The 2025 Golden Globes have drawn to a close after a glittering night in Los Angeles, crowning the best of the past year’s TV and film.
The nominees were announced on 9 December, with divisive musical crime comedy Emilia Peréz leading the pack at 10 nominations, while Hulu’s The Bear dominated the TV categories.
On the night, it was FX’s Japan-set period drama Shogun that came out on top, winning all four awards it was nominated for.
In the film categories, The Brutalist, which was hailed a “masterpiece” after its festival premiere, took home some of the biggest awards of the evening including Adrien Brody’s victory for Best Actor in a Drama.
Emilia Pérez, too, took home four awards including a surprise win in the Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy category.
Awards darling The Bear was largely snubbed for once with just one prize for Jeremy Allen White’s role – his third consecutive Globe.
Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser made history as the first woman to host the awards solo. She was widely praised for jokes that were funny without bruising any egos.
Golden Globes 2025
- The full list of winners
- Nikki Glaser’s condemned for ‘gross’ Diddy joke
- Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing Golden Globe to Zoe Saldaña
Watch Demi Moore’s daughters celebrate her Globes win
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Ellie Harrison
The Substance star Moore took home the prize for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, beating competition from Challengers’ Zendaya and Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo.
In her rousing acceptance speech, Moore said it was the first major award of her 45-year career, so it’s no wonder her daughters were so proud:
Watch Demi Moore's daughters celebrate her #GoldenGlobes win!https://t.co/PVCGziWQI9 pic.twitter.com/zJq0pQGqeq
— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 6, 2025
Let the lip-reading experts loose on this one
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Ellie Harrison
What on earth were these two icons talking about? Jodie Foster’s win? That awkward Diddy joke? How Nicole Kidman got her hair to do what it’s doing? We can only speculate wildly...
Nicole Kidman is *locking in* to this intense conversation with Jodie Foster during the Golden Globes commercial break pic.twitter.com/6uQmC076h6
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) January 6, 2025
Was a joke about Ryan Gosling censored from the broadcast?
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Ellie Harrison
It seems as though one gag made by Seth Rogen at the Golden Globes might have been edited out of the show. Annabel Nugent reports
The Golden Globes are back, proving Hollywood loves nothing more than a well-timed reboot
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Ellie Harrison
Read about all the biggest moments of the night, from our LA correspondent Kevin E G Perry, here...
Demi Moore delivered one of the best speeches of the night
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Ellie Harrison
The star of The Substance opened up about a negative comment she received early in her career, and admitted she was “at a low point” when the script for the horror movie, written by Coralie Fargeat, found its way to her.
And the award for best loser of the night goes to...
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Ellie Harrison
...Selena Gomez, who was more than graceful in her response to losing out to Zoe Saldaña.
ICYMI: Nikki Glaser condemned for ‘gross’ Diddy joke
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Ellie Harrison
The comedian’s performance was mostly gentle, apart from a misjudged Diddy joke that did not go down well with viewers.
Comment: Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser played it just safe enough. It turned her into the night’s big winner
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Tom Murray
The first-time host may have had to walk a fine line but she pulled it off without a wobble, writes Kevin E G Perry.
Emilia Pérez closes out the night with shock win
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Tom Murray
Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was the surprise victor in the Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy category.
Wicked was expected to win award over competition from Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain andThe Substance.
“This is a very tricky category to call,” wrote The Independent’s Adam White ahead of the ceremony. “Will the Globes go for Wicked, if only because it made so much money? Or will they go for The Substance, a surreal and gonzo piece of Eurotrash with A-list American stars, even if it’s not really a comedy? It’s certainly less funny than the not exactly laugh-out-loud Challengers, which walks over the rest of the films in this category in terms of sheer spectacle and fun.
“Why isn’t the thrilling Zendaya love triangle movie sweeping Oscar season? Putting that complaint aside, though, our money is on Wicked.”
Seth Rogen says what everyone’s thinking
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Tom Murray
Seth Rogen voiced a complaint about the new camera angles at the 2025 Golden Globes.
