Golden Globes 2025 nominations live: 'Emilia Pe?rez,' 'The Brutalist' lead movie field
With no clear frontrunner, Monday's Golden Globes nominations started to put Oscar season in focus.
Netflix's crime thriller musical "Emilia Pérez" leads the movie field with 10 total nods going into the 82nd Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, the first major awards show of 2025. Period epic "The Brutalist" received seven nominations including best drama, joining papal thriller "Conclave," which scored a total of six, while body horror flick "The Substance" nabbed five. "Emilia" and "Substance" are nominated for best comedy or musical alongside tragicomedy "Anora" and Broadway adaptation "Wicked."
Among TV categories, FX's "The Bear" leads with five nominations while Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building" and FX's "Shōgun" each had four.
Here's all the news and the highlights from the Globes nominations.
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Golden Globes snubs include Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds and 'Sing Sing'
So what was left out? As usual, there were plenty of high-profile snubs with these Globes nominations. Ryan Reynolds missed out on a comedy/musical actor nomination for "Deadpool & Wolverine," while "Joker: Folie à Deux" actress Lady Gaga was shut out (so was her co-star Joaquin Phoenix). The acclaimed "Sing Sing," a favorite for a best-picture Oscar nod, didn't get into the Globes' best drama category; "The Piano Lesson" star Danielle Deadwyler was left out of the supporting-actress competition; and both of Saoirse Ronan's performances, in "The Outrun" and "Blitz," were snubbed.
Selena Gomez scores TV comedy actress Golden Globes nomination
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Did you know? Gomez, Kate Winslet and Sebastian Stan join a rarefied group of actors who received more than one Globes nomination in a single year. Gomez is nominated for her television performance in “Only Murders in the Building” and her film performance in “Emilia Perez.” Emma Stone managed this feat last year with nods for “Poor Things” and Showtime TV series “The Curse.”
Hiroyuki Sanada, Gary Oldman up for best actor in a TV drama
Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”
Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
Did you know? This is Sanada’s first Golden Globes nomination, but the hard-working actor has been lauded for decades by the Japanese Academy. He has already picked up quite a few trophies for his “Shōgun” performance, including a Television Critics Association Award and an Emmy.
TV supporting actress category includes Kali Reis, Allison Janney
Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”
Did you know: Reis is only the third person of Indigenous descent to be nominated for a Golden Globe (the actress and heavyweight boxing champion is Cape Verdean on her father's side and Indigenous on her mother's). Last year actress Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous person to win a Globe, for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
'Shogun,' 'Squid Game' square off for best TV drama
“The Day of the Jackal”
“The Diplomat”
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
“Shōgun”
“Slow Horses”
“Squid Game”
Did you know? This nomination is for the second season of “Squid Game,” premiering on Netflix Dec. 26. But don’t worry, the Globes voters aren’t just guessing the new season is worthy of a nomination. They've already had a sneak peek for their consideration. So, yeah, they’ve got all the spoilers already.
Best drama category led by 'Conclave' and 'The Brutalist'
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nickel Boys”
“September 5”
Did you know? Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan movie, “A Complete Unknown” (out this month) is the latest music biopic from James Mangold, who also directed the 2005 Johnny Cash drama “Walk the Line” starring Joaquin Phoenix. Coincidentally, Cash also appears in “Complete Unknown,” played by Boyd Holbrook (“Logan”).
'Anora,' 'Wicked' to battle for best Globe comedy/musical
“Anora”
“Challengers”
“Emilia Perez”
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Did you know? So far this century, seven movie musicals have taken the Globes’ top prize for best comedy/musical. But only one went on to win best picture at the Oscars: 2002’s “Chicago,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger as merry murderesses.
Look out, Globes, here comes Angelina Jolie (up for best actress in a drama)
Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Kate Winslet, “Lee”
Did you know? Kidman’s best actress nod for “Babygirl” marks her 20th Globes nomination. She was first up in 1992 for gangster movie “Billy Bathgate,” and has since won six Globes, most recently for Lucille Ball biopic “Being the Ricardos” in 2022.
Best drama actor category: Adrien Brody vs. Ralph Fiennes
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothee Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Did you know? “The Brutalist” marks Brody’s first Globes nod in more than two decades: He was last nominated in 2003 for playing another Holocaust survivor in “The Pianist,” for which he went on to win the Academy Award for best actor.
Mikey Madison, Amy Adams in contention for comedy actress
Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofia Gascon, “Emilia Perez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Zendaya, “Challengers”
Did you know? “The Substance” favorite Moore was last nominated for a Globe in 1997 for HBO movie “If These Walls Could Talk,” co-starring Cher and Sissy Spacek. Moore spent six to nine-and-a-half hours in the makeup chair for her gonzo, prosthetics-heavy transformation in “Substance.”
Denzel Washington grabs a supporting actor nomination for 'Gladiator II'
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
Globe supporting actress category includes Ariana Grande, Zoe Saldana
Selena Gomez, “Emilia Perez”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Perez”
Did you know? More than 20 years before she played Glinda in “Wicked,” Grande first saw the Broadway production at age 10. After her family won an auction, she was invited backstage and met the musical’s original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth, whom she would later co-star with in NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” in 2016.
Glen Powell, Hugh Grant lead comedy/musical actor field
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”
Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
Glen Powell, “Hit Man”
Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”
Did you know? In his long career, Grant now has a total of seven Globe nods, and two horror movies.
Ted Danson, Viola Davis to receive honorary Golden Globe honors
Longtime sitcom star Ted Danson ("Cheers," "The Good Place") is slated to receive the Globes' Carol Burnett Award, presented for TV achievements (previous winners include Ryan Murphy, Norman Lear, Ellen DeGeneres and Burnett herself). Viola Davis will receive the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honor that's been bestowed on Walt Disney, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey, among others, since 1952.
Davis and Danson, both Globes winners, will be guests of honor at a gala dinner on Jan. 3, the first time an evening soiree has been dedicated to the two awards. The actors will also be recognized on the main Globes telecast two days later.
Who is hosting the 2025 Golden Globes Awards?
After going viral for roasting Tom Brady last May, comedian Nikki Glaser was tapped to host this year's Golden Globes. "This is truly a dream job. Plus, I no longer have to feel guilty for every TV show and movie I’ve binged over the past year. It was all worth it," Glaser quipped in her announcement. She follows Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Ricky Gervais and last year's infamous emcee Jo Koy.
How do I watch the Golden Globes show?
The Golden Globes will air from its usual haunt, the Beverly Hilton hotel, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. EST/5 PST on CBS and Paramount+. (Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers will be able to stream the show live and on-demand, while Paramount+ Essential subscribers can watch the day after it airs.)
Contributing: Patrick Ryan and Kelly Lawler
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