The Golden Globe Awards, organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), is an honored event that has been at the forefront of the entertainment world for many years. It rewards excellence in both film and television. This is an article exploring the history, significance, and some recent highlights of this glamorous night.
A History of Hollywood Recognition
The Golden Globes were first presented in 1944, as an informal meeting of foreign journalists. The ceremony has evolved into a major Hollywood event, viewed by millions of people around the world. The Globes are unique in that they honor both cinematic and television achievements, making them a truly comprehensive celebration of the entertainment industry.
The Significance of the Golden Globes
•Industry Indicator: The Globes are sometimes the best barometer of whether something is likely to happen in the Academy Awards. Most movies that win Globes go on to be Oscar-nominated or even Oscar-winner, which is why winning is a super important event of the awards season.
•Rising Talent Platform: The Globes have always been a launching pad for talent. Several actors and filmmakers who have received their first Golden Globe award have gained stardom overnight.
•Cultural Influence: The Globes are an event and not merely an award-giving function. Fashion designers of the world anticipate the red carpet appearance as it sets the new trends in haute couture.
Recent Highlights • A Night of Surprises:
The Golden Globes have always been known for their surprises. From the unexpected wins to poignant acceptance speeches, the ceremony is always full of surprises that captivate audiences.
•Focus on Diversity and Inclusion: Among the other achievements are the increased focus on diversity and inclusion by the Globes over the past few years. The HFPA made great efforts to diversify members and build in a much more diverse voice and perspective within the entertainment industry.
•Controversy's Effect: The Globes have come under attack recently on issues of ethics and a lack of diversity in the HFPA. This has led to the organization to undertake reforms aimed at increasing transparency and accountability.
•More Than Just an Award
•The Golden Globes are more than just an award-giving program; they are a triumphing celebration for the continuous evolution of the entertainment landscape. It is well-embodied artistry, expertise, and perseverance from the people whose work brings to life stories through the screen.
•Forward-looking:
•The Golden Globes will change with the changing entertainment industry. The ceremony will remain a flagship event in the awards season for several years to come, this time with renewed attention to diversity, inclusion, and transparency.
Below is the list of all the 2025 Golden Globe winners:
• Motion picture – musical or comedy
• “Anora”
“Challengers”
“Emilia Pérez” | WINNER
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
• Motion picture – drama
• “The Brutalist” | WINNER
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nickel Boys”
“September 5”
• Performance by a male actor in a motion picture – drama
• Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” | WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
• Performance by a female actor in a motion picture – drama
• Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here” | WINNER
Kate Winslet, “Lee”
• Television series – drama
• “The Day of the Jackal”
“The Diplomat”
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
“Shōgun” | WINNER
“Slow Horses”
“Squid Game”
• Performance by a female actor in a television series – drama
• Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”
Maya Erskine, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Anna Sawai, “Shōgun” | WINNER
• Television series – musical or comedy
• “Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“The Gentlemen”
“Hacks” | WINNER
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”
• Television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
• “Baby Reindeer” | WINNER
“Disclaimer”
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
“The Penguin”
“Ripley”
“True Detective: Night Country”
• Cinematic and box office achievement
• “Alien: Romulus”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Gladiator II”
“Inside Out 2”
“Twisters”
“Wicked” | WINNER
“The Wild Robot”
• Original song
• “Beautiful That Way” (“The Last Showgirl”)
Music and lyrics by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson
• “Compress / Repress” (“Challengers”)
Music and lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
• “El Mal” (“Emilia Pérez”) | WINNER
Music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
• “Forbidden Road” (“Better Man”)
Music and lyrics by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
• “Kiss the Sky” (“The Wild Robot”)
Music and lyrics by Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
• “Mi Camino” (“Emilia Pérez”)
Music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille
• Original score
• Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
Clément Ducol and Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Challengers” | WINNER
Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”
• Director
• Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Edward Berger, “Conclave”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” | WINNER
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”
• Motion picture – animated
• “Flow” | WINNER
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Moana 2”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
• Performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
• 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” | WINNER
• Performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
• Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance” | WINNER
Zendaya, “Challengers”
• Performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
• Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country” | WINNER
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Sofía Vergara, “Griselda”
Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
Kate Winslet, “The Regime”
• Performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
• Colin Farrell, “The Penguin” | WINNER
Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”
Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
• Motion picture – non-English-language
• “All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Pérez” | WINNER
“The Girl With the Needle”
“I’m Still Here”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Vermiglio”
• Performance in stand-up comedy on television
• Jamie Foxx, “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was”
Nikki Glaser, “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die”
Seth Meyers, “Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking”
Adam Sandler, “Adam Sandler: Love You”
Ali Wong, “Ali Wong: Single Lady” | WINNER
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings”
• Screenplay
• Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Peter Straughan, “Conclave” | WINNER
• Performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
• Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear” | WINNER
• Performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television
• Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun” | WINNER
Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”
Diego Luna, “La Máquina”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
• Performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television
• Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer” | WINNER
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”
• Performance by a male actor in a television series – drama
• Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun” | WINNER
Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”
• Performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
• Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” | WINNER
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
• Performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy
• Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
Jean Smart, “Hacks” | WINNER
• Performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
• Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” | WINNER