Golden Globes Ceremony 2025: Winners, Losers, Snubs and Surprises

Preview:

• The 2025 saw the awards bouncing back.
• Host Nikki Glaser provided a funny, smooth emcee.
• Sebastian Stan and Demi Moore were among the winners.

If 2024 represented a stumble for the scandal-prone Nikki Glaser kept things moving, while being funny even when it came to controversial subjects –– and there were some surprises in store for winners.

A big factor this year were indies scoring big –– well, if you can call ‘Conclave’ all took home awards.

On the bigger scale, ‘Flow’ overtook the heavier hitters in its category.

Let’s break it down…

Glaser Gets It Done

Following last year’s shambles of a hosting gig by comedian Sean “Diddy” Combs, politics –– but also managed to raise laughs and keep the ceremony moving.

It might not have been the most hilarious or memorable monologue/set, but it was a definite uptick.

When it came to the matter of the election, Glaser was scathing:

“You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful. I mean, you could really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for.”

The Diddy crack came when she was referring to Challengers’:

“That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card. I mean, seriously. Oh no, no, I know, I’m sorry, I’m upset too, the afterparty’s not going to be as good this year, but we have to move on!”

Finally, there was her skit mashing up ‘Wicked’ with ‘Conclave’ for the song ‘Popeular.’ “You’re gonna love this,” she announced, and it seemed to go over well, except perhaps with Elton John (no part of either movie) who didn’t seem to understand what it was all about.

‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ Enter the Awards Chat

Despite being 215 minutes, Adrien Brody.

Netflix’s ‘Emilia Pérez,’ meanwhile, won four Globes, including best picture (comedy/musical), ing actress for Zoe Saldaña, international feature and original song (“El Mal”).

On the acting front, Anora,’ which has won trophies from lots of other awards bodies, was shut out.

These wins don’t guarantee success come Oscar night, but they certainly give the movies some momentum.

Related Article: ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ dominate at the Golden Globes

Demi Moore’s Big Win

Possibly the most emotional and celebrated win of the night was The Substance.’

Whether it came because the Globes loves to A) reward a big star and B) can’t resist a comeback story, Moore’s award was nevertheless deserved thanks to her committed, prosthetics-heavy work in Coralie Fargeat’s story of beauty and paranoia.

Her speech was heartfelt and pointed all at once:

“Thirty years ago I had a producer tell me I was a popcorn actress and at that time I made that mean that I wasn’t allowed to have this, that I could do movies that were successful and made a lot of money but that I wouldn’t be acknowledged, and I bought in and I believed that. A few years ago I thought that this was it, maybe I’ve done what I was supposed to do and then I had this magical bold courageous out of the box absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called ‘The Substance’ and the universe told me you’re not done.”

Moore’s family –– including daughter Rumer Willis –– erupted with joy while watching at home, which you can see below via Instagram.

 

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Awkward Presentations

It wouldn’t be the Golden Globes –– or indeed any awards ceremony –– without a few clunkers on the presentation front. This year’s ceremony included an odd camera angle (which Seth Rogen commented on).

Margaret Qualley could only muster a smattering of laughs joking about ‘The Substance.’

But there was also the reliable likes of Jennifer Coolidge who… well, see for yourself.

Diesel Power

Falling somewhere between funny and entirely awkward (as always) on the presentation side was Fast & Furious’ franchise.

Diesel took the stage and immediately referenced Dwayne Johnson, with whom he’s famously been in a feud (though it seems to have thawed in recent times). “Hey Dwayne…”

The Rock gave no response save his megawatt smile (he’d previously scored a big laugh introducing the first award of the night and referring to how they used some of his chest hair for A Complete Unknown,’) but the level of tension certainly revved up a touch.

Fernanda Torres’ Family Affair

Fernanda Torres was a somewhat surprising (yet worthy) winner for the non-English language Brazilian drama ‘I’m Still Here.’

