Golden Globes 2025 Highlights: Emilia Perez And Shogun Sweep Awards With Most Wins, India's Hopes Dashed With 2 Losses

Emilia Perez won the best motion picture, comedy or musical beating Wicked, Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain and The Substance. The Netflix film won 4 Golden Globes in the night out of its 10 nominations. 

Brady Corbet's The Brutalist won the Golden Globe in the Best Picture (Drama) category, besting A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys and September 5. Brady also won the Best Director award on the night.

Golden Globen in the Best Actress (Drama) category was bagged by Fernanda Torres for her role in I’m Still Here. She bested Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) and Kate Winslet (Lee) to clinch her first Golden Globe.

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.” 

A viral moment at the Golden Globes saw Zendaya meeting Ayo Edebiri of The Bear fame. They caught up after they failed to win awards in their respective categories.

Japanese actress Anna Sawai won Best Television Female Actor – Drama Series for Shogun. Her co-stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also bagged their respective first Golden Globe awards for the show.

Zendaya sparked engagement rumours with Tom Holland as she arrived at the 2025 Golden Globes wearing a $200k diamond ‘engagement ring’.

Jodie Foster won the Golden Globe for Best Female Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture for her role in True Detective: Night Country. Watch her full speech here.

Jon M Chu’s lavish big-budget musical Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, won the Golden Globes award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. It defeated the Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Deadpool & Wolverine, Gladiator 2 and Inside Out 2 to the win.

The Golden Globe award for Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy was won by Sebastian Stan for his role in A Different Man. He bested Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Hugh Grant (Heretic), Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness) and Glen Powell (Hitman).

Best Actress Golden Globe was bagged by Demi Moore for her role in the body-horror film The Substance. She was nominated alongside Amy Adams (Nightbitch), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofia Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Zendaya (Challengers).

Jodie Foster took home the Golden Globes award for Best Female Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture for her role in True Detective: Night Country.

Golden Globe for the best screenplay was won by Peter Straughan for Conclave. He bested Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) to secure his 1st Golden Globe.  

The Golden Globe for Best Actor Male (TV) Musical Or Comedy was won by Jeremy Allen White for The Bear. He defeated Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building). 

The Golden Globe for the best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television went to Tadanobu Asano for Shogun. This is the Japanese actor's first nomination and win.

Golden Globe for the best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television was bagged by Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer. She defeated Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Allison Janney  (The Diplomat) and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country).

Golden Globe for the best performance by a male actor in a television series, drama, went to Hiroyuki Sanada for his role in Shogun. He defeated Donald Glover (Mr and Mrs Smith), Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal) and Billy Bob Thornton (Landman) to clinch his first Golden Globe.

Golden Globe for the best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture went to Kieran Culkin for his role in A Real Pain. He is now a six-time nominee and a two-time Golden Globe winner.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, who announced their engagement in December 2024, arrived on the red carpet together. Gomez, who was nominated at the Golden Globes in 2 categories, lost in both. 

The Golden Globe for the best performance by a female actor in a television series- musical or comedy went to Jean Smart for her role in Hacks. She defeated Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This; Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear); Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building) and Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along).

The award for Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture goes to Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez. She defeated her co-star Selena Gomez, who was nominated for her role in the same movie.

Timothée Chalamet, who is nominated at the Golden Globes in the Best Actor Motion Picture category for his role in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, was seen at the awards ceremony with his bae Kylie Jenner. host Nikki Glaser praised Chalamet's role in the movie.

Nikki Glaser fired off the 2025 Golden Globes awards ceremony with a monologue, which was equal bits humourous and sarcastic. She welcomed Hollywood's biggest to the "night of ozempic", a drug popular for its weight loss benefits.

With 10 minutes to showtime, the crowd was anxiously trying to make it to their seats in time while getting in hellos. Andrew Garfield gave a hand to Zendaya, holding her train as she walked down the stairs. The actress was dressed in a rust orange gown.

Golden Globe nominee Zendaya, who is in the running in the best female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy for her role in Challengers, arrived in style on the red carpet.

Payal Kapadia, who is nominated in the Best Director category for her film All We Imagine As Light, posed on the red carpet. The film is also nominated for Best Motion Picture Non-English Language category.

The Golden Globes, known as the “party of the year,” will bring back the celeb-beloved Nobu Restaurants group. Chef Nobu Matsuhisa returns with several signature dishes, highlighted by The Gold Standard Roll — sushi that includes king crab inside, topped with salmon, gold flakes and caviar, and yuzu sauce on the side. The dish is served in the restaurant for $77. Other dishes from Matsuhisa include seaweed tacos, yellowtail jalapenos, sashimi salad, black cod and three pieces of tuna, white fish and salmon sushi.

The Batman actress Zoe Kravitz, who will be presenting the Golden Globes to one of the winners in the various categories across film and TV, arrived in style at the red carpet.

Ariana Grande, nominated for her role in Wicked in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture, made her way to the red carpet in a flowy, off-shoulder gown.

In India, the Golden Globes Awards ceremony can be streamed live on Lionsgate Play. The red carpet ceremony is currently streaming live on the platform. 

The Beef actress Ali Wong was snapped at the Golden Globes red carpet as the ceremony kicked off in style at The Beverly Hotel in California.

Nikki Glaser, the first woman to host the Golden Globes ceremony solo in the history of the awards show, was snapped having a moment at the red carpet.

Cynthia Erivo, who is nominated for her role in Wicked in the Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy category, arrived at the Golden Globes ceremony in style. 

Mindy Kaling is here and ready to present a Golden Globe at the awards ceremony. Earlier, she announced the nominations with Morris Chestnut.