Golden Globes 2025 recap: Biggest moments from the 82nd annual awards show

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony.

Golden Globes 2025 recap: Biggest moments from the 82nd annual awards show
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Last Updated: January 6, 2025, 12:01 AM EST

The 2025 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored.

Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist" and Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" were big winners of the night on the film side, winning best motion picture (drama) and best motion picture (musical or comedy), respectively. "Wicked" took home the award for cinematic and box office achievement.

On the television side, "Shōgun," "Hacks" and "Baby Reindeer" won the top prizes.

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles' famed Beverly Hilton.

Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.

Jan 05, 2025, 10:29 PM EST

'Baby Reindeer' wins best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

"Baby Reindeer" won the Golden Globe for best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television.

Star and creator Richard Gadd accepted the award on the show's behalf. Gadd said he believed the show was successful because "people were crying out for something that spoke to the kind of painful inconsistencies of being human."

"We need stories that speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times," he said.

Other nominees in the category included "Disclaimer," "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," "The Penguin," "Ripley" and "True Detective: Night Country."

British actor Richard Gadd arrives for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 5, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Jan 05, 2025, 10:24 PM EST

Dakota Fanning and Nicole Kidman share sweet moment at the Globes

Dakota Fanning and Nicole Kidman hugged while posing for photos at the 2025 Golden Globes. The two starred in the popular Netflix limited series, "The Perfect Couple."

Dakota Fanning and Nicole Kidman attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 5, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Jan 05, 2025, 10:24 PM EST

'Wicked' wins cinematic and box office achievement

"Wicked" won the Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement.

"My parents came to this country and loved 'The Wizard of Oz.' They told us about the yellow brick road and a place over the rainbow that all your dreams come true if you dare to dream it," director Jon M. Chu said while accepting the award. "So when I'm up here looking at you, living the dream and looking at this beautiful, beautiful cast, it's more beautiful than I ever thought it could be."

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in a scene from "Wicked."
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Other nominees in the category included "Alien: Romulus," "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "Deadpool & Wolverine," "Gladiator II," "Inside Out 2," "Twisters" and "The Wild Robot."

This is the second year this award has been presented, with "Barbie" winning the Golden Globe last year.

Jan 05, 2025, 10:22 PM EST

'El Mal' from 'Emilia Pérez' wins best original song

“El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez" won the Golden Globe for best original song.

Songwriters Clément Ducol and Camille Dalmais accepted the award.

In their acceptance speech, Dalmais said winning the award was such an "American experience."

"Songs are butterflies, and we need butterflies -- even if it's to denounce corruption in the world," she said, before thanking "all songwriters and singers in the world," as well as the Golden Globes.

She ended her speech by thanking director Jacques Audiard, calling him a visionary artist who "made us grow as artists and as persons." She also thanked stars Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón, and said that "El Mal" wouldn't be what it is without their performance in the film.

Zoe Saldana in a scene from the movie 'Emilia Perez.'
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"You just shake the house and shake our souls," she said.

Other nominees in the category included "Beautiful That Way" from "The Last Showgirl," "Compress / Repress" from "Challengers," "Forbidden Road" from "Better Man," "Kiss the Sky" from "The Wild Robot" and "Mi Camino" from "Emilia Pérez."