Taking the stage to collect Lead Actress in a Drama, Torres referenced her mother, who was nominated for the same trophy for her role in ‘Central Station’ more than two decades ago.

“She was here 25 years ago, and this is proof that art can endure through life, even in difficult moments like this. ‘I’m Still Here’ is a film that can help us to think how to survive in tough times.”

Kathy Bates Comically Tears Her Acceptance Speech

‘Shōgun.’

The veteran actor was naturally ive of Sawai and applauded her win, and has Sawai took the stage, Bates was glimpsed tearing up her now-unnecessary acceptance speech, albeit with more good humor.

Bates needn’t worry –– since ‘Matlock’ has already been renewed for Season 2, she’ll have other chances. And it’s not like she doesn’t already have an Oscar on her mantle.

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‘Flow’ Sailed to Success

With some hefty competition, including this year’s most successful box office release, ‘Flow’ was the slightly surprising winner in the Animated Film category.

Not because it isn’t good –– it certainly is –– but because it hadn’t enjoyed quite the exposure of, say, The Wild Robot.’

Writer/director (and various other tasks) Gints Zilbalodis paid tribute to his collaborators:

“This film is made by a very small, young but ionate team in a place where there isn’t a big film industry. This is the first time that a film from Latvia has been here, so this is huge for us. This is a very personal story for me because I used to work alone. I made all my films myself but this time I worked with a team and just like the cat in ‘Flow,’ I had to learn how to trust others, how to collaborate, how to overcome our differences and I think it’s very important to this nowadays, more than ever.”

TV Was Largely Repeats

Arriving in the wake of the Emmys, Globes voters largely went for much of the same people/series.

‘Jessica Gunning nabbing Best ing Female Actor.

‘Shōgun’ was also triumphant once again, nabbing three awards, while ‘Jean Smart once again.

Such was the lack of surprise at ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere.’)

What Does This All Mean Going Forward?

It was certainly a better night for the Globes than 2024, though while the success of winners such as ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ and actors including Moore and Stan don’t necessarily point to potential Oscar chances (the Globes traditionally don’t have a great track record of predicting the bigger awards), it was at least less embarrassing.

There remains a whiff of unfortunate corporate influence and some questions over the validity of the voting process, but this was by all reasonable metrics, a success.

Full List of Film Nominations and Winners Below:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• ‘The Brutalist’ - WINNER
• ‘A Complete Unknown’
• ‘Conclave’
• ‘Dune: Part Two’
• ‘Nickel Boys’
• ‘September 5’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• The Last Showgirl’
• Maria’
• Babygirl’
• The Room Next Door’
• I’m Still Here’ - WINNER
• Lee’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ - WINNER
• Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’
• Queer’
• Sing Sing’
• Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
• The Apprentice’

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• ‘Anora’
• ‘Challengers’
• ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER
• ‘A Real Pain’
• ‘The Substance’
• ‘Wicked’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Nightbitch’
• Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
• Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’
• Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
• Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’ - WINNER
• Zendaya, ‘Challengers’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
• Heretic’
• Saturday Night’
• Kinds of Kindness’
• Hit Man’
• Sebastian Stan, ‘A Different Man’ - WINNER

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• ‘Flow’ - WINNER
• ‘Inside Out 2’
• ‘Memoir of a Snail’
• ‘Moana 2’
• ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
• ‘The Wild Robot’

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• ‘All We Imagine as Light’
• ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER
• ‘The Girl with the Needle’
• ‘I’m Still Here’
• ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
• ‘Vermiglio’

Best Performance by an Actress in a ing Role in Any Motion Picture

• Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
• Selena Gomez, ‘Emilia Pérez’
• Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’
• Margaret Qualley, ‘The Substance’
• Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’
• Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a ing Role in Any Motion Picture

• Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’
• Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’ - WINNER
• Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’
• Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’
• Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice’
• Gladiator II’

Best Director – Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
• Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
• Edward Berger, ‘Conclave’
• Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’ - WINNER
• Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
• Payal Kapadia, ‘All We Imagine as Light’

