non-English language film.</p>.<p>On the television side, <em>Game of Thrones</em> prequel <em>House of the Dragon</em> won best drama, and <em>Abbott Elementary</em> claimed best comedy series.</p>.<p>Success at the Globes is often seen as a potential bellwether for films hoping to win Oscars, which take place this year on March 12.</p>.<p>Academy voters will begin casting ballots for Oscar nominations on Thursday, just days after the Globes gala.</p>.<p>But recent controversies have muddied the waters.</p>.<p>Host Jerrod Carmichael, who struck a daring and edgy tone throughout the night, kicked the gala off with a monologue poking fun at the HFPA.</p>.<p>"I'll tell you why I'm here. I'm here because I'm Black," said Carmichael.</p>.<p>Most of the Globes' usual swanky after-parties -- where winners parade their trophies, and losers drown their sorrows with free champagne -- did not take place this year.</p>.<p>Nominee Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise, the star and producer of <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em>, notably did not attend.</p>.<p>But despite the controversy surrounding the Globes, <em>Avatar </em>director Cameron told AFP he "didn't really think about it that much."</p>.<p>"Obviously I did my research about what they had gone through, and I made sure that they had been responsive to the protests and complaints and all that, which I believe they have been," he said.</p>.<p>"I think we should celebrate the fact that an organization does such radical changes."</p>