Today’s live coverage has ended, but there’s plenty to catch up on. See what you missed below and find more on the 2025 Awards Season at apnews.com.
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic, was crowned best drama film at the 2025 Golden Globes, putting one of the year’s most ambitious films on course to be a major contender at the Academy Awards.
“The Brutalist” also won best director for Corbet and best actor for Adrien Brody.
‘I’m Still Here’ picks up Globe ahead of US release Walter Salles, left, director of the film “I’m Still Here,” and cast member Fernanda Torres pose for a portrait to promote the film, Nov. 13, 2024, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Walter Salles, left, director of the film “I’m Still Here,” and cast member Fernanda Torres pose for a portrait to promote the film, Nov. 13, 2024, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Set in the 1970s and based on true events, “I’m Still Here” tells the story of the Paivas, an upper-class family shattered by the Brazilian dictatorship. It follows the advocacy of Eunice Paiva, whose husband is taken into custody by the military and was never seen again.
She’s played for most of the film by Fernanda Torres, who won best female actor in a drama.
The film opens in limited release in the U.S. Jan. 17 before expanding.
Fernanda Torres honors her mother, a fellow Globes nominee Fernanda Torres won her first Golden Globe for female actor in a movie, drama for her role in “I’m Still Here.”
“I didn’t prepare anything because I was glad already,” she started her speech. “I want to dedicate it to my mother. You have no idea. She was here 25 years ago. And this is like proof that art can endure.”
Earlier on the red carpet, she said she was the second Brazilian to be nominated – her mother was the first.
MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA FILM: Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ Best male actor in a drama: Brody, Chalamet and Fiennes are all passengers on the Wes Anderson train Each of the three men most prognosticators are picking to win the Golden Globe for best male actor in a drama has a significant place in the symmetrical and carefully-styled Wes Anderson cinematic universe.
Adrien Brody, nominated for “The Brutalist,” has been in five Anderson films starting his co-starring role in 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited.”
This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody in a scene from “The Brutalist.” (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)
This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody in a scene from “The Brutalist.” (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)
He appeared with one of his fellow nominees, Ralph Fiennes of “Conclave,” in “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and with another, Timothée Chalamet of “A Complete Unknown,” in “The French Dispatch.”
FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA FILM: Fernanda Torres, ‘I’m Still Here’ Big stars but little-known films up for female drama actor The six women nominated for the Globe for best female actor in a drama include some truly major stars, but none for movies that have been widely seen in the U.S. Here’s a brief look at each of them:
Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl″: Anderson, the former “Baywatch” star and tabloid staple, could be the comeback story of the year for her career-shifting title role in Gia Coppola’s indie drama about an aging Las Vegas showgirl preparing for the final performance of her fading show.Kate Winslet, “Lee”: The Oscar-winning Winslet could get her sixth Golden Globe for starring in this biopic of Lee Miller, an American ex-model who became a high-fashion photographer in Europe then a groundbreaking battlefield photojournalist for Vogue during World War II.Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”: The Oscar-winning Kidman could get her seventh Golden Globe for playing a robotics CEO who has a kinky affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson) in the darkly comic, techno-erotic thriller.Angelina Jolie, ”Maria”: Jolie, another Oscar and Globe winner, had to learn how to “breathe again” to play opera legend and cultural luminary Maria Callas reflecting on her life as it nears an end.Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”; In a film that has been a cultural and box office phenomenon in Brazil, Torres plays the justice-seeking wife of a disappeared leftist congressman in a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled the nation for more than two decades.Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”: Swinton, an Oscar winner who has yet to win a Globe, plays a former war reporter who reconnects with an old friend (Julianne Moore) while dying from cancer in a New York hospital in the first English-language film from Spanish cinema giant Pedro Almodóvar. Ted Danson is the Carol Burnett Award recipient Ted Danson appears at a promotional event for “The Good Place” in Los Angeles on June 19, 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Ted Danson appears at a promotional event for “The Good Place” in Los Angeles on June 19, 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
The Golden Globes are raising a glass to former “Cheers” star Ted Danson by naming him the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025.
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.
Viola Davis is the Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient Viola Davis poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 9, 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Viola Davis poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 9, 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Viola Davis became one of Hollywood’s most revered actors through an array of powerful roles, from “Fences” to “The Woman King,” and now her decorated career has earned her one of the Golden Globes’ highest honors.
Davis will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The actor has won praise for a string of compelling characters in films such as “The Help,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Doubt,” while captivating TV audiences through the legal thriller drama “How to Get Away with Murder.”
The DeMille Award has been bestowed to 69 of Hollywood’s greatest talents. Past recipients include Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand and Sidney Poitier.
‘Shogun’ star Anna Sawai wins her first Golden Globe The award for female actor in a television series, drama went to Anna Sawai for her role in “Shogun.” It is her first win and first nomination.
“Thank you to the voters for voting for me,” she said, “Even though I would vote for Kathy Bathes anyway.” She kept it short and sweet, holding back tears.
