Golden Globe nominations 2025: Wicked stars among nominees as Netflix’s divisive Emilia Pérez dominates
Awards season is officially underway with the announcement of the 2025 Golden Globes nominations
The films and TV shows in contention for the annual ceremony were revealed in Los Angeles on Monday (11 December) by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut.
Films in contention for trophies at the forthcoming ceremony include Wicked, Anora, Conclave and Netflix’s divisive Emilia Pérez.
Meanwhile, in the TV categories, The Penguin, Baby Reindeer, Slow Horses and Shōgun all received nominations.
This year’s nods will arrive two years after a huge membership shake-up for the ceremony’s voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which, in 2022, was accused of a lack of diversity in a Los Angeles Times exposé.
At the time, the HFPA did not have a single Black member, but it has since expanded its membership and enforced what was described as a strict code of conduct among voters. This led to the approval of many celebrities who, one year after boycotting the event, decided to attend the 2023 ceremony.
Golden Globes 2025
The full list of nominations
Who is hosting the 2025 ceremony?
The frontrunners ahead of this year’s nominations
Watch out for one little film to break through in a big way
Exploring Hollywood’s 2022 boycott of the Golden Globes
Sebastian Stan receives Golden Globe nomination for controversial Trump biopic despite scrutiny
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The I, Tonya actor, 42, was put forward for the Best Actor gongs in the Comedy or Musical and Drama categories for Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man and Ali Abbasi’s controversial Trump biopic The Apprentice.
Stan stars as Trump in the divisive film about the president elect’s early days as a real estate tycoon and his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong.
The movie, which received mixed reviews and was released prior to the US election on 5 November, received strong backlash from Trump himself, branding the people involved “human scum”.
Fans were quick to celebrate Stan’s nominations, which came days after the actor revealed fellow Hollywood actors had swerved a group interview with him due to his role as Trump.
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Who is this year’s host Nikki Glaser?
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Comedian and actor Nikki Glaser has been picked to host the Golden Globes, adding an edgy voice known for mercilessly teasing the rich and powerful.
Glaser will make her Globe debut on January 5 live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. In a statement, she cited Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Ricky Gervais as inspirations.
“Some of my favorite jokes of all time have come from past Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina, Amy or Ricky have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear. I just hope to continue in that time-honored tradition (that might also get me canceled),” she said.
Glaser has made a name for herself as a riotously sharp wit, especially at roasts, including recently for Tom Brady, who she needled for his complex love life and his one-time advocacy of crypto. She earned an Emmy nomination for her latest special, Someday You’ll Die for HBO, which dealt with everything from offering to pay for her friends’ abortions to her darkest porn habits.
“Nikki Glaser brings a fresh and unmatched candor to her comedy and to the Golden Globes,” said Jay Penske, chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions and Penske Media Corporation. “Her unapologetic style made her an obvious and compelling choice as host for this year’s event.”
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Why grotesque body horror ‘The Substance’ is in comedy/musical category
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French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s dark-humored film about an aging movie star, played by Demi Moore, is so extreme it has prompted mass cinema walkouts around the world.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, there was a lively debate among Moore and the film’s producers about whether the film should be entered as a drama or as a comedy/musical for the 2025 Golden Globes.
On Monday, it was nominated in the comedy/musical category as was Moore for Best Actress.
The Substance, distributed by Mubi, follows Moore’s character as she takes a black market drug to create a younger version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley.
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Grotesque body horror The Substance will compete as comedy/musical at Golden Globes
Ariana Grande reacts to her nomination
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The Wicked star took to Instagram to share an emotional statement after she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
“i am floored and honored to be recognized by members of the Golden Globes. crying (of course)... It’s impossible to find my words, but I am simply, so deeply grateful for this acknowledgement.”
Sebastian Stan and Selena Gomez earn double acting nominations
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Both Stan and Gomez picked up nominations in two different categories. Stan was nominated for Best Actor — Drama for The Apprentice and Best Actor — Comedy or Musical for A Different Man.
Meanwhile, Gomez was nominated for her divisive turn in Netflix’s Emilia Pérez and for Only Murders in The Building in the TV category.
