Margot Robbie's movie recreation of iconic doll Barbie has had some love at the Golden Globes but the huge summer-hit was overshadowed by weightier offering Oppenheimer, while Australians Elizabeth Debicki and Sarah Snook took home awards.
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The two films led the Golden Globe field, Barbie with nine nominations and Oppenheimer with eight, but the feel-good movie lost out to others in most categories.
However it was honoured in the first time category of Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
Collecting the award, star and producer Robbie dedicated the gong to "every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on earth - the movie theatres".
Earlier Robbie missed out in the Best Actress in a musical or comedy, with the award going to Emma Stone for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things. That movie was also named Best musical or comedy.
Barbie's first breakthrough of the night came with Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell taking the Golden Globe for best original song, for What was I made for?
Australians Elizabeth Debicki and Sarah Snook were also winners.
Debicki was named best Supporting Actress in a TV series for portraying Diana, Princess of Wales, in The Crown and Sarah Snook won her second Golden Globe for best female actor in a TV series drama, for her role in Succession.
Succession and Bear were the major winners on the small screen, while Oppenheimer picked up a bag of awards.
Star Cillian Murphy won for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer in director Christopher Nolan's story about the making of the atomic bomb. Nolan also won as director and Robert Downey Jr as best supporting actor.
The Globes honoured the best of film and television selected by a new group of 300 entertainment journalists from around the world, part of reforms made after a diversity and ethics scandal among Globe voters.
The glitzy ceremony kicked off Hollywood's annual awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on March 10, and brought top stars together for the first time after six months of strikes by actors and writers in 2023. The event gave performers the chance to mingle and to publicise their movies and TV shows after months when red carpets and other promotion was prohibited.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift joined the Hollywood crowd in a shiny, green gown. The singer was a nominee for "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," her concert film that was in the running in a new category for cinematic and box office achievement.
Last year, the Globes were sold to new owners and the association was disbanded. Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions now operate the awards, with a voting body of 300 journalists from 75 countries with 60 per cent acial and ethnic diversity.
Australian Associated Press