This image released by FX shows Eita Okuno as Saeki Nobutatsu, from left, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama Ukon Sadanaga in a scene from “Shogun.” (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
This image released by FX shows Eita Okuno as Saeki Nobutatsu, from left, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama Ukon Sadanaga in a scene from “Shogun.” (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
DRAMA SERIES: ‘Shogun’ FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Anna Sawai, ‘Shogun’ Why ‘Baby Reindeer’ creator Richard Gadd thinks the show resonates “Baby Reindeer” won the Golden Globe for limited series, anthology series or made for TV movie, led by a moving speech from creator and star Richard Gadd.
To describe the success of his program, he said: “I think in a lot of ways people were kind of crying out for something that kind of spoke to the painful inconsistencies of being human. I think for a while now, there’s been this kind of belief in television that stories that are too dark and complicated won’t sell, and no one will watch them. So, I hope that ‘Baby Reindeer’ has done away with that theory,” he said. “We need stories that speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times.”
This image released by Netflix shows Richard Gadd, left, and Jessica Gunning in a scene from “Baby Reindeer.” (Ed Miller/Netflix via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Richard Gadd, left, and Jessica Gunning in a scene from “Baby Reindeer.” (Ed Miller/Netflix via AP)
MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES: ‘Hacks’ LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: ‘Baby Reindeer’ Vin Diesel gives a nod to his ‘family’ “Hey Dwayne,” a grinning Vin Diesel said as he took the Golden Globes stage as a presenter.
There were scattered laughs as the camera cut to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The two beefy action stars have reportedly had an intense years-long feud on the sets of the “Fast and Furious” films. But Diesel said in 2023 that they were done beefing.
The Golden Globes continue to show love for “Emilia Pérez,” even in the song category This image released by Netflix shows Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” (Shanna Besson/Netflix via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” (Shanna Besson/Netflix via AP)
There was a lot of competition in the best song category — Miley Cyrus, Maren Morris, Robbie Williams, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross among the nominees. But the trophy went to Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard for “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” — a first time win for Ducol and Camille.
“This is such an American experience,” Camille started the acceptance speech. “Songs are butterflies. And we need butterflies.”
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT: ‘Wicked’ Nikki Glaser takes her role as host to fashionable heights Nikki Glaser certainly dressed for her role as host for the night. With each stage appearance, Glaser swapped one sparkling dress for another, from her opening monologue low-cut silver dress to her pink sequined “Pope-ular” look. Glaser switched dresses more than five times throughout the night, not including her Prabal Gurung gold silk satin red carpet gown.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score The dynamic duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won their fourth Golden Globe for their propulsive, synthy score to the hot-and-bothered, threesome-adjacent tennis psychodrama “Challengers.”
“To be honest, we always thought we’d get the call, ‘Can you turn it down a little bit,’ but it never came,” Ross said in his acceptance speech. “And here we are.”
Smoke and mirrors Colin Farrell picked up his third career trophy, this one for “The Penguin.”
“The Golden Globes have been very good to me over the years,” he said backstage. “One would think there’s been a fix.”
Farrell held a trophy as he addressed the media, but as he walked off he handed it off as all winners do backstage.
“Take it away. It’s all bull—-,” he said, laughing. “Smoke and mirrors.”
Elton John’s still got it While co-presenting the award for original score alongside Brandi Carlile, Elton John delivered one of the night’s greatest jokes. “It’s a very special night for me to be here because I don’t know if you know, but there’s been a lot of stories going on around about my regressive eyesight, and I just wanted to reassure everybody that it’s not as bad as it seems,” he paused. “So I’m pleased to be here with my co-host Rihanna.”
ORIGINAL SONG: ‘El Mal,’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’ Chalamet and Jolie’s films are music-ful but not musicals at the Globes This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Timothée Chalamet in a scene from “A Complete Unknown.” (Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Timothée Chalamet in a scene from “A Complete Unknown.” (Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in a scene from “Maria.” (Pablo Larraín/Netflix via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in a scene from “Maria.” (Pablo Larraín/Netflix via AP)
“A Complete Unknown” is overflowing with songs from Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan. “Maria” is just as teeming with operatic performances from Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. But both are nominated in the drama category, not the musical-or-comedy category at the Golden Globes.
So when is a musician’s biopic a musical? Depends what year you’re asking. And the answer shows how arbitrary the Globes’ category distinctions can be.
“Walk the Line,” the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic from “A Complete Unknown” director James Mangold, was nominated as a musical. So was the 1980 Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” and the 2004 Ray Charles biopic “Ray.” All won Globes for their leads.
But in 2019, the Freddie Mercury story “Bohemian Rhapsody” competed as a drama, winning best film and best actor for Rami Malek, a twofer that “A Complete Unknown” now seeks to repeat.
ORIGINAL SCORE: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, ‘Challengers’ Brady Corbet thought ‘The Brutalist’ was destined for cult-movie status This image released by A24 shows filmmaker Brady Corbet, center, appears on the set of “The Brutalist.” (A24 via AP)
This image released by A24 shows filmmaker Brady Corbet, center, appears on the set of “The Brutalist.” (A24 via AP)
Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” emerged less like a new film worth checking out than a movie colossus to behold.
