There were big laughs, long-overdue wins, clunky speeches, and more. Our shortlist of the highlights and lowlights from the first big show of awards season
America’s favorite kinda-serious but not-that-serious awards show, the Golden Globes, returned tonight, offering Hollywood the chance to — as host Nikki Glaser put it — “celebrate the best of film and hold space for television.” And that’s just what the 2025 Golden Globes did. Shōgun, Baby Reindeer, and Hacks held the most space in the TV categories; The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez took home multiple prizes, and Demi freaking Moore won her first-ever prize for acting.
As for the show itself, there were goofy bits and flat-out dumb ones, a solid opening monologue from Glaser, some extremely well-deserved wins, and a runtime that inevitably exceeded the three hours…