The full list of nominations
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In a typically whirlwind TV event, all of this year’s nominees have been announced!
You can find the full list of nominations here:
The full list of Golden Globe 2025 nominations
Video: Emilia Perez shines in 2025 nominations
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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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Anora
Challengers
Emilia Perez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
Best Actor in a Drama Film
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Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama nominees:
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Angelina Jolie, Maria–
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best Motion Picture – Drama
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The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part 2
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best Actress – Comedy or Musical
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Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers
Best Television Series – Drama nominees
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The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Squid Game
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy nominees
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Hacks
Abbott Elementary
Only Murders in the Building
Nobody Wants This
The Gentlemen
The Bear
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical/Comedy
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Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Jean Smart, Hacks
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Selena Gomez, OMITB
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Best Television Male Actor – Drama Series
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Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
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Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
The nominees for Best Director
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Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
Best Original Song, Motion Picture nominees
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The Last Showgirl – “Beautiful That Way”
Challengers – “Compress/Repress”
Emilia Pérez – “El Mal”
Better Man – “Forbidden Road”
The Wild Robot - “Kiss the Sky”
Emilia Pérez – “Mi Camino”
Mindy Kaling gets nominations under way
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Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut are here and rattling through the nominees.
Best Limited or Anthology Series:
• Baby Reindeer
• Disclaimer
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• The Penguin
• Ripley
• True Detective: Night Country
Ted Danson to be honoured with Carol Burnett Award
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Cheers star Ted Danson will become the latest recipient of The Carol Burnett Award at this year’s Golden Globes ceremony.
The 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.
“Ted Danson has entertained audiences for decades with his iconic performances that will forever be ingrained in television history,” Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes, said in a statement.
“His renowned career is a testament to his remarkable talent and versatility as an actor and bears resemblance to the award’s legendary namesake.”
The supporting role contenders
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Much like with the Best Director category, these aren’t separated by category, instead throwing Drama, Musical/Comedy and Limited Series stars together, with the best-of-the-best rising to the top.
This year, the nominees could include Robert Downey Jr (The Sympathizer), Harrison Ford (Shrinking), Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
Over in the Supporting film categories, Denzel Washington’s standout role in Gladiator II will more than likely be honoured alongside Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) and Stanley Tucci (Conclave), while actress wise, Ariana Grande (Wicked), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) and Emilia Pérez stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez are likely contenders.
Best Actor contenders – TV
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The expected nominees include Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Hiroyuki Sanada for Shōgun (in the Best Drama category), Steve Martin and Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building (in the Best Musical/Comedy category) and Richard Gadd and Colin Farrell in the Limited Series category for Baby Reindeer and The Penguin, respectively.
Jeremy Allen White will also be nominated for The Bear – undeservedly, in our opinion as the third season was not good, no matter how much anyone tries to convince you it was.
More exciting nominations could include Eddie Redmayne for Sky sleeper hit The Day of the Jackal, Brian Jordan Alvarez for English Teacher and Andrew Scott for Ripley.
Best Actress contenders – TV
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Anna Sawai (Shōgun), Ayoi Edebiri (The Bear), Jean Smart (Hacks) and Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) are the shoo-ins, but let’s take a quick look at the other contenders.
Kathy Bates has been making waves in a late-stage TV role, so expect to see her name for Matlock. And Industry broke through in a big way with its third season, so a nomination for Marisa Abela is possible.
Comedy wise, we’d be surprised if Kristen Bell isn’t recognised for Nobody Wants This while, other in the Limited Series category, it’d be nice to see Sofia Vergara nominated for Griselda.
Best TV show contenders
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If The Penguin doesn’t clean up, we’ll be stunned – same goes forShōgun. Each series will be noninated in the Limited Sewries and Drama category, respectively, meaning they won’t have to duke it out.
There’ll be nominations for TV dramas Mr and Mrs Smith (deserved) and House of the Dragon (not deserved).
Comedy shows set to be nominated include Hacks and Abbott Elementary alongside recent Netflix success Nobody Wants This and A Man on the Inside.