Corbet’s visionary three-and-a-half-hour postwar American epic, shot in VistaVision, has taken on the imposing aura of its architect protagonist’s style. Little about it is tailored to today’s more prescribed movie world. It even has an intermission. And yet “The Brutalist” isn’t just one of the most acclaimed films of the year, it’s edged perilously close to the mainstream.
For Corbet, the 36-year-old director, it’s a surprising turn of events. His 215-minute movie, he thought, was surely destined for cult-movie status.
▶ Read more about Corbet’s vision for “The Brutalist,” which won him a best director Golden Globe tonight
The Golden Globes, by the numbers Host Nikki Glaser broke down the 2025 Golden Globes midshow like a veteran sports anchor.
According to her, “cast and crew” received 11 shout-outs in acceptance speeches, followed by “mom” with three and God? That’s a 0.
Sorry, “Conclave.”
DIRECTOR: Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’ Sebastian Stan champions disability awareness Actor Sebastian Stan snagged his first Golden Globes win for “A Different Man.” In the movie, Stan plays a man with neurofibromatosis. In his acceptance speech, Stan encouraged acceptance and championing inclusive roles.
“Our ignorance and discomfort around disability and disfigurement has to end now,” he said.
Sebastian Stan poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy for “A Different Man” during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Sebastian Stan poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy for “A Different Man” during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Stan also spoke out about the reception to his other recent role as former President Donald Trump in “The Apprentice.”
“This was not an easy movie to make neither is ‘The Apprentice,’ the other film that I was lucky to be a part of, and I’m proud of being,” he said. “These are tough, tough subject matters, but these films are real and they’re necessary, and we can’t be afraid and look away.”
ANIMATED MOVIE: ‘Flow’ Sebastian Stan urges artists to be brave We can’t be afraid and look away. —Sebastian Stan on the necessity of fraught films like “A Different Man,” for which he won a Golden Globe, and “The Apprentice,” the young Donald Trump film that had a tough path to distribution
Margaret Qualley missed Demi Moore’s win She was in the sushi bar area chatting with people.
Not a dry eye for Demi Moore Demi Moore won her first ever Golden Globe for female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy for her role in “The Substance.”
“I’m just in shock right now. 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 started her speech before launching into what will undoubtedly be viewed as one of the evening’s most moving:
“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that, I was a popcorn actress and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged. And I bought in, and I believed that.”
This image released by Mubi shows Demi Moore in a scene from “The Substance.” (Mubi via AP)
This image released by Mubi shows Demi Moore in a scene from “The Substance.” (Mubi via AP)
At a certain point, she thought her career was over — until “The Substance” hit her desk. “I had a woman say to me, just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick. And so today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and the love that is driving me.”
As presenter Kerry Washington said afterward, “Good luck to the next person.”
MALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY FILM: Sebastian Stan, ‘A Different Man’ What’s so funny about ‘Heretic’? Hugh Grant was clearly the scariest and maybe most unmusical part of this Golden Globe cycle. So why is he nominated in the musical or comedy category? Chalk it up to the occasional Globes’ head-scratcher.
Grant got an acting nod for playing a cardigan-wearing, sweet-looking monster who terrorizes two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in “Heretic,” a movie where he gloriously weaponized his natural charm. This character had several moaning captives in cages in his horrific basement.
Hugh Grant poses for a portrait to promote the film “Heretic” on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)
Hugh Grant poses for a portrait to promote the film “Heretic” on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)
“Massive thanks to the Golden Globes for so warmly welcoming a blatant gate crasher,” Grant wrote on X in response to being put in the same category as Glen Powell for “Hit Man” and Jesse Eisenberg in “A Real Pain.”
The Globes have made these sly picks before. The 2015 sci-fi adventure drama “The Martian” — in which an astronaut fights starvation by eating potatoes grown in biowaste — also landed a best musical or comedy nomination and won.
In its rules, the Globes don’t define comedy, allowing the nominating committee the freedom to highlight any performances and movies they just, well, like.
Keeping score Keeping score in Hollywood is real, and it’s a thing at the Globes, too.
Projected on a back wall in the ballroom during a commercial break was a “Globes Leaders” list showing the outlets that are piling up the most trophies. Netflix, no surprise, was on top midway through the show.
Why do the Globes split actors into two categories? The Globes, unlike the Oscars, have split actors into two categories since 1951. The studios that submit films pick their own lane, but the Globes can overrule them, and occasionally do.
The reason given for the split in the official Globes history is so “no genre would be slighted.” But the division has practical perks for Oscar campaigns, by keeping twice as many major nominees and winners in the conversation early in awards season.
FEMALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY FILM: Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’ Can you guess Jodie Foster’s first Golden Globe nomination? Jodie Foster’s first Golden Globe nomination in 1977 was not for “Taxi Driver,” for which she was nominated for an Oscar that year, but “Freaky Friday.”
She took home the best female actor in a limited series award tonight for “True Detective: Night Country.”
This image released by HBO shows Jodie Foster in a scene from “True Detective: Night Country.” (HBO via AP)
This image released by HBO shows Jodie Foster in a scene from “True Detective: Night Country.” (HBO via AP)