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
• Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, ‘The Brutalist’
• Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
• Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
• Peter Straughan, ‘Conclave’ - WINNER

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• Volker Bertelmann, ‘Conclave’
• Daniel Blumberg, ‘The Brutalist’
• Kris Bowers, ‘The Wild Robot’
• Clément Ducol, Camille, ‘Emilia Pérez’
• Atticus Ross, ‘Challengers’ - WINNER
• Hans Zimmer, Dune: ‘Part Two’

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• “Beautiful That Way,” ‘The Last Showgirl’
• “Compress/Repress,” ‘Challengers’
• “El Mal,” ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER
• “Forbidden Road,” ‘Better Man’
• “Kiss The Sky,” ‘The Wild Robot’
• “Mi Camino,” ‘Emilia Pérez’

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• ‘Alien: Romulus’
• ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
• ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
• ‘Gladiator II’
• ‘Inside Out 2’
• ‘Twisters’
• ‘Wicked’ - WINNER
• ‘The Wild Robot’

Full List of TV Nominations and Winners Below:

Best Television Series – Drama

• ‘The Diplomat’
• ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
• ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
• ‘Squid Game’
• ‘Slow Horses’
• ‘The Day of the Jackal’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

• Matlock’
• House of the Dragon’
• Maya Erskine, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
• Black Doves’
• Anna Sawai, ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
• Keri Russell, ‘The Diplomat’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Donald Glover, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
• Presumed Innocent’
• Gary Oldman, ‘Slow Horses’
• Eddie Redmayne, ‘The Day of the Jackal’
• Hiroyuki Sanada, ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
• Landman’

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• ‘Abbott Elementary’
• ‘The Bear’
• ‘The Gentlemen’
• ‘Hacks’ - WINNER
• ‘Nobody Wants This’
• ‘Only Murders in the Building’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Kristen Bell, ‘Nobody Wants This’
• Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary’
• Ayo Edebiri, ‘The Bear’
• Selena Gomez, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
• Agatha All Along’
• Jean Smart, ‘Hacks’ - WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Adam Brody, ‘Nobody Wants This’
• A Man on the Inside’
• Steve Martin, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
• Shrinking’
• Martin Short, ‘Only Murders in the Building’
• Jeremy Allen White, ‘The Bear’ - WINNER

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• ‘Baby Reindeer’ - WINNER
• ‘Disclaimer’
• ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
• ‘The Penguin’
• ‘Ripley’
• ‘True Detective: Night Country’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Cate Blanchett, ‘Disclaimer’
• Jodie Foster, ‘True Detective: Night Country’ - WINNER
• Cristin Milioti, ‘The Penguin’
• Griselda’
• Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’
• Kate Winslet, ‘The Regime’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Colin Farrell, ‘The Penguin’ - WINNER
• Richard Gadd, ‘Baby Reindeer’
• Kevin Kline, ‘Disclaimer’
• Cooper Koch, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
• A Gentleman in Moscow’
• Andrew Scott, ‘Ripley’

Best Performance by an Actress in a ing Role on Television

• Liza Colón-Zayas, ‘The Bear’
• Hannah Einbinder, ‘Hacks’
• Dakota Fanning, ‘Ripley’
• Jessica Gunning, ‘Baby Reindeer’ - WINNER
• Allison Janney, ‘The Diplomat’
• Kali Reis, ‘True Detective: Night Country’

Best Performance by an Actor in a ing Role on Television

• Tadanobu Asano, ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
• Javier Bardem, Monsters: ‘The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
• Harrison Ford, ‘Shrinking’
• Jack Lowden, ‘Slow Horses’
• La Maquina’
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach, ‘The Bear’

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

• What Had Happened Was’
• Someday You’ll Die’
• Dad Man Walking’
• Adam Sandler, ‘Love You’
• Single Lady’ - WINNER
• More Feelings’