Joining The Penguin in the Limited Series category will most likely be Baby Reindeer, Ripley and Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
It would be wonderful to see some nominations for Somebody Somewhere, Tokyo Vice, Interview with the Vampire and From – but we’re not holding our breath.
Best Director contenders
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This category, unlike the acting ones, is not split by genre, so it’s a tigher race.
The likely bets are Jon M Chu, who has turned Wicked into a critical and commercial success, Sean Baker – for his palme d’Or winner Anora – and we’re going to saw Edward Berger, who followed up his heavily nominated All Quiet on the Western Front with the crowdpleasing Conclave.
Here’s hoping Brady Corbet gets recongition for The Brutalist – and there might be mutiny if Denis Villeneueve doesn’t get in for his visually impressive Dune sequel.
Of course, this would make it an all-male category once again. A nomination for Payaal Kapadia, whose drama All We Imagine as Light is my personal favourite film of the year, would be more than deserved.
Best Actress contenders – film
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So, the elephant in the room – Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will be considered lead actress while her co-star Ariana Grande, despite being very much a joint lead, is being pushed for recognition in the supporting categories.
Erivo will face very strong competition in the form of three stars who have turned in powerhouse performances: Mikey Madison in the Palme d’Or winner Anora, Angelina Jolie in Netflix’s Maria Callas biopic and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.
A little film to watch out for
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One to watch is A Real Pain. Jesse Eisenberg’s comedy drama has seen strong chat thanks to Kieran Culkin’s supporting performance.
Having won in the TV categories for Succession, could he do the double and win for film, also?
A Real Pain follows mismatched cousins David and Benji tour Poland to honour their grandmother. Their adventure becomes complicated as old tensions resurface while exploring their family history.
Who are the film frontrunners?
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The Golden Globes like nominating big splashy movie musicals – and fortunately for voters, here is a big splashy musical currently taking the world by storm.
Wicked will absolutely clean up today – but whether it can become a major awards player in 2025 remains to be seen.
It faces stiff competition in the form of Anora, Conclave, Dune 2, Emilia Pérez – but, of course, it has a higher chance at the Golden Globes as they split the nominations into separate Drama and Musical/Comedy categories.
This year’s host was considered a disaster
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Joy Koy stepped up to the plate when nobody else in Hollywood wanted to host the Golden Globes earlier this year – but his efforts were met with derision.
The comedian received so much backlash he was forced to address it days after the ceremony, expressing regret over a joke he’d made about Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, the NFL star and actor Travis Kelce.
Jo Koy reacts to backlash after disastrous Golden Globes performance
Who is hosting Golden Globes 2025?
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After struggling to find a host for the 2024 ceremony (Jerrod Carmichael eventually stepped up to the plate), next year’s ceremony already has a presenter set – Nikki Glaser.
The stand-up comedian said it was “truly a dream job”, saying of her appointment: “It’s one of my favourite nights of television, and now I get a front-row seat. The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God, I hope so.)
“It’s an exciting yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).
“Some of my favourite jokes of all time have come from past Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina [Fey], Amy [Poehler], or Ricky [Gervais] have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear. I just hope to continue in that time honoured tradition (that might also get me cancelled).”
Why did Hollywood boycott the Golden Globes?
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The Golden Globes were the subject of a boycott in 2022 due to criticism over diversity within voting organisation the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The fallout led to Tom Cruise handing back his trophies.
Catch up on the story here:
Why are the Golden Globes being boycotted?
A dark horse
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One film to look out for at this year’s Golden Globes is A Different Man, a satirical comedy-drama starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson, which became a surprise victor at the Gotham Awards last month.
The film’s writer-director Aaron Schimberg was clearly in disbelief as the film was named Best Feature – certainly putting it on the map for the forthcoming awards season.
Dark comedy 'A Different Man' surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards
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The Golden Globe nominations are set to be announced today in what will be a precursor hinting at what will win Oscars in 2025.
Films expected to be named include Wicked, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave and divisive Netflix film Emilia Pérez.
The Golden Globes also award the best in the world of TV, also. Shows expected to be nominated include The Penguin, Baby Reindeer, Slow Horses and Shogun.
