Hollywood is preparing for its first awards ceremony of 2025 with a star-studded list of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards.
The annual event recognizes both film and television hits. This year’s awards is set to take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on Sunday.
Nominees were announced on December 9 with the divisive Emilia Peréz leading the pack at 10 nominations, while Hulu’s The Bear dominated the TV categories.
Films in contention for trophies include hit musical Wicked, Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora and Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist, which was hailed a “masterpiece” after its festival premiere. The latter received seven nominations.
Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser makes history as the first woman to solo host the Golden Globes. Her appointment comes after Jo Koy became the last-minute 2024 host, delivering a widely panned performance. This year’s presenters also include We Live in Time star Andrew Garfield, Parks and Recreation actor Aubrey Plaza and The Substance’s Demi Moore.
The Awards will be broadcast on CBS, and US audiences can stream the show on Paramount+. There is no official channel to watch the ceremony in the UK.
Golden Globes 2025
Can Nikki Glaser be the new Ricky Gervais and give Hollywood the roasting it deserves?
Saturday 4 January 2025 21:08
Kevin Perry
Last May, Nikki Glaser tackled the greatest quarterback in the history of American football and made herself a star in the process. Even comedy greats were impressed by Glaser’s roast of Tom Brady.
“No one is gonna do a better roast set than that,” Conan O’Brien told her, adding that all future roasts will be measured against it. “Where is it on the Nikki Glaser scale? ‘It’s a 6.2.’ That’s pretty good, but it’s not her 10.”
Where will her Golden Globes set measure on the Glaser scale? Read on for more:
Nikki Glaser says she’s so ready to host the Golden Globes she feels ‘42 weeks pregnant’
Saturday 4 January 2025 20:49
Kevin Perry
Exclusive: The stand-up comedian and actress tells The Independent that she’s excited to deliver her jokes “in front of the crowd they were meant for”
The 2025 Golden Globes gift bag is worth $1 million — here’s everything inside
Saturday 4 January 2025 20:00
Kevin Perry
The contents of the 2025 Golden Globes gift bag has been revealed. This year, the famously opulent gift bag that’s given to nominees has doubled in value, boasting $1 million-worth of gifts.
Here’s what’s inside:
Ricky Gervais on the jokes he’d tell if he were hosting this year
Saturday 4 January 2025 19:00
Kevin Perry
Five-time Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais has revealed how he’d kick off his monologue if he had Nikki Glaser’s job this year, writing on social media:
“Hello, and welcome to the 82nd Golden Globe awards. What a year it’s been. Hundreds of entertainers jumped at the chance to go to The Vatican to meet The Pope. Many from Hollywood. Obviously they weren’t content with only being part of the second biggest paedo ring in the world…”
Read more of Gervais’s non-PC jokes here:
When and how to watch the Golden Globes
Saturday 4 January 2025 18:00
Jacob Stolworthy
This year’s ceremony comes three years after its 2022 ceremony was boycotted following a 2021 exposé by the Los Angeles Times, accusing its voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), of a lack of diversity.
The organization has since reformed, expelling problematic voters and expanding its membership from around 85 to 300, including 10 percent Black representation.
Saturday 4 January 2025 17:00
Jacob Stolworthy
Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb have hit back at the 2025 Golden Globe nominations, claiming Wicked director Jon M. Chu was snubbed.
During an episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna on Monday (December 9), the two TV hosts discussed the Golden Globes nominations, which were announced earlier that morning. Kotb prefaced that both she and her colleague were “angry” about the topic, before noting that it was on their “jangily list.”
Can Nikki Glaser give Hollywood the roasting it deserves?
Saturday 4 January 2025 16:00
Jacob Stolworthy
“Historically, the Golden Globes tended to either go without a host or simply pair a couple of good-looking actors. That changed in 2010 when The Office co-creator Ricky Gervais took over the gig and decided to use the opportunity to goad and mock Hollywood stars,” writes Kevin EG Perry.
“Glaser is set to continue in that no-holds-barred lineage. Last month, she revealed she’d approached Gervais for advice about how to nail the gig, telling CBS: “His advice was just: ‘Be yourself. You’re not one of them. Don’t try to walk out acting like you’re an A-lister, just because you’re invited.’”
