‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ dominate at the Golden Globes
Golden Globes spread the award love around and honor boldly anti-commercial ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez,’ leaving Oscar race up for grabs.
CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ were the big winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture in both their categories in addition to other major prizes.
- Comebacks and upsets were the theme of the evening, as Demi Moore won her first award ever and surprise winners captured other categories.
- Following last year’s disastrous hosting gig by Jo Koy, stand-up comic Nikki Glaser steadied the ship with a smooth, funny, if unspectacular performance as emcee.
‘Wicked’ were largely shut out, while other major prizes went to a variety of smaller independent releases.
‘The Brutalist’ walked away with Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for Zoe Saldana, Best Original Song for ‘El Mal,’ and Best International Motion Picture.
Neither film is what one might first think of as popular cineplex fare. ‘The Brutalist’ is a 3 ½ hour period epic about a brilliant architect and Holocaust survivor who struggles to find his place after landing in America following World War II, while ‘Emilia Perez’ is a musical about a Mexican cartel boss who transitions into a woman. ‘The Brutalist’ is just finding its way into theaters now, while ‘Emilia Perez’ has been streaming on Netflix since November. “We were told the film was undistributable, that no one would go see it,” said Corbet as he accepted Best Motion Picture. “No one was asking for 3 ½ hour film about a designer on 70mm. But it works.”
Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Those two films all but dominated the Globes, with other major awards going to ‘Demi Moore for Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy).
Moore, winning her first award of any kind in her long career, gave an imioned and emotional speech in which she all but itted that she never thought her work would receive any sort of acknowledgement beyond her ability to sell tickets:
“In those moments when we don’t think we are smart enough or pretty enough, or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me just know you will never be enough you can know the measure of your work if you just put down the measuring stick.”
She also revealed that she thought her best days as an actor might be behind her, a fear echoed by Adrien Brody in his equally emotional acceptance speech. “There was a time when I thought this would not be afforded to me again,” said the actor, who won an The Pianist.”
Sebastian Stan at the 82ND Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rousing speeches were among the highlights of the night, with Stan also acknowledging the difficulty of making films like ‘A Different Man’ and the Donald Trump biopic ‘Jon M. Chu, accepting the Globes’ award for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement – most popular movie, in other words – for ‘Wicked,’ insisted on “how important making this stuff is, when pessimism and cynicism rule the planet right now.”
Aside from that award, ‘Wicked’ was shut out of other major prizes, as were Oscar favorites like ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ the latter one of the few awards of the night which seemingly has a lock on an Oscar win as well.
On the TV side, ‘Colin Farrell, as widely expected, did earn the award for Best Male Actor – Limited Series for his portrayal of the title Gotham City crime boss.
Host Nikki Glaser at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
As for the Golden Globes show itself, host and stand-up comic Jo Koy, although Glaser did pull back on her usual raunchier fare with a succession of funny, if somewhat predictable, jokes about various of the star-studded audience. But she proved herself more than capable of working what can be an often tough and raucous room.
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Full List of Film Nominations:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Brady Corbet accepts the award for Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘The Brutalist’ - WINNER
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Conclave’
- ‘Dune: Part Two’
- ‘Nickel Boys’
- ‘September 5’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Fernanda Torres accepts the award for Female Actor - Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- The Last Showgirl’
- Maria’
- Babygirl’
- The Room Next Door’
- I’m Still Here’ - WINNER
- Lee’
I'm Still Here
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Adrien Brody accepts the award for Male Actor - Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ - WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Queer’
- Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
- The Apprentice’
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Anora’
- ‘Challengers’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER
- ‘A Real Pain’
- ‘The Substance’
- ‘Wicked’
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Demi Moore accepts the award for Female Actor - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Nightbitch’
- Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
- Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
- Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’ - WINNER
- Zendaya, ‘Challengers’
The Substance
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sebastian Stan accepts the award for Male Actor - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
- Heretic’
- Saturday Night’
- Kinds of Kindness’
- Hit Man’
- Sebastian Stan, ‘A Different Man’ - WINNER
A Different Man
Best Motion Picture – Animated
(L to R) Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens of Flow accepts the award for Motion Picture - Animated at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
( L to R) Interpretar Abla Kandalaft and Jacques Audiard accepts the award for Motion Picture - Non-English Language at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
Zoe Saldana at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Kieran Culkin accepts the award for Male ing Actor - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Brady Corbet accepts the award for Director Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Peter Straughan accepts the award for Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Conclave
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
(L to R) Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor accepts the award for Original Score - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
(L to R) Camille and Clément Ducol accepts the award for Original Song - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- “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
Jon M. Chu accepts the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Alien: Romulus’
- ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
- ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
- ‘Gladiator II’
- ‘Inside Out 2’
- ‘Twisters’
- ‘Wicked’ - WINNER
- ‘The Wild Robot’
Full List of TV Nominations:
Best Television Series – Drama
Justin Marks accepts the award for TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
Anna Sawai accepts the award for Female Actor - TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for Male Actor - TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Paul W. Downs accepts the award for TV Series - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
Jean Smart at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Jeremy Allen White in 'The Bear.' Photo: Courtesy of FX.
- 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
Richard Gadd accepts the award for Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
Jodie Foster accepts the award for Female Actor - Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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 accepts the award for Male Actor - Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Jessica Gunning accepts the award for Female ing Actor - Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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 accepts the award for Male ing Actor - Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- 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
Ali Wong accepts the award for Stand-up Comedy Performance at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- What Had Happened Was’
- Someday You’ll Die’
- Dad Man Walking’
- Adam Sandler, ‘Love You’
- Single Lady’ - WINNER
- More Feelings’
CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Don Kaye and Jami Philbrick contributed to this article.
