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3 things to know about this year’s Golden Globes

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06.01.2025
Zoe Saldana (center) and her Emilia Perez co-stars had a big night at the 2025 Golden Globes | (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

It always seems like everyone wins and no one really loses at the Golden Globes.

The event has historically been known as more of a boozy party than a serious awards show, a casual hangout with Hollywood’s most charming celebrities rather than a cutthroat winner-takes-all situation — even if it’s had its fair share of controversy.

There were no bad Barbie jokes this year, nor were there any corruption scandals. Celebrities drank a little, ate a little, and politely laughed a little at the very few innocuous barbs that host Nikki Glaser threw their way.

For those counting, films Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist took home the most major award wins. And prestige TV darling Shōgun and comedic category favorite Hacks won big too. Here are the three biggest takeaways from Hollywood’s biggest shindig:

Nikki Glaser was a great host, especially compared to last year

At the 2024 Golden Globes, comedian Jo Koy bombed in a mystifying way: he made boob jokes about Barbie, launched quips about how many cameras were on Taylor Swift, and got

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