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  • Live 2025 Academy Awards Full Results

    Conan O'Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Conan O’Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    Preview:

    • ‘Anora’ stormed the Oscars this year.
    • ‘The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody took home Best Actor while ‘Anora’s Mikey Madison was named Best Actress.
    • Conan O’Brien was the ceremony’s host.

    So that, then, was the 97th Academy Awards. Hosted by comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien, the 2025 Oscars ended with ‘Anora’ taking home Best Picture.

    The indie film from A24 had been picking up other awards, but began to dominate the ceremony with Sean Baker taking Director, Editing and Original Screenplay and star Mikey Madison winning Best Actress in what was a surprise, since the “Demi Moore rebirth” narrative had seemed to be dominating.

    And Baker’s four personal awards made Oscar history –– no-one has nabbed so many trophies in one night before. Also making the record books? ‘Wicked’ costume designed Paul Tazewell, who becomes the first black man to win his category and getting to celebrate that very fact in his speech.

    Paul Tazewell poses backstage with the Oscar® for Costume Design during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Richard Harbaugh / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Paul Tazewell poses backstage with the Oscar® for Costume Design during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Richard Harbaugh / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    In fact, outside of ‘Anora’s big shocker, it was a largely democratic Oscars, spreading the love around a few titles, including ‘The Brutalist’ (Cinematography, Score and Adrien Brody as Best Actor) ‘Wicked’ (which took the aforementioned Costume Design prize alongside Production Design), ‘Dune: Part Two’ (Sound and Visual Effects) and ‘Emilia Pérez,’ which saw Zoe Saldaña score yet another trophy on her triumphant awards season march.

    Flow’ made waves as Best Animated Feature, seeing off the bigger studio likes of ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Inside Out 2,’ while in the Entirely Unsurprising section, Kieran Culkin took the stage for his latest Best Supporting Actor win for ‘A Real Pain.’

    As for the show? It was the usual mixed bag.

    Conan O'Brien hosts the live ABC telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Conan O’Brien hosts the live ABC telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    Conan O’Brien made for a snarky, witty host, and proved he’s got the goods for this particular gig. There were the political statements, emotional moments and, of course, a sprinkling of cross-promotional opportunities (such as having Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot of the forthcoming live-action ‘Snow White’ team up to hand out an award.

    But the show also ran to three hours and 45 minutes, and even a funny musical bit by O’Brien at the start (featuring a ‘Dune’ sandworm on piano and a dancing Deadpool) about not wasting time couldn’t quite make up for that.

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    There was also criticism of an overlong and weird Bond music tribute, while the choice of tune (“Ease on Down the Road” from ‘The Wiz’) to salute music legend Quincy Jones was also questionable.

    Related Article: ‘Emilia Pérez,‘ ‘Anora,’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Among The 2025 Oscar Nominees

    List of Nominees:

    BEST PICTURE

    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Best Picture along side Samantha Quan, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Sean Bake, Yuriy Borisov and Alex Coco during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Phil McCarten / The Academy.
    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Best Picture along side Samantha Quan, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Sean Bake, Yuriy Borisov and Alex Coco during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Phil McCarten / The Academy.
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    BEST DIRECTOR

    (L to R) Quentin Tarantino walks backstage with Sean Baker after he won the Oscar® for Directing during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Quentin Tarantino walks backstage with Sean Baker after he won the Oscar® for Directing during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    Adrien Brody accepts the Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Adrien Brody accepts the Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

    Mikey Madison accepts the Oscar® for Actress in a Leading Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Mikey Madison accepts the Oscar® for Actress in a Leading Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Kieran Culkin accepts the Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Kieran Culkin accepts the Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Zoe Saldaña accepts the Oscar® for Actress in a Supporting Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Zoe Saldaña accepts the Oscar® for Actress in a Supporting Role during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Peter Straughan accepts the Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Peter Straughan accepts the Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    • ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
    • ‘Conclave,’ Screenplay by Peter Straughan – WINNER
    • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
    • ‘Nickel Boys,’ Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
    • ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
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    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Original Screenplay during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Original Screenplay during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    • ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker – WINNER
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
    • ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg
    • September 5,’ Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
    • ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    (L to R) Annie Marter and Lol Crawley arrive on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Annie Marter and Lol Crawley arrive on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    ORIGINAL SONG

    Clément Ducol, Jacques Audiard and Camille Dalmais accept the Oscar® for Original Song during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Clément Ducol, Jacques Audiard and Camille Dalmais accept the Oscar® for Original Song during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Lily-Rose Depp and Elle Fanning present the Oscar® for Costume Design to Paul Tazewell during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Lily-Rose Depp and Elle Fanning present the Oscar® for Costume Design to Paul Tazewell during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    SOUND

    Richard King, Gareth John, and Ron Bartlett accept the Oscar® for Sound during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Richard King, Gareth John, and Ron Bartlett accept the Oscar® for Sound during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    ORIGINAL SCORE

    (L to R) Daniel Blumberg backstage with Mark Hamill after winning the Oscar® for Original Score during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Daniel Blumberg backstage with Mark Hamill after winning the Oscar® for Original Score during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

    (L to R) Trent and Victoria Warmerdam at the 97th Oscars Nominees dinner at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Trent and Victoria Warmerdam at the 97th Oscars Nominees dinner at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    ANIMATED SHORT FILM

    (L to R) Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi accept the Oscar® for Animated Short Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Phil McCarten / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi accept the Oscar® for Animated Short Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Phil McCarten / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

    Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham and Hamdan Ballal accepts the Oscar® for Documentary Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham and Hamdan Ballal accepts the Oscar® for Documentary Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

    Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington accept the Oscar® for Documentary Short Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington accept the Oscar® for Documentary Short Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

    Walter Salles accepts the Oscar® for International Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Walter Salles accepts the Oscar® for International Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

    Gregory Zalcman accepts the Oscar® for Animated Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Gregory Zalcman accepts the Oscar® for Animated Feature Film during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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    MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

    (L to R) Marilyne Scarselli, Pierre Olivier Persin and Stephanie Guillon accept the Oscar® for Makeup and Hairstyling during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Marilyne Scarselli, Pierre Olivier Persin and Stephanie Guillon accept the Oscar® for Makeup and Hairstyling during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
      • A Different Man,’ Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
      • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
      • ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
      • ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER
      • ‘Wicked,’ Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
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    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales accept the Oscar® for Production Design during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales accept the Oscar® for Production Design during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
    • ‘Conclave,’ Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
    • ‘Dune: Part Two’ Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
    • ‘Nosferatu,’ Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
    • ‘Wicked,’ Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales – WINNER

    FILM EDITING

    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Film Editing during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Sean Baker accepts the Oscar® for Film Editing during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    • ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker – WINNER
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ David Jancso
    • ‘Conclave,’ Nick Emerson
    • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Juliette Welfling
    • ‘Wicked,’ Myron Kerstein

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    (L to R) Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Rhys Salcombe pose backstage with the Oscar® for Visual Effects during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Robert Gladden / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (L to R) Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Rhys Salcombe pose backstage with the Oscar® for Visual Effects during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Robert Gladden / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    When and where can I watch the 2025 Oscars?