“Hello,” Rogen said, addressing the room. “I wanna start by saying this whole angled camera thing is very weird. It’s inelegant, it’s strange.
“This whole half of the room can see my bald spot; I would’ve filled that in,” he quipped, pointing to the audience behind him. “I said no, and I regret that now completely.”
Rogen’s note was praised by viewers on X/Twitter, with one lauding him for “finally calling out the awkward camera angles I’ve been complaining about all night.”
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Adrien Brody wins Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama for ‘The Brutalist'
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Tom Murray
In what many predict will set the tone for the Oscars, Adrien Brody has picked up his first award of the season for The Brutalist.
The Independent’s Louis Chilton predicted that Timothée Chalamet would win for his turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, but that Brody should win for his work in The Brutalist.
“There’s no clear favourite in this strong category, but I’m going to plump for Chalamet — you’d be a fool to bet against a glossy music biopic at an event like this,” he wrote.
“His turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown has drawn no small amount of praise. But it’s Brody’s breathtaking comeback in The Brutalist, playing a troubled Jewish-Hungarian architect who immigrates to America, that most deserves this award.”
Fernanda Torres becomes the first Brazilian to win Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama at the Golden Globes
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Tom Murray
Fernanda Torres makes history with her win for I’m Still Here, beating out competition from heavyweights Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) and Kate Winslet.
The Independent’s Adam White predicted Kidman would win what was supposed to be a dead heat between her and Jolie. “This feels a bit like a two-horse race between Jolie and Kidman: two glamorous veterans long adored by Globes voters and doing their best work in years,” he wrote. “But we give the edge to Kidman for her provocative and daring performance as a sexually restless tech CEO embroiled in a BDSM love affair.”
‘Baby Reindeer’ wins Best Limited Series
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Tom Murray
Richard Gadd accepted the award for Best Limited Series for his controversial, autobiographical series Baby Reindeer.
The Independent’s Louis Chilton predicted the Netflix show would reign victorious, writing: “Since the initial blizzard of popularity and glowing reviews, comedian Richard Gadd’s autobiographical miniseries has been caught in a maelstrom of controversy. (The woman claiming to have inspired the character of Martha, Gadd’s obsessed stalker, is currently suing Netflix for defamation.)
“It’s all rather messy, but Baby Reindeer’s willingness to embrace messiness — to indulge complicated moral grey areas without simplifying or euphemising — is one of its very finest qualities. It makes all the other nominees here look rather tame and straightforward by comparison.”
Demi Moore shares hurtful comment that ‘corroded’ her for 30 years in Golden Globe winner speech
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Tom Murray
The Hollywood star won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in The Substance, the French body horror sleeper hit that had cinemagoers running for the doors.
“I’ve been doing this a long time — like over 45 years — and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor,” she told the crowd, before opening up about the fact she considered quitting the industry before being cast in The Substance.
“30 years ago, I had a producer tell me I was a popcorn actress and, at that time, I made that mean this wasn’t something I was allowed to have. That I could do movies that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged, and I bought in and I believed that.”
Moore said this thought “corroded” her to the extent that she “thought a couple of years ago that maybe this was it, maybe Iwas complete, that I had done what I was supposed to do”.
The actor said she was “at a low point” when the script for The Substance, written by Coralie Fargeat, found its way to her. “The universe told me, ‘You are not done,’” Moore said.
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Video: Demi Moore chokes up at first-ever Golden Globes win for The Substance
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Tom Murray
Nikki Glaser wins fans on social media with ‘masterclass’ hosting performance
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Tom Murray
Viewers are heaping praise on host Nikki Glaser for her hilarious but restrained jokes about the celebrities in the room.
“Caught Nikki Glazer’s #GoldenGlobes monologue online. She has the right energy and perspective. She’s not afraid of the stars but doesn’t hate them. She’s not one of them so she can make fun of them but not destroy them. Also she put in the effort and worked hard at it unlike others in the past,” wrote one person.