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Video: Golden Globes 2025 nominations see Ariana Grande and Glen Powell up for first awards
Saturday 4 January 2025 08:01
Tom Murray
Who are the nominees?
Saturday 4 January 2025 07:05
Tom Murray
Films in contention for trophies at the forthcoming ceremony include Jon M. Chu’s hit musical Wicked, Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora and Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist, which was hailed a “masterpiece” after its Venice Film Festival premiere. The latter received seven nominations.
Edward Berger’s religious drama Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, has also received several nominations, as has Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars nominees Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton. But it was French director Jacques Audiard’s divisive musical drama Emilia Pérez that led the pack, with 10 nominations.
Meanwhile, in the TV categories, The Penguin, Baby Reindeer, Slow Horses and Shōgun have all received recognition — but The Bear was the most nominated series, garnering five.
Find the full list of nominees here.
Who is presenting?
Saturday 4 January 2025 06:03
Tom Murray
Presenters for the 82nd Annual Golden Globes include the following stars: Andrew Garfield, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ramos, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana DeBose, Aubrey Plaza, Auliʻi Cravalho, Awkwafina, Brandi Carlile, Catherine O’Hara, Colin Farrell, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Dwayne Johnson, Édgar Ramírez, Elton John, Gal Gadot, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Coolidge, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Washington, Margaret Qualley, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Keaton, Michelle Yeoh, Miles Teller, Mindy Kaling, Morris Chestnut, Nate Bargatze, Nicolas Cage, Rachel Brosnahan, Rob McElhenney, Salma Hayek Pinault, Sarah Paulson, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis, and Zoë Kravitz.
How to watch the ceremony
Saturday 4 January 2025 05:01
Tom Murray
The awards show will be airing live on CBS. U.S. viewers will also have the ability to stream it on Paramount+. Once again, there is no official channel where you can watch the ceremony live in the U.K.
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Can Nikki Glaser give Hollywood the roasting it deserves?
Saturday 4 January 2025 03:58
Tom Murray
“Historically, the Golden Globes tended to either go without a host or simply pair a couple of good-looking actors. That changed in 2010 when The Office co-creator Ricky Gervais took over the gig and decided to use the opportunity to goad and mock Hollywood stars,” writes Kevin EG Perry.
“Glaser is set to continue in that no-holds-barred lineage. Last month, she revealed she’d approached Gervais for advice about how to nail the gig, telling CBS: “His advice was just: ‘Be yourself. You’re not one of them. Don’t try to walk out acting like you’re an A-lister, just because you’re invited.’”
Read more:
Nikki Glaser says she’s so ready to host the Golden Globes she feels ‘42 weeks pregnant’
Saturday 4 January 2025 03:00
Tom Murray
Exclusive: The stand-up comedian and actress told The Independent that she was excited to deliver her jokes “in front of the crowd they were meant for”
Chelsea Handler defends mocking ex Jo Koy
Saturday 4 January 2025 02:03
Tom Murray
In a new interview with Parade magazine, Handler defended mocking her ex-boyfriend Jo Koy’s disastrous hosting job at the 81st Golden Globes last year.
During the Critics Choice Awards that year, Handler referred to Koy’s controversial decision to blame his writers for a failed joke during his monologue. Handler quipped after delivering her own, well-received joke, “I have to give credit to my writers — because unlike some people, I know how valuable they are.”
She told Parade: “Listen, I would’ve done that had anybody thrown their writers under a bus. I know more than anybody how valuable writers are. My whole life and my whole career is because I have great writers.”
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Video: Emilia Perez shines in 2025 nominations
Saturday 4 January 2025 01:01
Tom Murray
‘Today’ hosts criticise Golden Globes for snubbing Wicked director Jon M Chu
Saturday 4 January 2025 00:05
Maira Butt
Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb have hit back at the 2025 Golden Globe nominations, claiming Wicked director Jon M. Chu was snubbed.
During an episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna on Monday (December 9), the two TV hosts discussed the Golden Globes nominations, which were announced earlier that morning. Kotb prefaced that both she and her colleague were “angry” about the topic, before noting that it was on their “jangily list.”