    The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 2nd, 2025.

    Conan O'Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Conan O’Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    97th Academy Awards Red-Carpet Arrival Photos:

    Ariana Grande arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Ariana Grande arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Ariana Grande arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Ariana Grande arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Richard Harbaugh / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Richard Harbaugh / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeff Goldbloom arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeff Goldbloom arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeff Goldblum arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeff Goldblum arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jon M. Chu arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jon M. Chu arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Adrien Brody arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Adrien Brody arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Felicity Jones arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Felicity Jones arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Guy Pearce arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Guy Pearce arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Timothee Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Timothee Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Timothée Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Timothée Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Monica Barbaro arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Monica Barbaro arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Elle Fanning arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Elle Fanning arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Edward Norton arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Edward Norton arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Zoe Saldaña arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Zoe Saldaña arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Selena Gomez arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Selena Gomez arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco at the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy
    Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco at the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Dana Pleasant / The Academy
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    Mikey Madison arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Mikey Madison arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Demi Moore arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Demi Moore arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Ralph Fiennes arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Ralph Fiennes arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Sebastian Stan arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Sebastian Stan arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeremy Strong arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jeremy Strong arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Jesse Eisenberg arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Amy Poehler arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Rachel Zegler arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Emma Stone arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Emma Stone arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Kyusung Gong / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Miley Cyrus arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Meg Ryan arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Meg Ryan arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Michelle Yeoh arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Michelle Yeoh arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Penélope Cruz arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Penélope Cruz arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Ana de Armas arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Dave Bautista arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Samuel L. Jackson arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Colman Domingo arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Heather Swift / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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    Halle Berry arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Heather Swift / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

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  • Final Oscar Predictions for the 97th Academy Awards

    (Far Left) Mikey Madison as Ani in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON. (Left Center) Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24. (Center Right) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved. (Far Right) Zoe Saldaña in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    (Far Left) Mikey Madison as Ani in ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON. (Left Center) Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24. (Center Right) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved. (Far Right) Zoe Saldaña in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2nd  and with it will come the end of the 2025 award season.

    Conan O’Brien is set to host for the first time, with scheduled presenters including last year’s winners Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as former Oscar winners Halle BerryWhoopi Goldberg, and Goldie Hawn.

    Nominated films include two of the biggest blockbusters of last year, ‘Wicked’ and ‘Dune: Part Two,’ as well as critically acclaimed movies like ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Anora,’ ‘Emilia Perez,’ and ‘A Complete Unknown.’

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    With early frontrunners for Best Picture like ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ suffering major controversies, the award is now completely up for grabs with recent BAFTA and SAG winner ‘Conclave’ and PGA winner ‘Anora’ taking the lead.

    And while Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin seem like locks for their respective supporting categories, Demi Moore still has some competition from BAFTA winner Mikey Madison and Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres in the Best Actress race, and Adrien Brody will have to fend off SAG Award winner Timothée Chalamet, if he wants to take home is second Best Actor Oscar.

    Below are our predictions for who will win Oscars on Sunday at the 97th Academy Awards. We are only breaking down our predictions for the six major categories, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

    Let’s Begin!


    BEST PICTURE

    (L to R) Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    Without a doubt, this has been one of the strangest award seasons of all time.

    ‘Wicked’ began the season as a possible frontrunner, but after losing the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy to ‘Emilia Perez’, quickly saw its chances fade away. ‘Perez’ and ‘The Brutalist’, after its Golden Globe win for Best Morion Picture – Drama, seemed to be the two films that would battle it out for Oscar gold, but both movies have since suffered controversies that have affected their campaigns.

    ‘The Brutalist’ was revealed to have used AI to adjust some of the audio performances of the cast, while ‘Emilia Perez’ has suffered from recently discovered problematic social media posts from star Karla Sofía Gascón, which has basically ended her Oscar campaign. While both films will likely still take home some Oscars, Best Picture now seems a long shot for both.

    At this point, ‘Conclave’ and ‘Anora’ seem to now be the frontrunners for Best Picture. ‘Conclave’ won the BAFTA for Best Picture, as well as the Outstanding Performance by a Cast from the SAG Awards. But ‘Anora’ has won the all important Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures award from the Producers Guild, putting both films in a race for the Oscars.

    But it is worth mentioning that the Academy uses a preferential ballot for Best Picture, meaning that it is not the film with the most #1 votes that wins, but instead the movie with the most #1 and #2 votes combined. So the question really isn’t who people will vote for in the top spot, but more, who will get the most #2’s, # 3’s and #4’s. With the PGA win, and Sean Baker likely taking Best Director (more on that below), I’m putting my money on ‘Anora’ to win the gold when its all said and done.

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: ‘Anora’

    Who Could Win: ‘Conclave’

    Who Should Win: ‘Anora’

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    BEST DIRECTOR

    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    Early in the season it looked like Brady Corbet for ‘The Brutalist’ or Jacques Audiard for ‘Emilia Pérez’ would be the frontrunners, that quickly changed after their films’ respective controversies.

    ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu won Best Director at the Critics Choice Awards, but unfortunately, he was not nominated in this category.

    But after winning both Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards and the all important Outstanding Directing – Feature Film from the Directors Guild, it now looks like Sean Baker is the frontrunner for Best Director.

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: Sean Baker

    Who Could Win: Brady Corbet

    Who Should Win: Sean Baker

    BEST ACTOR

    Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24.
    Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.

    Winning almost every major award this season, Adrien Brody is still the frontrunner to take home his second Oscar for ‘The Brutalist’.