“Clapped for Nikki Glazer in my living room after the ‘hardest working actors in show business - and by that I mean your servers’ bit,” wrote another.
“From Disasterclass to Masterclass,” said a third, referencing Jo Koy’s widely mocked hosting job last year.
Brady Corbet wins Best Director — Motion Picture and sends his condolences to Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena’s families
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Tom Murray
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet said his heart was with Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena’s family after the late director was found dead last week, aged 47.
Plaza’s representatives said in a statement: “The family is devastated and asks for privacy at this difficult time.”
Fans think Zendaya might be engaged...
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Tom Murray
Zendaya arrived at the 2025 Golden Globes with a massive diamond ring on her ring finger. The 28-year-old has been dating Tom Holland for four years.
Outside The Beverly Hilton hotel, Zendaya posed in front of the cameras, flashing an oval diamond set on a thin gold band. There is no word on whether the ring could be for an engagement — and possible future wedding — but it was spotted by cameras and social media users.
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Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing Golden Globe to Zoe Saldaña
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Tom Murray
Selena Gomez is receiving praise for her response to losing at the Golden Globes to her co-star Zoe Saldaña.
Gomez was nominated in two categories – Best Supporting Actress for her role in divisive Netflix musical Emilia Pérez and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Only Murders in the Building.
However, Gomez lost in the former category to her fellow co-host Saldaña, who herself beat category favourite Ariana Grande, who had been nominated for Wicked.
Gomez was overjoyed for her co-star, though, and showing she had no problem with losing, stood up and jumped up and down, applauding as Saldaña graced the stage.
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Demi Moore wins ‘first ever’ award in acting career for ‘The Substance'
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Tom Murray
Demi Moore has won Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in The Substance.
“I’ve been doing this for 45 years and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor,” while it’s not strictly true, it is Moore’s first major award win in her career.
The Independent’s Louis Chilton predicted Mikey Madison would win for Anora.
“This category has several deserving winners this year — Zendaya deserves recognition for her stunning turn as the lone woman in Challengers‘ messy tennis love triangle, as does Demi Moore, who was haunting and unexpected in the maximalist body horror The Substance,” wrote Chilton.
“But it’s hard to see anyone beating Madison, who emerged from relative obscurity (unless you’re a Better Things fan, that is) to electrify Anora every minute she’s on screen. This category is Musical or Comedy, after all, and Madison’s Ani is by far the funniest performance on this list.”
Video: Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser's best jokes from 2025 ceremony
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Tom Murray
Glen Powell and Nikki Glaser flirt during Golden Globes
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Tom Murray
Glaser spoke to CNN last week, confessing that she thinks the 36-year-old Top Gun: Maverick star is “hot.”
Powell belatedly responded to the comedian’s praise during the Golden Globes red carpet on January 5, telling CNN: “Nikki, I feel the same way. You won the genetic lottery (and) you’re funny as hell.”
Later, during her opening monologue, Glaser teased Powell, joking that she would see him later that night.
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Jodie Foster wins Best Actress in a Limited Series
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Tom Murray
Jodie Foster won her category for her role in True Detective: Night Country, just as The Independent’s Adam White predicted.
“The Wolf of Wall Street’s Cristin Milioti was the breakout surprise of the DC Comics show The Penguin, playing a furious and psychopathic heiress to a mob fortune,” wrote White.
“It’s annoyingly likely that she’ll be overlooked here, though, in favour of one of the bigger names in this star-stacked category. We just about give the edge to Jodie Foster, though, for working wonders in a True Detective revival that became increasingly baffling as it went on.”
‘Emilia Pérez' wins Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language
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Tom Murray
Emilia Pérez takes home its second Globe of the night for Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language.
Watch live: Golden Globes 2025 winners speak backstage
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Tom Murray
Nikki Glaser criticized for ‘gross’ Diddy joke
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Tom Murray
Glaser made several safe jokes about this year’s nominees and generated huge laughter from the crowd — but one joke didn’t land so well.