Ted Danson to be honoured with Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes
Friday 3 January 2025 22:50
Maira Butt
Danson, a three-time Globes winner, has been a fixture on TV since he broke out as Boston bartender Sam Malone on NBC’s comedy Cheers. His other credits include The Good Place, Mr. Mayor, Fargo, CSI, and CSI: Cyber, Damages and Becker. Danson currently stars in Netflix’s A Man on the Inside.
The Carol Burnett Award was inaugurated in 2019 and is presented to an honoree who has “made outstanding contributions to television on or off screen.” Past recipients include Norman Lear, Ryan Murphy and Ellen DeGeneres. The first was Burnett herself.
Golden Globe nominations: Emilia Perez sets record with 10 nods — even though critics hated it
Friday 3 January 2025 22:00
Maira Butt
Shortly after Emilia Pérez arrived on Netflix on November 13 — following a limited theatrical run — The Atlantic called it a “film impossible to have mild feelings about.” Well, the votes are in and the Golden Globes loved it.
Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical about a transgender cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) received a record 10 nominations on Monday (December 9), making it the most nominated comedy or musical film in the awards show’s history.
The 2025 Golden Globes gift bag is worth $1 million — here’s everything inside
Friday 3 January 2025 21:00
Maira Butt
Gifts include a trip to the Northern Lights in Finland, a $40,000 non-surgical facelift and a $272,000 wine and dine experience with Liber Pater.
In Pictures: Red carpet officially rolled out for 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards
Friday 3 January 2025 20:00
Maira Butt
Golden Globes 2025 nominations see Ariana Grande and Glen Powell up for first awards
Friday 3 January 2025 19:20
Maira Butt
Ricky Gervais gave new Golden Globes host a humbling piece of advice
Friday 3 January 2025 18:24
Maira Butt
Gervais, 63, fronted the awards show for three consecutive years in 2010, 2011, and 2012 before returning to compère in 2016 and 2020. Last year, Jo Koy presented the ceremony and was heavily criticised.
Speaking on CBS Morning, Glaser said Gervais called her back “right away” and told her to just “‘be yourself’”.
He added: “‘You’ve not one of them. Don’t try to walk out there acting like you’re an A-lister. Just because you’re invited—you wouldn’t be if you weren’t the host.”
Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser’s most controversial jokes
Friday 3 January 2025 17:28
Maira Butt
When Nikki Glaser takes the stage at the Golden Globes this weekend, Hollywood will be holding its breath. The 40-year-old Ohio-born stand-up comic has carved out a reputation as one of the most biting and sharp-witted comedians of our time with a string of appearances at celebrity roasts and her own stand-up specials.
Here are just some of Nikki Glaser’s most daring and controversial jokes:
Exclusive: Nikki Glaser opens up ahead of Golden Globes
Friday 3 January 2025 16:24
Maira Butt
Nikki Glaser says that her anticipation of hosting the Golden Globe awards has made her feel “42 weeks pregnant” and she is now ready and impatient for the “baby” to arrive.
Golden Globe nominations 2025: The full list of movies and TV shows
Friday 3 January 2025 15:48
Maira Butt
Nominations were announced on 9 December.
Films in contention for trophies at the forthcoming ceremony include hit musical Wicked, Sean Baker’s Palme d’or-winning Anora and Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist, which was hailed a “masterpice” after its festival premiere.
Edward Berger’s Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, has also received several nominations, as has Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars nominees Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton. But it was Netflix’s divisive musical drama Emilia Pérez that led the pack, with ten nominations.
One of this year’s best nominations arrived in the Best Director category, with Payal Kapadia earning a nod for acclaimed Indian film All We Imagine as Light.
When and how to watch the Golden Globes
Friday 3 January 2025 15:25
Maira Butt
This year’s ceremony comes three years after its 2022 ceremony was boycotted following a 2021 exposé by the Los Angeles Times, accusing its voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), of a lack of diversity.
The organization has since reformed, expelling problematic voters and expanding its membership from around 85 to 300, including 10 percent Black representation.