    However, while the AI controversy hasn’t completely destroyed his chances of winning, it has definitely hurt his otherwise perfect run, having recently lost Best Actor at the SAG Awards to Timothée Chalamet for ‘A Complete Unknown’. Also, keep in mind that the Oscars will be the first awards this season where the final votes will be tallied after ‘The Brutalist’s controversy took place.

    Chalamet gave my favorite performance last year, and while I really hope he wins, I think Brody will still pull it out. Chalamet has only won SAG, and with Brody’s Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics Choice wins, he’s definitely still the one to beat.

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: Adrien Brody

    Who Could Win: Timothée Chalamet

    Who Should Win:Timothée Chalamet

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    BEST ACTRESS

    Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

    Demi Moore has won every important award this season including Best Actress form the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG, which firmly puts her in the frontrunner position.

    However, Mikey Madison has won Best Actress from BAFTA and the Independent Spirit Awards, so she is hot on Moore’s heals.

    But its also important to note that the Oscar ceremony will be the first time all season that ‘I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres will be competing in the same category has Moore and Madison, and Torres did win Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes.

    However, much like Karla Sofía Gascón, Torres has also had her fair share of controversy from questionable actions in her past, that could affect her chances of winning.

    That said, I still think nostalgia for Moore’s overall career will give her the win on Sunday.

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: Demi Moore

    Who Could Win: Mikey Madison

    Who Should Win: Mikey Madison

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    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in 'A Real Pain'. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    This is the easiest category to predict. Kieran Culkin has dominated this category all season winning every Best Supporting Actor award along his way including the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG, so I see no reason that his winning streak won’t continue all the way to the Oscar stage,

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: Kieran Culkin

    Who Could Win: Kieran Culkin

    Who Should Win: Edward Norton

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    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    In another locked category, the ‘Emilia Pérez’ controversies do not seem to be affecting Zoe Saldaña’s chances of winning Best Supporting Actress. Saldaña has won every major award including Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG, and I think sh’e most likely to win again on Oscar night.

    However, if ‘Conclave’ goes big and wins best picture, don’t count out a nostalgia win for veteran actress Isabella Rossellini … and we know the Oscars love to surprise us.

    Nominees:

    Who Will Win: Zoe Saldaña

    Who Could Win: Isabella Rossellini

    Who Should Win: Ariana Grande

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    Don’t forget to watch the 97th Academy Award ceremony Sunday, March 2nd on ABC.

    Conan O'Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Conan O’Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC and Hulu March 2nd. Credit/Provider: ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    Related Article: Who Will Be Nominated for an Oscar at the 2025 Academy Awards?

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  • 2025 Critics Choice Awards Winners

    The Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will broadcast LIVE on E! on Friday, February 7, 2025 (7:00 – 10:00pm ET/PT) from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
    The Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will broadcast LIVE on E! on Friday, February 7, 2025 (7:00 – 10:00pm ET/PT) from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock.

    Preview:

    • The winners of the 30th Annual Critics Choice Film Awards include ‘Anora’ and ‘Wicked’
    • ‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘The Substance’ also did well.
    • The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler.

    If you had to use a metaphor to describe the 2025 edition of the Critics Choice Awards, it would be Oprah Winfrey during her big giveaway days on her talk show, but with kudos instead of cars: you get a trophy! You get a trophy! You all get a trophy!

    Yes, while ‘Anora’ missed out on all of its other categories, Sean Baker’s film about an exotic dancer who falls for –– and marries –– the spoiled spawn of a Russian oligarch took home Best Picture.

    This year’s awards, hosted for the third time by Chelsea Handler (whose monologue proved to be both funny and pointed in places, even touching on the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni legal PR chaos) at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, was a typically jolly affair.

    Yet it was tempered by plenty of references to the wildfires that have devastated chunks of the city’s hilly surroundings, and first responders were invited and saluted during the opening and in more than one speech.

    Despite being snubbed by the Oscar nominations, it was ‘Wicked’ filmmaker Jon M. Chu who won Best Director, comically shouting out his shut-out by the Academy, quipping, “I’m gonna win that Oscar!”

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    His film took three awards in total, including Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

    Also scoring a trio of trophies? ‘The Substance,’ for which Demi Moore won yet another Best Actress trophy along with Best Original Screenplay and the Hair and Make-Up award. And the controversy-hit ‘Emilia Pérez,’ which nabbed a Best Supporting Actress gong for Zoe Saldaña Best Song for “El Mal,” collected by the movie’s co-composer Camille and Best Foreign Language Film.

    A few of the winners were entirely unsurprising; Kieran Culkin, who has been collecting hardware left, right and center, notched up another Best Supporting Actor award (though he wasn’t present at the show) for ‘A Real Pain’ and Adrien Brody won Best Actor for ‘The Brutalist.’

    Actually a surprise? The seemingly forgotten ‘Challengers’ nabbing two, Best Editing and Best Score.

    Here’s the full list of winners…

    Critics Choice 2025: Film Nominees

    BEST PICTURE

    Mikey Madison as Ani in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    Mikey Madison as Ani in ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    BEST ACTOR

    Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24.
    Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.
    Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.
    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in 'A Real Pain'. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS

    Maisy Stella in 'My Old Ass'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Maisy Stella in ‘My Old Ass’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    (L to R) Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence and Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence and Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    • ‘Anora’
    • ‘Conclave’ – WINNER
    • ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Saturday Night
    • ‘Sing Sing’
    • ‘Wicked’

    BEST DIRECTOR

    'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu.
    ‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu.

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Margaret Qualley in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    • Jacques Audiard – ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – ‘Wicked’
    • Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – ‘Sing Sing’
    • RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – ‘Nickel Boys’
    • Peter Straughan – ‘Conclave’ – WINNER
    • Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – ‘Dune: Part Two’

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film 'Nosferatu', a Focus Features release.
    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Features release.
    Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    The Emerald City in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    The Emerald City in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    (L to R) Mike Faist stars as Art and Zendaya as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s 'Challengers,' an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Mike Faist stars as Art and Zendaya as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers,’ an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • Sean Baker – ‘Anora’
    • Marco Costa – ‘Challengers’ – WINNER
    • Nick Emerson – ‘Conclave’
    • David Jancso – ‘The Brutalist’
    • Joe Walker – ‘Dune: Part Two’
    • Hansjörg Weißbrich – ‘September 5’

      BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Margaret Qualley in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.
    • Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    • Hair and Makeup Team – ‘Dune: Part Two’
    • Hair and Makeup Team – ‘The Substance’ – WINNER
    • Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – ‘Wicked’
    • Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – ‘Nosferatu’
    • Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – ‘A Different Man

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure 'Dune: Part Two,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure ‘Dune: Part Two,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
    Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'.
    (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    BEST SCORE

    Zendaya stars as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s 'Challengers,' an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Zendaya stars as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers,’ an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Related Article: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ Lead The Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations With 11 Each

    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Friday, February 7th, 2025.
    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Friday, February 7th, 2025.