After previously saying she would keep her opening monologue relatively safe, Glaser did find space for a quip about the scandal involving rapper and music mogul Diddy, which she addressed to Dune star Zendaya.
“Zendaya, you were incredible in Dune,” she said, adding: “Oh my God, I woke up for all of your scenes. You were so good... and Challengers, girl? Oh my God! That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card, I mean seriously.”
She continued: “I’m sorry, I’m upset too. The afterparty is not going to be as good this year, but we have to move on. I know a Stanley Tucci freak off doesn’t have the same ring to it. No baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.”
The crowd of A-listers in the room sighed and groaned at the joke that has been branded “gross” and “crazy” by viewers.
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Winners list in full — updated live
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Tom Murray
Struggling to keep up already? The Independent has you covered with the winners list in full — updating live.
Read it here:
Kieran Culkin wins Best Supporting Actor
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Kieran Culkin wins Best Supporting Actor for his role in Jesse Eisenburg’s A Real Pain.
Culkin won a Golden Globe last year for his work on Succession, playing media empire heir Roman Roy.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively ‘to skip’ Golden Globes
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Tom Murray
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively will not attend tonight’s Golden Globe Awards, according to reports.
Reynolds’s film Deadpool & Wolverine is nominated in the category of Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
However, Deadline reports that neither Reynolds or his co-star Hugh Jackman will attend the ceremony.
Reynolds’s wife Lively is currently in the midst of a legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
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Zoe Saldaña takes home first award of the night
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Tom Murray
Zoe Saldaña wins the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Perez.
She may also win the award for most emotional acceptance speech of the night...
‘Ozempic’s biggest night’ — Nikki Glaser gets ceremony underway
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Tom Murray
Nikki Glaser pulled no punches as she kicked off the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, telling the A-List audience that the award show was “Ozempic’s biggest night.”
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Emma Stone debuts pixie cut
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Tom Murray
Emma Stone looked very different on the Golden Globes red carpet as she debuted a new pixie cut.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia star showed off her new cropped hairstyle alongside a bold red dress.
It comes after fans speculated Stone had shaved her head for the Greek director’s latest film, which filmed back in October.
The most daring looks on the red carpet
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Tom Murray
Every year, celebrities collaborate with designers and stylists to create one-of-a-kind outfits or pull from elite archives. However, not everyone manages to hit the sartorial mark...
Andrew Scott took a risk with his bright blue suit and matching tie while Matty Matheson stepped out in funky, Western-esque suiting complete with a bolo tie and loafers with stitched stars over the top.
See all the most daring looks — updated live — here:
Glen Powell meets the winner of his lookalike contest on the Golden Globes red carpet
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Tom Murray
No, you’re not seeing double. After offering the winner of his lookalike contest the chance to give their parents a cameo in one of his forthcoming films, Powell met the lucky doppelganger at the Golden Globes.
The contest was won by Maxwell Braunstein, a physician’s assistant in Austin. He took home “a whopping $5, a cowboy hat, free queso from Torchy’s for a year, and a thumbs up from the real Glen Powell’s mom,” according to Fox 7.
Don’t get it twisted, #GlenPowell loved meeting his look-alike. #GoldenGlobes #AwardsSeason pic.twitter.com/Du56baTThm
— E! News (@enews) January 5, 2025
Watch: Stars begin to arrive at 2025 Golden Globes red carpet
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Tom Murray
Wallace and Gromit have arrived on the red carpet
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Tom Murray
The arrival everyone was waiting for... Directors and creators Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham held the figurines of Wallace and Gromit as they stepped onto the red carpet.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl arrived on Netflix this week and immediately debuted with a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Best dressed stars on the red carpet
Sunday 5 January 2025 23:43
Tom Murray
Stars are filtering onto the red carpet already, showing off an array of bedazzled outfits.
Ali Wong looked as if she was swimming in red chiffon seaweed with her floor-length gown while Glen Powell stepped out in Top Gun style with aviator sunglasses and a sleek black suit.
