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- The 63rd Golden Globes were awarded on Sunday night.
- Nikki Glaser returned to host.
- ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Hamnet’ both did well.
The 63rd Golden Globes handed out their awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night, hosted for the second time by comedian Nikki Glaser.
It was a mixed bag, with a lot of predictable wins for the likes of ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet, and seeming reruns in the big TV categories.
RwNquYXbAGoW8nTlpSIS17As a whole, it was a fairly run-of-the-mill awards ceremony – some tearful speeches, a sprinkling of politics, jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating life – but got the job done.
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Nikki Glaser’s Hosting Gig
Glaser returned to host again, offering a few fun skits (a parody of the Nicole Kidman AMC ad targeting podcasts, and a mash-up for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ with a Fran Drescher cameo.
Yes, some of the jokes were entirely predictable, but there were some pointed jabs at CBS News (“see BS News”) and the Epstein Files.
And overall, Glaser kept the show moving (it eventually ended roughly 10 minutes late).
Big Winners
There were a lot of expected winners, including several trophies for ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ and the latest for ‘Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet.
But the surprises were more fun –– ‘Hamnet’ scooped the Motion Picture – Drama award, while ‘The Secret Agent’ nabbed Non-English Language Film and a more unexpected (if entirely deserved) Actor trophy for star Wagner Moura.
Rose Byrne, meanwhile, surprised in the Comedy Actress category for ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ and Stellan Skarsgård went home with an award for ‘Sentimental Value’ –– and humorously described himself as a bad dad to boot.
TV Reruns
A lot of the TV awards for drama and comedy were similar to other shows such as the Emmys, with ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio’ and ‘Adolescence’ all winning more hardware for their trophy cabinets.
‘The White Lotus’ was surprisingly snubbed, while ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and ‘Severance’ both went home empty handed.
Solid Speeches
Awards shows are usually a mix of humble and heartfelt, and ‘One Battle’s Teyana Taylor certainly got that in early with her tearful acceptance moment.
Outside of acceptance speeches, Judd Apatow killed it presenting Best Director, nodding to Nikki Glaser’s history babysitting his daughters and his “quiet boycott” of the awards after ‘Trainwreck’ lost to ‘The Martian’ in the comedy category a decade ago.
Wanda Sykes was also on top form as she presented the Stand-Up category, swiping at Bill Maher and particularly Ricky Gervais, whose award she accepted “on behalf of God and trans people.”
And Snoop Dogg was… Snoop Dogg, handing out the first Podcast award, which was won by Amy Poehler for ‘Good Hang.’
Finally, ‘Heated Rivalry’ co-stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie brought the charm with plenty of nods to the nudity-happy show.
Standing Os
There was much praise for Macaulay Culkin, who was presenting Best Screenplay, and scored a standing ovation as he took the stage.
Julia Roberts hyped up her own stint on stage Presenting Best Motion Picture Comedy, while poor George Clooney had to note that he did not get the same reaction presenting drama, a fact reiterated by pal Don Cheadle, who showed up to gently rib him.
List of Golden Globe nominated films:
- ‘Frankenstein’ (2025)
- ‘Hamnet’ (2025)
- ‘It Was Just an Accident’ (2025)
- ‘The Secret Agent’ (2025)
- ‘Sentimental Value’ (2025)
- ‘Sinners’ (2025)
- ‘Blue Moon’ (2025)
- ‘Bugonia’ (2025)
- ‘Marty Supreme’ (2025)
- ‘No Other Choice’ (2025)
- ‘Nouvelle Vague’ (2025)
- ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025)
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