    Related Article: ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Barbie’ and more Win at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards

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  • Oscar Nominations 2025

    The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
    The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.

    Preview:

    • Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ are in contention for Oscars.
    • ‘Wicked’ made the cut for Best Picture and other categories, though Jon M. Chu missed out on a directing nod.
    • The ceremony happens on March 2nd.

    The 97th Academy Awards will be upon us before we know it, and actors Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the Oscar nominees for the various categories Thursday morning.

    As a result of the wildfires that have plagued Los Angeles and its surrounding areas, the Academy has extended its voting period, though it’s notable that more decisions still have to be made about final producer credits than in other years.

    And the show’s producers have also recently said that the ceremony will honor Los Angeles, which faces an ongoing fire danger situation, while doing away with having the original songs performed live, raising eyebrows since Ryan Gosling and the “I’m Just Ken” team from ‘Barbie’ was one of the showstoppers last year.

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    On the whole, the nominations are much as expected –– a lot of love for ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘Wicked,’ even if the latter missed out on some key categories, including director and adapted screenplay.

    Emilia Pérez’ is this year’s Academy darling, with 13 nominations (an all-time record for a movie not in the English language), followed by ‘The Brutalist’ (seemingly unaffected by the recent batch of headlines about AI use to tweak some of the movie’s dialogue) and ‘Wicked’ with 10 apiece.

    The Best Director list as usual skewed male, with just ‘The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat making the cut in her category.

    Animated charmer ‘Flow,’ meanwhile, scored in its own category and made the International Film list.

    Related Article: Who Will Be Nominated for an Oscar at the 2025 Academy Awards?

    List of Nominees:

    BEST PICTURE

    Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24.
    Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.

    BEST DIRECTOR

    (L to R) Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    • Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
    • Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’
    • James Mangold, ‘A Complete Unknown’
    • Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’

    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in 'The Apprentice'. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.
    Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.

    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

    Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in 'A Real Pain'. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    (L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    • ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
    • ‘Conclave,’ Screenplay by Peter Straughan
    • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
    • ‘Nickel Boys,’ Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
    • ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Paramount Pictures’ 'September 5', the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
    Paramount Pictures’ ‘September 5’, the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
    • ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
    • ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg
    • September 5,’ Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
    • ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film 'Nosferatu', a Focus Features release.
    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Features release.
    Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.

    ORIGINAL SONG

    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

    SOUND

    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.

    ORIGINAL SCORE

    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.

    LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

    ANIMATED SHORT FILM

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

    DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

    Fernanda Torres in 'I'm Still Here'. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
    Fernanda Torres in ‘I’m Still Here’. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.

    ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

    'Flow' opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 22nd.
    ‘Flow’ opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 22nd.

    MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

    (L to R) Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan in 'A Different Man'. Photo: A24.
    (L to R) Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan in ‘A Different Man’. Photo: A24.
    • A Different Man,’ Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
    • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
    • ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
    • ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
    • ‘Wicked,’ Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    The Emerald City in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    The Emerald City in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
    • ‘Conclave,’ Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
    • ‘Dune: Part Two’ Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
    • ‘Nosferatu,’ Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
    • ‘Wicked,’ Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

    FILM EDITING

    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    • ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
    • ‘The Brutalist,’ David Jancso
    • ‘Conclave,’ Nick Emerson
    • ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Juliette Welfling
    • ‘Wicked,’ Myron Kerstein

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios' 'Alien: Romulus.' Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Alien: Romulus.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    When and where can I watch the 2025 Oscars?

    The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 2nd, 2025.

    The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
    The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
  • 2025 Oscar Nominations Predictions

    (Far Left) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved. (Center Left) Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix. (Center Right) Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24. (Far Right) Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    (Far Left) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved. (Center Left) Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix. (Center Right) Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24. (Far Right) Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

    Now that the Golden Globes are over, the official Oscar race is about to begin!

    It will start on January 23rd when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce the Oscar nominees, with the 97th Oscars Ceremony scheduled for March 2nd.

    At this point, with no real frontrunner in the Best Picture race yet, it seems to be a competition between ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave‘, ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked‘.

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    While directors Jacques Audiard, Edward BergerBrady Corbet and ‘Anora‘s Sean Baker seem assured to be nominated, its not so simple for ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu, who must fend off competition from ‘The Substance‘s Coaralie Fargeat, ‘A Complete Unknown‘s James Mangold and ‘Dune: Part Two‘s Denis Villeneuve.

    The Best Actor and Best Actress races seem to have four actors locked in each category, with several possible nominees battling it out for that last coveted spot. And while Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña are locks for nominations in the Supporting categories, the rest of the nominees are pretty much up for grabs.

    Moviefone is making its Oscar nomination predictions for the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, ahead of the nominee announcements on January 23rd.

    Let’s begin!


    BEST PICTURE

    (L to R) Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure 'Dune: Part Two,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure ‘Dune: Part Two,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix:

    BEST DIRECTOR

    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix:

    BEST ACTOR

    Timothée Chalamet in 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix:

    BEST ACTRESS

    Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix: 

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in 'A Real Pain'. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix: 

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

    Nominee Predictions:

    In The Mix: 

    Don’t forget to watch the 97th Academy Award ceremony Sunday, March 2nd on ABC.

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    Oscars Logo Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  • Live 2025 Golden Globe Awards Full Results

    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Preview:

    • ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ were the big winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture in both their categories in addition to other major prizes.
    • Comebacks and upsets were the theme of the evening, as Demi Moore won her first award ever and surprise winners captured other categories.
    • Following last year’s disastrous hosting gig by Jo Koy, stand-up comic Nikki Glaser steadied the ship with a smooth, funny, if unspectacular performance as emcee.

    The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ were the biggest movie winners at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 5, with the international journalists of the Golden Globe Foundation bestowing some of their biggest prizes on two of the more anti-commercial films of the season. A number of other highly hyped favorites like ‘Anora’ and ‘Wicked’ were largely shut out, while other major prizes went to a variety of smaller independent releases.