Follow along with our best dressed list — updating live — here:
The 2025 Golden Globes gift bag is worth $1 million — here’s everything inside
Sunday 5 January 2025 23:21
Roisin O'Connor
Demi Moore: ‘I had to let go of any parts of me that value perfection’
Sunday 5 January 2025 23:01
Roisin O'Connor
For her Oscar-tipped role in Coralie Fargeat’s satirical body-horror thriller ‘The Substance’, the actor tackles stardom, ageing and full-frontal nudity. Adam White talks to her, along with Fargeat and her co-star Margaret Qualley
REVIEW: Amy Adams deserves better than the dog’s dinner that is Nightbitch
Sunday 5 January 2025 22:41
Roisin O'Connor
This adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s magical realist bestseller is toothless and emotionally pat, and bears all the insight of a motivational poster, writes critic Clarisse Loughrey
Host Nikki Glaser tells ‘The Independent’ she’s ‘ready'
Sunday 5 January 2025 22:37
Tom Murray
Asked about her nerves ahead of the show, host Glaser said: “I’m excited to finally tell these jokes in front of a crowd who they are meant for. I’m ready.
“I feel like I’m 42 weeks pregnant. I need this baby to come.”
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Hello and welcome to The Independent’s Golden Globes live blog!
Sunday 5 January 2025 22:34
Tom Murray
Hello! We’re less than an hour away from the Golden Globes red carpet coverage officially kicking off. Hosts Ashley Graham and Jonathan Van Ness have already arrived in full glam. Follow along with us for all the updates — including the best and most daringly dressed stars on the red carpet.
TRAILER: Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
Sunday 5 January 2025 22:21
Roisin O'Connor
REVIEW: The Wicked movie is fun and well acted – but why does it look so terrible?
Sunday 5 January 2025 22:01
Roisin O'Connor
Who will win at the 2025 Golden Globes, and who should win
Sunday 5 January 2025 21:40
Roisin O'Connor
Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, Louis Chilton and Adam White have surveyed the major categories at the Globes to determine which films and TV shows will reign supreme, from ‘The Substance’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ to ‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘Anora’
VIDEO: Watch Taylor Swift’s reaction to Jo Koy NFL joke at the 2024 Golden Globes
Sunday 5 January 2025 21:21
Roisin O'Connor
Who is Nikki Glaser’s boyfriend? Everything we know about Chris Convy and her dating history
Sunday 5 January 2025 21:01
Roisin O'Connor
Comedian and Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser and her boyfriend, Chris Convy, have been in an on-and-off relationship for over a decade.
The two first met in 2013 while working together on Glaser’s MTV show Nikki & Sara Live, where Convy, a producer, was part of the team. Their chemistry began behind the scenes, though their relationship didn’t develop right away.
“We met in New York… He was a producer on the show and he was from St. Louis, where I was from,” Glaser shared in an October 2022 interview with Graham Bensinger. She recalled that Convy’s confidence and humor initially made her assume he was a drinker, but she later discovered he didn’t drink at all — a revelation that deepened her interest. “I just had a crush from afar… It was very Jim and Pam [from The Office]. I was Jim, and he had no idea.”
Full story:
Golden Globe nominations 2025: The full list of movies and TV shows
Sunday 5 January 2025 20:40
Roisin O'Connor
REVIEW: Daniel Craig is marvellous in the erotic, agonising fever dream of Queer
Sunday 5 January 2025 20:21
Roisin O'Connor
Luca Guadagnino follows up his triumphant tennis drama ‘Challengers’ with another tale of seduction and desire, writes critic Clarisse Loughrey
VIDEO: Emilia Perez teaser trailer
Sunday 5 January 2025 20:01
Roisin O'Connor
Cheer up, Ricky Gervais fans – Nikki Glaser is the perfect Golden Globes host
Sunday 5 January 2025 19:41
Roisin O'Connor
The stand-up comedian had a breakout
