Aussie actress Margot Robbie has lost out on a Golden Globe.
Robbie, nominated for her role in 1920s Hollywood-set movie Babylon was scooped by Michelle Yeoh, who landed the award for move Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Meanwhile, US actor Austin Butler won Best Actor for Elvis, which was made in Queensland by Australian director, Baz Luhrmann.
”Thank you for believing in me I those moments I didn’t even believe in myself,” Butler said to Luhrmann.
The film is also up for Best Picture and Best Director.
Hugh Jackman lost out in the same category for family drama The Son.
The Golden Globes has returned after a boycott last year amid an ethics and diversity scandal.
The event, which honours both movies and TV shows, is being held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Stars and studios boycotted last year’s ceremony, which NBC opted not to televise in the US, saying the Hollywood Foreign Press Association needed time to make “meaningful reform.”
Other Aussie women hoping to walk off with a Globe are Elizabeth Debicki for royal biopic The Crown and Cate Blanchett for psychological drama Tár.
Hosting is comedian Jerrod Carmichael, who won an Emmy last year for Rothaniel.
Comedian Eddie Murphy and writer Ryan Murphy, best known for TV show Glee, are set to receive tributes.
Presenters include Ana de Armas, a nominee for Blonde, Jenna Ortega, nominated for Wednesday, Billy Porter, Tracy Morgan, Jennifer Coolidge, nominated for White Lotus, and Quentin Tarantino.
Sean Penn will also introduce a message from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Stars hit the red carpet for Golden Globes
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Reaction to the Globe nominations last month was muted, with few stars publicly celebrating.
But only one nominee has stated emphatically that he will not attend: Brendan Fraser.
Though nominated for best actor for his performance in The Whale, Fraser said he would not participate in the Globes.
In 2018, Fraser said he was groped in 2003 by longtime Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Philip Berk.
Berk, who is no longer an HFPA member, denied it.
Eyes will be especially trained on Tom Cruise, whose Top Gun: Maverick is nominated for Best Picture (drama).
Cruise responded more forcefully to the HFPA revelations than almost anyone in the industry, returning his three Golden Globe awards.
Martin McDonagh’s feuding friends tale The Banshees of Inisherin comes in with a leading eight nominations, including nods for actors Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s existential action comedy Everything Everywhere all at Once is up for six awards, including nods for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Several of the past year’s biggest box-office hits are also in the mix.
Along with Top Gun: Maverick, Tár and The Fabelmans, the nominees for best picture, drama also include James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
On the TV side, the public school sitcom Abbott Elementary leads with five nominations.
The White Lotus, Dahmer, The Crown, Pam & Tommy and Only Murders in the Building all scored four nominations each.
Stan will live broadcast the 2023 Golden Globe Awards exclusively from 11am AEDT Wednesday January 11.