    ‘The Brutalist’ walked away with Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for Brady Corbet, and Best Male Actor – Drama for Adrien Brody, while ‘Emilia Perez’ snagged Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Supporting Actor – Female for Zoe Saldana, Best Original Song for ‘El Mal,’ and Best International Motion Picture.

    Neither film is what one might first think of as popular cineplex fare. ‘The Brutalist’ is a 3 ½ hour period epic about a brilliant architect and Holocaust survivor who struggles to find his place after landing in America following World War II, while ‘Emilia Perez’ is a musical about a Mexican cartel boss who transitions into a woman. ‘The Brutalist’ is just finding its way into theaters now, while ‘Emilia Perez’ has been streaming on Netflix since November. “We were told the film was undistributable, that no one would go see it,” said Corbet as he accepted Best Motion Picture. “No one was asking for 3 ½ hour film about a designer on 70mm. But it works.”

    Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Those two films all but dominated the Globes, with other major awards going to ‘Conclave’ (Peter Straughan for Best Screenplay), ‘I’m Still Here’ (Fernanda Torres for Best Female Actor – Drama in a surprise upset over stars like Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet), ‘A Different Man’ (Sebastian Stan for Best Male Actor – Musical or Comedy), and ‘The Substance’ (Demi Moore for Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy).

    Moore, winning her first award of any kind in her long career, gave an impassioned and emotional speech in which she all but admitted that she never thought her work would receive any sort of acknowledgement beyond her ability to sell tickets:

    “In those moments when we don’t think we are smart enough or pretty enough, or skinny enough or successful enough or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me just know you will never be enough you can know the measure of your work if you just put down the measuring stick.”

    She also revealed that she thought her best days as an actor might be behind her, a fear echoed by Adrien Brody in his equally emotional acceptance speech. “There was a time when I thought this would not be afforded to me again,” said the actor, who won an Oscar two decades ago for his portrayal of another Holocaust survivor in “The Pianist.”

    Sebastian Stan at the 82ND Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Sebastian Stan at the 82ND Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Rousing speeches were among the highlights of the night, with Stan also acknowledging the difficulty of making films like ‘A Different Man’ and the Donald Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice,’ for which the Marvel star was also nominated for his portrayal of the convicted felon and once-and-future president. Meanwhile, director Jon M. Chu, accepting the Globes’ award for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement – most popular movie, in other words – for ‘Wicked,’ insisted on “how important making this stuff is, when pessimism and cynicism rule the planet right now.”

    Aside from that award, ‘Wicked’ was shut out of other major prizes, as were Oscar favorites like ‘Anora,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ and ‘A Complete Unknown,’ all of which went home empty-handed. ‘Conclave’ earned the screenplay prize, while ‘Challengers’ composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won for Best Score and Kieran Culkin earned Best Supporting Actor for ‘A Real Pain,’ the latter one of the few awards of the night which seemingly has a lock on an Oscar win as well.

    On the TV side, ‘Shogun’ was the behemoth of the evening, walking away with three acting prizes as well as Best TV Series – Drama, while ‘Hacks’ won for Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical and ‘Baby Reindeer’ earned the trophy for Best Limited Series. The latter beat out ‘The Penguin’ in that category, although Colin Farrell, as widely expected, did earn the award for Best Male Actor – Limited Series for his portrayal of the title Gotham City crime boss.

    Host Nikki Glaser at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Host Nikki Glaser at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    As for the Golden Globes show itself, host and stand-up comic Nikki Glaser was a largely smooth and entertaining remedy for last year’s disastrous stint by stand-up Jo Koy, although Glaser did pull back on her usual raunchier fare with a succession of funny, if somewhat predictable, jokes about various members of the star-studded audience. But she proved herself more than capable of working what can be an often tough and raucous room.

    Related Article: ‘Wicked’ ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘Anora’ and more Earn Golden Globes Nominations As Award Season Heats Up

    Full List of Film Nominations:

    Best Motion Picture – Drama

    Brady Corbet accepts the award for Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Brady Corbet accepts the award for Motion Picture – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Fernanda Torres accepts the award for Female Actor - Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Fernanda Torres accepts the award for Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Adrien Brody accepts the award for Male Actor - Motion Picture - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Adrien Brody accepts the award for Male Actor – Motion Picture – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the award for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Demi Moore accepts the award for Female Actor - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Demi Moore accepts the award for Female Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Sebastian Stan accepts the award for Male Actor - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Sebastian Stan accepts the award for Male Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Motion Picture – Animated

    (L to R) Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens of Flow accepts the award for Motion Picture - Animated at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens of Flow accepts the award for Motion Picture – Animated at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

    ( L to R) Interpretar Abla Kandalaft and Jacques Audiard accepts the award for Motion Picture - Non-English Language at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    ( L to R) Interpretar Abla Kandalaft and Jacques Audiard accepts the award for Motion Picture – Non-English Language at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Zoe Saldana at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Zoe Saldana at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Kieran Culkin accepts the award for Male Supporting Actor - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Kieran Culkin accepts the award for Male Supporting Actor – Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Director – Motion Picture

    Brady Corbet accepts the award for Director Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Brady Corbet accepts the award for Director Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

    Peter Straughan accepts the award for Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Peter Straughan accepts the award for Screenplay – Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
    • Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, ‘The Brutalist’
    • Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
    • Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
    • Peter Straughan, ‘Conclave’ – WINNER
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    Best Original Score – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor accepts the award for Original Score - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor accepts the award for Original Score – Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Original Song – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Camille and Clément Ducol accepts the award for Original Song - Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Camille and Clément Ducol accepts the award for Original Song – Motion Picture at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • “Beautiful That Way,” ‘The Last Showgirl’
    • “Compress/Repress,” ‘Challengers’
    • “El Mal,” ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
    • “Forbidden Road,” ‘Better Man
    • “Kiss The Sky,” ‘The Wild Robot’
    • “Mi Camino,” ‘Emilia Pérez’

    Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

    Jon M. Chu accepts the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Jon M. Chu accepts the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Full List of TV Nominations:

    Best Television Series – Drama

    Justin Marks accepts the award for TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Justin Marks accepts the award for TV Series – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

    Anna Sawai accepts the award for Female Actor - TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Anna Sawai accepts the award for Female Actor – TV Series – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

    Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for Male Actor - TV Series - Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for Male Actor – TV Series – Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Paul W. Downs accepts the award for TV Series - Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Paul W. Downs accepts the award for TV Series – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Jean Smart at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Jean Smart at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Phil McCarten/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Jeremy Allen White in 'The Bear.'
    Jeremy Allen White in ‘The Bear.’ Photo: Courtesy of FX.
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    Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

    Richard Gadd accepts the award for Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Richard Gadd accepts the award for Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Jodie Foster accepts the award for Female Actor - Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Jodie Foster accepts the award for Female Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Colin Farrell accepts the award for Male Actor - Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Colin Farrell accepts the award for Male Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television

    Jessica Gunning accepts the award for Female Supporting Actor - Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Jessica Gunning accepts the award for Female Supporting Actor – Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

    Tadanobu Asano accepts the award for Male Supporting Actor - Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Tadanobu Asano accepts the award for Male Supporting Actor – Television at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

    Ali Wong accepts the award for Stand-up Comedy Performance at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Ali Wong accepts the award for Stand-up Comedy Performance at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    EDITORIAL NOTE: Don Kaye and Jami Philbrick contributed to this article. 

  • Movie Review: ‘Nickel Boys’

    (L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    Opening in theaters in limited release on December 20th is ‘Nickel Boys,’ directed by RaMell Ross and starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, and Fred Hechinger.

    Related Article: Director Ava DuVernay and Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Talk ‘Origin’

    Initial Thoughts

    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Hattie in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Hattie in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    There’s no question that writer-director RaMell Ross’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ which Ross adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead, is a boldly ambitious piece of filmmaking. Ross chooses an experimental way in which to tell the story of two young Black boys who become friends at a horrifying reform school in the Deep South in the 1960s, and like all experiments in narrative and storytelling, it may take the viewer some time to get their bearings.

    Yet while the overall story being told is immensely powerful, moving and infuriating, Ross’ approach, while meant no doubt to be immersive and impressionistic, often draws attention to itself at the expense of the tale and the characters. All credit to Ross – making his first narrative fiction feature – for attempting something radically different from most cinematic fare these days. Whether it is the best presentation of this story, however, is a question for which Ross may have found the wrong answer.

    Story and Direction

    Director RaMell Ross on the set of his film 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: L. Kasimu Harris. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    Director RaMell Ross on the set of his film ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: L. Kasimu Harris. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    It’s 1962 in Tallahassee, Florida, and a young Black student named Elwood Curtis (Ethan Cole Sharp in his younger years, Ethan Herisse as he grows toward college age) is encouraged by a Black teacher (Jimmie Fails) in both his studies and critical thinking, beyond the bounds of what is primarily handed down by white instructors. Raised by his grandmother Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), Elwood is accepted at a historically Black college and hitchhikes to get there. But he never makes it; picked up by a man driving a stolen car, Elwood is arrested and accused of being the man’s accomplice. He’s sent to Nickel Academy, a Florida reform school that’s a barely disguised prison, where Black “students” aren’t educated, but farmed out as convict labor and subjected to brutal physical punishment.

    Once there, Elwood becomes friends with Jack Turner (Brandon Wilson), who is as cynical and distrustful of the world as Elwood is righteous, curious, and idealistic. With both subjected to and observing the horrors inflicted on themselves and other “students” at the Academy, Elwood and Turner eventually take action to try and get things changed – with their eventual fates revealed in a flash-forward that takes place decades later.

    (L to R) Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and director RaMell Ross on the set of their film 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: L. Kasimu Harris. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and director RaMell Ross on the set of their film ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: L. Kasimu Harris. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    The story itself is faithful to Whitehead’s novel and fairly straightforward in a conventional narrative sense, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era and the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. But Ross chooses to tell the tale from the viewpoint of either Elwood or Turner (mostly Elwood at first, with more of Turner later), literally making the camera the character’s eyes, with his voice heard offscreen as he speaks to the other character in the scene, who responds directly to the camera. The aspect ratio is 1:33:1, making the image constricted as perhaps a real person’s vision would be, but also symbolic of the compressed, claustrophobic world that Elwood and Turner find themselves in. The result is disorienting at the first, and while the viewer can get used to it, one is also constantly reminded of the camera being there – which in theory is not something the filmmaker wants to happen.

    It’s difficult to say whether the approach is more immersive than conventional composition, which is probably the effect Ross intended (and quite opposite of the way it came off in the 2015 video game-style film ‘Hardcore Henry’). But the lack of interaction between two characters who are both visible on the screen renders their relationship less dynamic and free-flowing. The odd use of the camera in the latter, present-day section of the film is even stranger, as Ross stations it over the shoulder of one of the characters like a small drone hovering behind him.

    Having the camera literally be a character in the story for much of the film does prove to be a distraction, as does other frequent tangents like collages of random images and sounds, or excerpts from contemporary newsreel footage and films like ‘The Defiant Ones.’ But ‘Nickel Boys’ is still a powerful piece of work despite that. Elwood and Turner’s plight is fiercely frustrating and maddening, no matter how much one thinks one knows about the mistreatment of Black men throughout U.S. history, and the fact that their spirits still flicker with life — despite the crushing abuse and trauma they endure — makes for a profoundly powerful statement.

    The Cast

    Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson, who play Elwood and Turner for the bulk of the movie, are great and deeply affecting – when you can see them. The movie’s stylistic delivery makes it so that one of them is off-camera for vast periods of time, especially Herisse in the first half of the film. Hearing just their voices isn’t quite the same. To their credit – and that of the other cast members – they are both marvelous and believable when speaking directly to the camera (which must have been difficult even when their scene partner had the camera attached to them, as was often the case).

    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor gives the best overall performance as Hattie, with work that is often stunning – and again, even more of a feat when she’s playing straight to the camera. Hattie is kind, loving, empathetic, and care-worn, yet fully aware of the world she’s raising her grandson in, with her pain and frustration bubbling right below the surface. “Things are going to be different now,” she says at one point about Lyndon Johnson continuing John F. Kennedy’s civil rights policies after the latter is shot, but you know she’s not sure how much she believes that. In one of the movie’s most heartbreaking scenes, she discovers that the lawyer she’s paid to help get Elwood out of Nickel has run off with her money, and her reaction is simply devastating.

    Kudos as well to Hamish Linklater as the sadistic Nickel headmaster Spencer and Fred Hechinger as his henchman Harper, the latter of whom has a side hustle in which he recruits Elwood and Turner – although he’s cruelly willing to throw them under the bus in a heartbeat. Linklater brings a chilling malevolence to the kind of falsely pious, secretly psychopathic villain we’re unfortunately used to in real life even now, while Hechinger shows a bit more restraint and shading here than in his recent turns in ‘Gladiator II’ and ‘Kraven the Hunter.’

    Final Thoughts

    Brandon Wilson stars as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    Brandon Wilson stars as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

    One can’t help but wonder what ‘Nickel Boys’ would look like if RaMell Ross had shot it in a more conventional style. Would it be a more conventional film? Would its themes still come through with a more traditional approach? The movie doesn’t hit the emotional notes that we might expect as it is configured now. In the end, while the individual performances and overall narrative work hard to be as absorbing as possible, the more abstract nature of the film makes it end up fighting itself.

    Which is a shame, because the story of Nickel Academy (and by association, the real-life story of the awful Dozier School for Boys, upon which the setting of ‘Nickel Boys’ was based) needs to be told, and the names of the many “students” buried in unmarked graves – at least 100 of them — at Dozier need to be remembered. ‘Nickel Boys,’ the movie, walks a tricky tightrope between style and substance, not always finding the right balance and not getting its point across as clearly as it could.

    ‘Nickel Boys’ receives 6.5 out of 10 stars.

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    What is the plot of ‘Nickel Boys’?

    A young Black man named Elwood (Ethan Herisse), growing up in the 1960s, ends up through unfortunate circumstances in an abusive reform school called Nickel Academy, enduring his time there while forging a friendship with another student named Turner (Brandon Wilson).

    Who is in the cast of ‘Nickel Boys’?

    • Ethan Herisse as Elwood
    • Brandon Wilson as Turner
    • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Hattie
    • Hamish Linklater as Spencer
    • Fred Hechinger as Harper
    • Jimmie Fails as Mr. Hill
    • Daveed Diggs as adult Elwood
    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Hattie in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Hattie in director RaMell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’, from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Critics Choice Film Awards 2025 Nominations

    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.

    Preview:

    • The 30th Annual Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations have been announced.
    • ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ lead the pack with 11 nominations each.
    • The ceremony will air on E! on January 12th.

    While last year’s crop of Critics Choice Association nominations saw ‘Barbie’ dominate the pack above all else, the latest batch is a little more evenly spread.

    That said, ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ were the clear favorite for the voting members of the group, as the two movies nabbed 11 nominations each, including both showing up on the main Best Picture list.

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    Nipping at their heels were the likes of Jacques Audiard’s well-liked musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ and Denis Villeneuve’s latest epic trip to the desert planet of Arrakis, ‘Dune: Part Two,’ which both have 10 nominations each.

    Notably, ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu made the cut for Best Director, unlike the surprise at the Golden Globe nomination, while ‘Gladiator II’ might be looking for vengeance in this life or the next, as it couldn’t make the list for either Best Director or Best Picture, settling for another Best Supporting Actor nod for scene-stealer Denzel Washington and some technical categories.

    Here’s the full list…

    Critics Choice 2025: Film Nominations

    BEST PICTURE

    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.

    BEST ACTOR

    Timothée Chalamet in 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    Mikey Madison as Ani in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    Mikey Madison as Ani in ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in 'Gladiator II' from Paramount Pictures.
    Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS

    Elliott Heffernan in 'Blitz,' now in theaters and premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 22.
    Elliott Heffernan in ‘Blitz,’ now in theaters and premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 22.
    (L to R) Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula), Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Alan Zweibel (Josh Brener) and Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) in 'Saturday Night'. Photo: Sony Pictures.
    (L to R) Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula), Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Alan Zweibel (Josh Brener) and Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) in ‘Saturday Night’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
    • ‘Anora’
    • ‘Conclave’
    • ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Saturday Night
    • ‘Sing Sing’
    • ‘Wicked’

    BEST DIRECTOR

    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    • Jacques Audiard – ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Sean Baker – ‘Anora’
    • Edward Berger – ‘Conclave’
    • Brady Corbet – ‘The Brutalist’
    • Jon M. Chu – ‘Wicked’
    • Coralie Fargeat – ‘The Substance’
    • RaMell Ross – ‘Nickel Boys’
    • Denis Villeneuve – ‘Dune: Part Two’

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    (L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of 'A Real Pain'. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of ‘A Real Pain’. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Director Denis Villeneuve on the 'Dune: Part Two' global press tour. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Director Denis Villeneuve on the ‘Dune: Part Two’ global press tour. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • Jacques Audiard – ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – ‘Wicked’
    • Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – ‘Sing Sing’
    • RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – ‘Nickel Boys’
    • Peter Straughan – ‘Conclave’
    • Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – ‘Dune: Part Two’

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film 'Nosferatu', a Focus Features release.
    (L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Features release.
    Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Shiz University in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Shiz University in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    Paramount Pictures’ 'September 5', the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
    Paramount Pictures’ ‘September 5’, the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
    • Sean Baker – ‘Anora’
    • Marco Costa – ‘Challengers’
    • Nick Emerson – ‘Conclave’
    • David Jancso – ‘The Brutalist’
    • Joe Walker – ‘Dune: Part Two’
    • Hansjörg Weißbrich – ‘September 5’

      BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    (L to R) Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla and Joseph Quinn plays Emperor Geta in 'Gladiator II' from Paramount Pictures.
    (L to R) Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla and Joseph Quinn plays Emperor Geta in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.
    Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.
    • Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    • Hair and Makeup Team – ‘Dune: Part Two’
    • Hair and Makeup Team – ‘The Substance’
    • Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – ‘Wicked’
    • Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – ‘Nosferatu’
    • Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – ‘A Different Man

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Noa (voiced by Owen Teague) in 20th Century Studios' 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.' Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Noa (voiced by Owen Teague) in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Pixar's 'Inside Out 2'. © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
    Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’. © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
    Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'.
    (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    BEST SCORE

    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.

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    Critics Choice CEO Speaks

    CCA CEO Joey Berlin had this to say about this year’s nominated movies:

    “This year brought us an incredible wealth of storytelling and performances, leading to indescribably close races for nominations. We are honored to be able to celebrate our landmark 30th year of the Critics Choice Awards with this talented group of nominees and are thrilled to bring viewers our best show yet. Knowing how close the balloting for nominations was, we anticipate an exciting evening of high drama on January 12.”

    When will the Critics Choice Awards be on TV?

    The awards ceremony will air live on E! on Sunday, January 12th, hosted by Chelsea Handler.

    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
    The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air on E! Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
  • Golden Globe 2025 Nominations Announced

    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Seemingly having weathered the various scandals that have plagued the organization and the voting body of the awards, the Golden Globe Awards are back to some measure of their former luster, and back in the business of rewarding what they see as the best of this past movie and TV season.

    If anything, this year’s batch of movie nominees feel weighted towards the indie side of things, albeit several produced by the indie arm of big studios. Still, there were the big titles –– ‘Wicked,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ present as always.

    Emilia Pérez’ dominated the film side, with 10 nominations in total, while the likes of ‘Anora,’ ‘Conclave’ and ‘Challengers’ also showed up.

    Despite its later arrival on the awards scene compared to some of the other nominees, ‘A Complete Unknown’ –– which stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, scored some notable attention.

    And even though it boasts a seemingly brutal (pun entirely intended) three hours and 45 minute running time (including an intermission!), Brady Corbet’s latest, ‘The Brutalist,’ also landed several nominations.

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    The new category this year was “Cinematic and Box Office Achievement” which, (deep breath) is defined as “a gross box office receipt total of at least $150 million, of which $100 million must come from the U.S. domestic box office, and/or obtain commensurate digital streaming viewership according to recognized trusted industry sources within the qualifying year.”

    Oh, and movies released after November 22nd get in based on projected box office and streaming views. Just in case you were wondering…

    Left out? ‘Joker: Folie à Deux,’ which couldn’t even rustle up a “we hope she attends” nomination for Lady Gaga, ‘Thelma’ which actually deserved some love, and Steve McQueen’s World War II drama ‘Blitz.’

    Gladiator II,’ meanwhile had to make do with showing up on the aforementioned Cinematic and Box Office Achievement list and, as could have been predicted, a Best Supporting Actor nod for Denzel Washington’s scene-stealing role.

    The 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards is set to air live from the Beverly Hilton on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, January 5th.

    Related Article: ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, and ‘The Holdovers’ Nominated for 2024 Golden Globes

    Full list of film nominations:

    Best Motion Picture – Drama

    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
    • ‘The Brutalist’
    • ‘A Complete Unknown’
    • ‘Conclave’
    • ‘Dune: Part Two’
    • Nickel Boys
    • September 5

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Kate Winslet 'Lee'. Photo: Roadside Attractions & Vertical.
    Kate Winslet ‘Lee’. Photo: Roadside Attractions & Vertical.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Timothée Chalamet in 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

    Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    (L to R) Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
    (L to R) Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Mikey Madison stars in 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    Mikey Madison stars in ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Hugh Grant in 'Heretic'. Photo: A24.
    Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’. Photo: A24.

    Best Motion Picture – Animated

    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
    Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

    (L to R) Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
    (L to R) Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Margaret Qualley in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
    Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in 'Gladiator II' from Paramount Pictures.
    Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.

    Best Director – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, and Mark Eydelshteyn on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
    (L to R) Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, and Mark Eydelshteyn on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

    Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of 'A Real Pain'. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of ‘A Real Pain’. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
    • Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
    • Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, ‘The Brutalist’
    • Jesse Eisenberg, ‘A Real Pain’
    • Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
    • Peter Straughan, ‘Conclave’

    Best Original Score – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure 'Dune: Part Two,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure ‘Dune: Part Two,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    Best Original Song – Motion Picture

    (L to R) Mike Faist stars as Art and Zendaya as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s 'Challengers,' an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Mike Faist stars as Art and Zendaya as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers,’ an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • “Beautiful That Way,” ‘The Last Showgirl’
    • “Compress/Repress,” ‘Challengers’
    • “El Mal,” ‘Emilia Pérez’
    • “Forbidden Road,” ‘Better Man
    • “Kiss The Sky,” ‘The Wild Robot’
    • “Mi Camino,” ‘Emilia Pérez’

    Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

    Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'.
    (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.

    On the TV side of the nominees, it was business as usual also as some heavy hitters (‘Abbott Elementary‘ and ‘Only Murders in the Building‘) saw plenty of potential trophies added to the list.

    Among the newcomers, ‘Shōgun’ was well represented, as was fellow awards darling ‘Baby Reindeer.’ ‘The Day of the Jackal’ was perhaps the most surprising new arrival, though it’s not all that shocking given the success of that show.

    The Globes are also the place where network TV gets more of a look in, with ‘Matlock’ among those up for awards.

    Full list of TV nominations:

    Best Television Series – Drama

    Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in 'The Day of the Jackal'. Photo: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film and Television Limited.
    Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in ‘The Day of the Jackal’. Photo: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film and Television Limited.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

    Keira Knightley in 'Black Doves'. Photo: Netflix.
    Keira Knightley in ‘Black Doves’. Photo: Netflix.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

    Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Presumed Innocent,' premiering June 12, 2024 on Apple TV+.
    Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘Presumed Innocent,’ premiering June 12, 2024 on Apple TV+.

    Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in 'Hacks' Season 3.
    (L to R) Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in ‘Hacks’ Season 3. Photograph: Beth Dubber/Max.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in Marvel Television's 'Agatha All Along', exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. © 2024 Marvel.
    Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in Marvel Television’s ‘Agatha All Along’, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. © 2024 Marvel.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Jeremy Allen White in 'The Bear.'
    Jeremy Allen White in ‘The Bear.’ Photo: Courtesy of FX.

    Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

    Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobb in Max's 'The Penguin.' Photo: Macall Polay/HBO.
    Colin Farrell as Oswald “Oz” Cobb in Max’s ‘The Penguin.’ Photo: Macall Polay/HBO.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Jodie Foster in HBO's 'True Detective: Night Country.'
    Jodie Foster in HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country.’ Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in 'Ripley.'
    Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in ‘Ripley.’ Photo: Philippe Antonello/Netflix © 2023.

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television

    Allison Janney as Grace Penn in season 2 of 'The Diplomat'. Photo: Alex Bailey/Netflix © 2024.
    Allison Janney as Grace Penn in season 2 of ‘The Diplomat’. Photo: Alex Bailey/Netflix © 2024.

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

    Harrison Ford as Dr. Phil Rhodes in Apple TV+'s series 'Shrinking.'
    Harrison Ford as Dr. Phil Rhodes in Apple TV+’s series ‘Shrinking.’

    Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    CBS Presents the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards with host Nikki Glaser. ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.